Quine at 100: A Centenary Conference
25 & 26 October 2008
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All sessions will be held in Emerson 210, Harvard University
For a PDF version of the schedule, please click here.
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Saturday, October 25 |
10:30 AM - 1 PM
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Session I: Carnap and Quine |
Gary Ebbs
Indiana University |
Carnap and Quine on Truth by Convention |
Huw Price
University of Sydney |
Minimalism, Monism and Modal Metaphysics |
1 PM - 2 PM |
Lunch |
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2 PM - 4:30 PM
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Session II: Ontology |
Charles Parsons
Harvard University |
Quine's Nominalism |
Thomas Ricketts
University of Pittsburgh |
Roots of Ontological Relativity |
4:30 PM - 5 PM |
Break |
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5 PM - 6 PM
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Informal Session: Quine Remembered |
Warren Goldfarb
Harvard University |
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| Douglas Quine |
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Charles Parsons
Harvard University |
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6 PM - 7 PM
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Reception |
Sunday, October 26 |
10 AM - 12 PM
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Session III: Naturalism and Behaviorism |
Dagfinn Føllesdal
Stanford University/University of Oslo |
Developments in Quine's Behaviorism |
Peter Hylton
University of Illinois, Chicago |
Quine's Naturalism Revisited |
12 PM - 1 PM
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Lunch |
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1 PM - 3 PM
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Roundtable: Quine’s Legacy |
Daniel Dennett
Tufts University
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Catherine Elgin
Harvard University |
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Alexander George
Amherst College |
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