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Metaphysics Workshop in Ovronnaz (Switzerland) 2nd July - 5th July 2007 |
Presentation :
This workshop is conceived as a discussion of each other's work, and is not constrained to any particular topic (as long as it is metaphysics and understandable by metaphysicans who are not specialized in it). What we wish to do is to be able to discuss 6 or 7 quality papers together, learn from them, and give their authors good feedback.
In order to do this, the workshop will be a discussion of PRE-READ papers : speakers will not give talks, but rather make their papers available at least 4 weeks before the workshop, so that participants will have time to read them and prepare questions in advance. So, during the workshop, there will be NO talks, but there will be comments with replies, and then a discussion.
PROGRAM :
General rule :
We will always start exactly on time, if you are late, we will not wait. So ideally please be there in the conference room always 5 minutes in advance so that we can really start on time. Thank's !
Monday 2nd July
Meeting at 18.45 in the conference room (ask for the room "Acquella" at the reception). A really very short welcome speech by Jiri, followed by dinner all together.
Tuesday 3rd July
10.45 – 12.00 : Jiri Benovsky (Fribourg), The bundle theory and the substratum theory [download abstract, download full text in PDF]
Commentator : Luc Schneider (Geneva)
Lunch
14.00 – 15.15 : Fabian Dorsch (Fribourg), Novel sounds [download abstract, download full text in PDF]
Commentator : Julien Murzi (Sheffield)
15.30 - 16.45 : John Divers (Sheffield), Transcendental arguments and ontological commitment [download abstract, download full text in PDF]
Commentator : Gianfranco Soldati (Fribourg)
Wednesday 4th July
09.00 – 10.15 : Dan Lopez de Sa (St.Andrews and NYU), A meta-metaphysical taxonomy : the semantic view VS (true) dismissivism [download abstract, download full text in PDF]
Commentator : Vera Tripodi (Rome and Columbia)
10.30 – 11.45 : Mark Heller (Syracuse), The donkey problem [download abstract, download full text in PDF]
Commentator : Fabrice Correia (Geneva)
Lunch
Afternoon hike.
Thursday 5th July
09.15 – 10.30 : Ghislain Guigon (Geneva), Nominalism, coextensive properties, and genuine realism [download abstract, download full text in PDF]
Commentator : Reto Givel (Bern)
10.45 – 12.00 : Richard Woodward (Sheffield), Why modal fictionalism is not self-defeating [download abstract, download full text in PDF]
Commentator : Thomas Rapaille (Liège)
Lunch
End of the workshop.
Ovronnaz :
Ovronnaz is a small village in the middle of Swiss Alps. We will stay in the only one big hotel that is there (click here for more information). As a part of the workshop, we will have a hike in the Alps.
How to get to Ovronnaz :
To get from Geneva Airport or Zurich Airport to Ovronnaz is very easy (it takes about 3 hours, a bit more from Zurich than from Geneva) : Directly at the airport, you just have to take a train followed by a connecting bus (since the train does not go up in the mountains of course). The timetable of the trains, including the connecting bus is here (you buy just ONE ticket for both the train and the bus, it's operated by the same company, so you buy just ONE ticket from Geneva to Ovronnaz and return). To find the timetables, just write on this webpage "Geneva-airport" or "Zurich-airport" to "Ovronnaz" and click OK, you will then be given a choice, and there you pick "Ovronnaz, centre therm. Melley", and you'll get all you need. The bus stops directly in front of the hotel. (Note : on this website "IR", "IC" and "EC" are all trains, "BUS" is ... the bus :-))
Expenses :
Speakers : travel and hotel expenses are covered by the organisers (including main meals). Drinks (even during meals) are however not covered.
Commentators : hotel (but not travel) expenses are covered (including meals). Drinks (even during meals) are however not covered.
PhD students from CUSO universities : travel (see "Infos pratiques" above) and hotel expenses are covered by the organisers (including main meals). Drinks (even during meals) are however not covered.
Organisation :
Jiri Benovsky
jiri.benovsky@unifr.ch
http://www.unifr.ch/philo/modern-contemporary/benovsky/
