The 3rd International Colloquium in Analytic Philosophy
Bucharest, May 28-29, 2005

Topics: Mind, Language and Knowledge

Co-sponsored by the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, and the New Europe College, Bucharest

Program

Saturday, May 28, New Europe College

Chair: Mircea Dumitru (University of Bucharest)

10.00 - 11.30
Pascal Engel (Université Paris-IV Sorbonne)
Think Twice: Practical vs Theoretical Reason

11.30 - 13.00
Alvin Goldman (Rutgers University)
Simulation-Based Mindreading

13.00 - 14.30 lunch

Chair: Radu Bogdan (Tulane University)

14.30 - 16.00
Daniel Dennett (Tufts University)
Philosophers, Zombies, and Feelings: The illusions of 'first-person' approaches to consciousness

16.00 - 17.30
Simon Blackburn (University of Cambridge)
Truth for Postmodernists

17.30 - 18.00
General Discussion

Sunday, May 29, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest

Chair: Pascal Engel (Université Paris-IV Sorbonne)

9.00 - 10.30
Joelle Proust (CNRS, Institut Jean Nicod)
Metacognition and Self-awareness

10.30 - 11.45
Mircea Dumitru (University of Bucharest)
Explaining Phenomenal Consciousness: Does Conceivability Entail Possibility?

11.45 - 13.15
Radu Bogdan (Tulane University)
Inside Loops: The Development of Self-Ascriptions

13.15 - 15.30 lunch

Chair: Alvin Goldman (Rutgers University)

15.30 - 16.45
Gheorghe Stefanov (University of Bucharest)
Propositional Attitudes as Speech Acts

16.45 - 18.15
Pierre Jacob (CNRS, Institut Jean Nicod)
The scope and Limits of Motor Theories of Visual Perception

18.15 - 18.45
General Discussion

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History

The 2nd (2004) Colloquium

From abroad: RADU BOGDAN (Tulane University, USA), FRED DRETSKE (Duke University, USA), KEITH LEHRER (University of Arizona, USA), RUTH MILLIKAN (University of Connecticut, USA), and DAN SPERBER (CNRS & Institut Jean Nicod, France).

From Romania: RADU DUDAU (Al.I. Cuza University, Iasi), MIRCEA DUMITRU (University of Bucharest), DUMITRU GHEORGHIU (T. Maiorescu University, Bucharest), RADU-MIHAIL SOLCAN (University of Bucharest), GHEORGHE STEFANOV (University of Bucharest), LAURENTIU STAICU (University of Bucharest).

News:
We are happy to announce that one participant to our colloquium, Professor RADU BOGDAN (Tulane University, New orleans, USA), will be awarded the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Bucharest for his philosophical work and his contribution to the development of philosophy of mind and cognitive science in Romania and at the University of Bucharest in particular. The award ceremony will take place Wednesday, May 26, at 10 a.m. in the Mircea Florian Auditorium, Department of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, 204 Splaiul Independentei, Bucharest.

The 1st (2003) Colloquium

From abroad: MICHAEL DEVITT (City University of New York, USA), HARTRY FIELD (New York University, USA), PETER GARDENFORS (Lund University, Sweden), THOMAS NAGEL (New York University, USA), and STEPHEN STICH (Rutgers University, USA).