Truth and Normativity
Workshop and thesis viva
Geneva, June 27-28 2012
Keynote speakers:
Massimiliano Carrara (Padova),
Matthew Chrisman (Edinburgh),
Diego Marconi (Torino),
Asbjørn Steglich Petersen (Aarhus),
David Velleman (New York University)
Organised by Pascal Engel and the Episteme research group.
The viva takes place at room SO 19, 5 rue Saint Ours (map), Geneva.
The workshop takes place at room U159, Uni Dufour (map), Geneva. Attendance is free and everybody is welcome.
Of related interest: note that David Velleman will also take part in a workshop on the Normativity of Personal Relationships on fri 29th in Bern.
Programme
Wednesday, June 27th
Location: room SO 19, 5 rue Saint Ours (map).
14h15. Thesis viva: Davide Fassio, Belief and Correctness. Jury:
- Kevin Mulligan (president),
- Pascal Engel (supervisor),
- Matthew Chrisman (Edinburgh),
- Diego Marconi (Torino),
- Asbjørn Steglich Petersen (Aarhus),
- David Velleman (New York University)
Thursday, June 28th
Location: room U159, Uni Dufour (map).
10h-11h30. David Velleman (New York University), Normative relativism.
11h30-13h. Asbjørn Steglich Petersen (Aarhus), The teleologist's dilemma revisited.
14h30-16h. Massimiliano Carrara (Padova), Truth and paradox.
16h-17h30. Matthew Chrisman (Edinburgh), Should the Metalanguage of Metaethics be Nonnormative?.
Directions
The thesis viva on wednesday will take place at 5 rue Saint Ours (map), room SO 19. The room is on the ground floor.
The workshop on thursday will take at Uni Dufour (map). The room (salle Yves Flicker, U159) is on the first floor.
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) has 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
Davide Fassio's PhD research was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, through the Pro*Doc Mind and Reality
(module on Epistemic, Social and Rational norms, see also Episteme's page) and a Young Researcher scholarship.For further information please contact Pascal Engel.