Conference: Philosophical knowledge Conférence: La connaissance philosophique
Tuesday, nov 20th 2007 | Mardi 20 novembre 2007
The day conference will bring together two major contemporary philosophers
whose recent research has focused on philosophical knowledge:
Prof. Jacques Bouveresse (Chaire de Philosophie du Langage
et de la Connaissance, Collège de France) and Prof. Timothy Williamson (Wykeham Professor of Logic, Oxford University). The conference is organised
by the Episteme group in Geneva, and is
part of
Knowledge, Reasons and Norms project funded by the
Swiss National Fund.
La journée "Connaissance Philosophique" réunira deux philosophes contemporains
majeurs dont les recherches récentes ont été consacrées au thème de la
connaissance philosophique: les
professeurs Jacques Bouveresse (Chaire de Philosophie du Langage
et de la Connaissance, Collège de France) et Timothy Williamson (Wykeham Professor of Logic, Oxford University). La conférence est
organisée par le groupe Episteme à Genève,
dans le cadre du projet de recherche
Connaissance, Raisons, Normes soutenu par le
Fonds National Suisse.
Tuesday, Nov 20 | Mardi, 20 nov Room MR030, Uni Mail | Salle MR030, Unimail
14h-15h45 Jacques Bouveresse (Collège de France), Le pluralisme, l'éclectisme et le problème de la décision en philosophie
16h-17h45 Timothy Williamson
(Oxford University), The philosophy of philosophy
Additional Programme
Smaller seminars with Prof. Williamson will take place on tuesday
and wednesday morning, 9h30-12h30, room SO-019, 5 rue Saint Ours
(detailed map). Relevant materials can be
downloaded
here (password protected). Please contact Julien Dutant ()
if you
plan to attend, and to get the password.
Tuesday nov 20th, 9h30-12h30
Philipp Keller, on Necessary Existents
Jess Leech, on Epistemic analyticity
Olav Gjelsvik, on Knowledge Maximization (discussion)
Wednesday nov 21th, 9h30-12h30
Fabrice Correia and Johannes Stern, on Counterpart theories
of modality
Julien Dutant, on Margins for error for knowledge
Julien Dutant, Knowledge of Metaphysical Modality (discussion)
Venue | Lieu
The conference takes place in room M030, Uni Mail.
Uni Mail is the
University building located at Boulevard Pont d'Arve 40:
La conférence se tiendra à Uni Mail, dans la salle M030, au boulevard Pont d'Arve, 40.
(Voir carte ci-dessus.) Pour y accéder, voir ici.
To get there from the airport, the simplest and quickest way is to take a train.
Follow the sign "Geneve - Centre" at the airport train station and take any train, they all stop at the
main train station (first stop). Then take the tram as indicated below. (40 min, ticket 3 CHF or 2eur to be
bought at the airport train station. The ticket covers the tram journey as well.)
To get there from the train station,
take trams 15 direction Palettes, stop at Uni-Mail. Alternatively,
take trams 13 (dir. Palettes) or 12 (dir. Bachet-de-Pesay) and stop at Pont d'Arve.
(10 mins, ticket 3 CHF or 2eur to be bought at the tram stop.)
Speakers are hosted at the hotel Bel'Esperance, Rue de la Vallée 1, 1204 Genève, phone. +41 22 818 37 37.
To get there from the airport, the simplest is by bus. Take bus 10 at the airport
(depature floor, the stop is outside on your left), and get off at Bel'Air. From the same bus stop,
take bus 7 and get off at Rive. Walk on your right, pass the "Fnac" store, and
take the first street on your left (rue Verdaine, it goes uphill). The hotel sign is visible there
but the entrance is on the small street that goes along the hotel on your left (rue de la Vallée).
(detailed map).
(Total journey 30 min, ticket 3 CHF or 2eur to be bought from a machine at the tram stop - you will need coins.)
Alternatively, you can take a train to the main train station and follow the directions below.
To get there from the train station, take tram 16 direction Moillesulaz to Rive. Then walk
(10 mins, ticket 3 CHF or 2eur to be bought at the tram stop). Walk on your right, pass the "Fnac" store, and
take the first street on your left (rue Verdaine, it goes uphill). The hotel sign is visible there
but the entrance is on the small street that goes along the hotel on your left (rue de la Vallée). (detailed map).
It is also a nice 20 min walk from the train station through the Mont Blanc bridge.
Further Information | Informations supplémentaires
For further information please contact Julien Dutant
()
Episteme is a newly created research group on epistemology at the
University of Geneva led by Pascal Engel.
Conference: Philosophical knowledge