Can there be progress in philosophy? It is often said that philosophical problems are perennials for which it is pointless to expect a solution. On the other hand, professional philosophy seems to have organized itself, perhaps unconsciously, around the opposite view: how else to explain the panoply of conferences, graduate programs, journals, websites etc? Who is right? What might philosophical progress be? Is it rational to think that there is (has been, will be) any? The Harvard-ANU symposium on the progress of philosophy provides a forum for the discussion of these often neglected but all important questions.
This conference is free and open to the public. |
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Friday 16 September 2011 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:45 PM |
Welcome: |
Daniel Stoljar |
| Philosophical Progress and the History of Philosophy |
| Panelist: |
Rae Langton (MIT) |
| Panelist: |
Robert Pasnau (University of Colorado, Boulder) |
| Chair: |
Alison Simmons (Harvard) |
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| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Philosophical Progress and the Value of Philosophy in the University |
Panelist:
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Richard Feldman (University of Rochester) |
| Panelist: |
Richard Foley (NYU) |
| Chair: |
Frank Jackson (Princeton/ANU) |
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| 5:30 PM - 5:45 PM |
Wine & Cheese |
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| 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM |
Philosophical Progress and Intellectual Culture |
| Panelist: |
Jason Stanley (Rutgers) |
| Panelist: |
Carlin Romano (Ursinus College/Chronicle of Higher Education) |
| Chair: |
Susanna Siegel (Harvard) |
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Saturday 17 September 2011 |
| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
Getting Things Right |
| Panelist: |
Nancy Bauer (Tufts) |
| Chair: |
Mark Richard (Harvard) |
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| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Conceptions in Progress |
Panelist:
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John Bengson (University of Wisconsin, Madison/ANU) |
| Chair: |
Richard Feldman (University of Rochester) |
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| 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Theory |
| Panelist: |
Benj Hellie (University of Toronto) |
| Panelist: |
Jessica Wilson (University of Toronto) |
| Chair: |
Earl Conee (University of Rochester) |
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| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Can There Be Philosophical Progress? |
| Panelist: |
David Chalmers (ANU/NYU) |
| Panelist: |
Peter Ludlow (Northwestern University) |
| Panelist: |
Jennifer Nagel (University of Toronto) |
| Panelist: |
Philip Pettit (Princeton) |
| Chair: |
Daniel Stoljar (ANU) |