Loma Pelona Center

UC Santa Barbara

November 9 - 10, 2024

David Braun

Stefano Predelli

Teresa Robertson Ishii

Scott Soames

Philip Atkins

Paolo Bonardi

Mark Fiocco

Oliver Marshall

Sponsored by the UCSB Department of Philosophy and the Steven Humphrey Fund

for Excellence in Philosophy philosophy.ucsb.edu

All are welcome!

Schedule

Saturday, November 9

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Coffee and Bagels

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Session I

Speaker: Scott Soames, USC, “The Struggle for Propositions: Truth, Error and Progress in Philosophy.”

Commentator: Mark Fiocco, UC irvine

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 - 3:30 PM Session II

Speaker: Teresa Robertson Ishii, UC Santa Barbara, “Reflections on Origins and Puzzles.”

Commentator: Philip Atkins, Temple University

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Break

4:00 - 6:00 PM Session III

Speaker: Stefano Predelli, University of Nottingham, “The Sound of Nothing: The Metalinguistic Overtones of True Negative Existentials.”

Commentator: Paolo Bonardi, University of Vienna

Sunday, November 10

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Coffee and Bagels

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Session IV

Speaker: David Braun, University at Buffalo, “Nathan Salmón on Belief and Guises.”

Commentator: Oliver Marshall, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 - 3:30 PM Session V

Speaker: Nathan Salmón, UC Santa Barbara,

“Quantifying Out.”