Normativity in the Work of Peter Railton
Geneva, October 1th 2010
Conférence universitaire de Suisse occidentale (CUSO)
Invited speaker: Peter Railton (University of Michigan).
The workshop is organised by Jack Darach (Fribourg), Maksymilian Del Mar (Lausanne), Davide Fassio (Geneva) with funding by Conférence universitaire de Suisse occidentale (CUSO).
Attendance is free and everybody is welcome.
Program
Morning, Venue: Uni Bastions, room B 216
10.30am – 12pm: Opening lecture by Peter Railton, ‘Toward a Unified Account of Rationality in Belief, Desire and Action’
12pm – 2pm: Lunch break
Afternoon, Venue: Uni Bastions, room B 216
2pm – 4pm: Discussion of the following two texts (with the first given priority), ‘On the Hypothetical and Non-Hypothetical’ and ‘Normative Force and Normative Freedom’ (for copies of these papers, please contact the organisers)
4pm – 4.30pm: Coffee break
4.30pm – 6.30pm: Open floor session
Anyone interested in making a brief intervention (5-10 min) during the open floor session, leading to a question, on any topic related to Railton’s work (keeping in mind the focus of the workshop is on normativity) is invited to contact the organisers.7.30pm: Dinner (those wishing to attend the dinner should contact the organisers)
Conference venue and directions
Here is a map, it shows main buildings of University of Geneva (Uni Dufour, Uni Mail, Uni Bastions).
To get there from the airport, the simplest and quickest way is to take a train (40 min). Just before going out of the arrival - luggage hall and moving towards exit, there is a machine which distributes free tickets to passengers arriving, for a one hour ride all over Geneva in all public transports. (Anyway, a single ticket for one hour costs CHF 3 or € 2.) Follow the sign "Geneve - Centre" at the airport train station and take any train, they all trains stop at the main train station (first stop). Then take the tram as indicated below.
To get there from the train station, take trams 13 or 15 direction Palettes to Plainpalais. (10 mins, ticket 3 CHF or 2eur to be bought at the tram stop.)
To move around in Geneva, the simplest way by far is to use public transportation - and if you have booked an hotel in Geneva, they have to provide you with a free day pass for all public transportation, do not forget to ask for it. The public transport company (TPG) have a useful route planner.The locations of the bus and tramway stops around the department and the main university building (Bastions) are indicated on the following plan, which is downloadable as gif, pdf and jpg (courtesy eidos!).
Accomodation
Here is a list of nearby hotels that you might find useful.
Further information
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