Perspectives on Carnap and Grice

Speranza

“Perspectives on Carnap” A one day workshop
University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK)
10th June 2013 (10am-1pm / 2pm-3:30pm) - Room Arts 3.03

S P E A K E R S:

FIRST LECTURE:

KAMMER QUENTIN (University of Bordeaux 3 – SPH)

"Goodman’s Reading of the Aufbau"

---- Interesting. I wish we could present something on Grice's Reading of the Aufbau!
Goodman is a fascinating philosopher.

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SECOND LECTURE:

KUUSELA OSKARI (University of East Anglia)
Resolving the Dispute between Ideal and Ordinary Language Approaches

----- This is fascinating. Indeed, one should trace who the first philosopher was who made the distinction. I THINK it was Cicero! (I once came across something like the Latin expression for "ordinary language" in his writings!). In fact, if there is ONE feature that distinguishes Carnap and Grice is this.



THIRD LECTURE:

WAGNER HENRI (University of Bordeaux 3 – SPH)
Quine on Carnap’s Conception of Logic
----- This is of course one of R. B. Jones's interests, as he seems fascinated, as Grice and myself are, with the personality of this Harvard professor of logic: Quine. I'm PRETTY sure that P. F. Strawson's motivation for HIS conception of logic is best understood as an answer to Quine in "Methods of Logic" (vide Strawson, "Intro" to "Philosophy of Logic", Oxford readings in Philosophy). And we know Grice's conception is a reply to Strawson!

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Co-organized by the Universities of East Anglia and Bordeaux 3 - SPH:
Kuusela Oskari (UEA)
Uçan Timur (UEA – University of Bordeaux 3)



THE “PERSPECTIVES ON CARNAP” A ONE DAY WORKSHOP WILL BE FOLLOWED ON JUNE 11th BY A ONE DAY WORKSHOP “WITTGENSTEIN/PHENOMENOLOGY”.