Centre for Time
ONTOLOGICAL COMMITMENT
Sydney, 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2007
This two-day conference at Tusculum, Potts Point, will present recent
work on ontological commitment. Confirmed speakers are Berit Brogaard
(Missouri/ANU), Mark Colyvan (Sydney), Uriah Kiegel (Arizona/Sydney),
Kristie Miller (Sydney), Michaelis Michael (UNSW), Luca Moretti
(Sydney), Jonathan Schaffer (ANU) and Amie Thomasson (Miami).
Conference site:
http://www.usyd.edu.au/time/conferences/ontological_commitment
The conference is free but advanced registration is required for
catering purposes.
To register, simply send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with the subject line "Please register me for the Ontological
Commitment Conference"
Enquiries to Luca Moretti: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TIMETABLE (Provisional)
Friday 30 November
9:30 - 11:00
Kristie Miller
Counter-possibles, space-time and the
metaphysics of holes
Morning Tea
11:30 - 1:00
Jonathan Schaffer
Truthmaker commitments
Lunch
2:30 - 4:00
Uriah Kriegel
The dispensability of intentional objects
Afternoon Tea
4:30 - 6:00
Mark Colyvan
The ontological commitments of
inconsistent theories
Saturday 1 December
9:30 - 11:00
Berit Brogaard
(provisional)
Number words and ontological commitment
Morning Tea
11:30 - 1:00
Amie Thomasson
Trivial transformations and ontological commitments
Lunch
2:30 - 4:00
Luca Moretti
The ontological status of minimal entities
Afternoon Tea
4:30 - 6:00
Michaelis Michael
Implicit commitment
All the best!
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Luca Moretti
Centre for Time, University of Sydney
Internet
Email: luca.moretti @ arts.usyd.edu.au (remove the spaces)
URI: http://lucamoretti.org
Office
Main Quad S403
Tel +61 (0)2 9036 7184
Fax +61 (0)2 9351 3918
Post
Luca Moretti
Centre for Time
Department of Philosophy
Main Quad A14
University Of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia
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