Neopragmatism: Metaethics and Beyond

There has been a resurgence of interest in pragmatist approaches to old philosophical problems. Over the past 40 years, such approaches have been most prominent in work in metaethics, where they have been a topic of extensive discussion and controversy. But more recently, neo-pragmatist analyses have also been applied to other topics such as truth, possibility, knowledge, meaning and more. This workshop is intended to bring together philosophers who have worked on developing the neo-pragmatist approach and applying it to a variety of issues, in metaethics and beyond.

The workshop schedule is below. Seating is limited and registration is required. To register, please write to niklas.dahl@fil.lu.se.

Organized by Amie Thomasson & Niklas Dahl (Lund University), and sponsored by the Leslie Center for the Humanities, the Harris Foundation, the Department of Philosophy & the Ethics Institute.

Painting on yellow and green brushstrokes

10/21/2024

Neopragmatism: Metaethics and Beyond

Dartmouth Outing Club House
10 Hilton Field Ln
Hanover, NH 03755

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6th 2024 – META-ETHICS

9:15am-10:30am
Mark Warren (Daemen College), Objectivity for Deflationists

10:30am-10:45am
Break

10:45am-12:00pm
Amie Thomasson (Dartmouth College), The Functions of Moral Language

12:00pm-1:00pm
Lunch

1:00pm-2:15pm
Simon Blackburn (Cambridge University), Brandom and Wittgenstein

2:15pm-2:30pm
Break

2:30pm-3:45pm
Andrew Sepielli (University of Toronto), Why Pragmatism Matters in Metaethics: a Parochial View

3:45pm-4:00pm
Break

4:00pm-5:15pm
Christine Tiefensee (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management), Functions and Inferences

5:15pm
Reception

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7th 2024 – BEYOND

9:15am-10:30am
Ted Locke (University of Massachusetts), Social Necessities: A Neopragmatic Approach to Modality in Social Inquiry

10:30am-11:45am
Niklas Dahl (Lund University), Knowledge as a Responsibility Concept

11:45am-12:45pm
Lunch

12:45pm-2:00pm
Huw Price* (University of Bonn, Cambridge), Jumping in at the Deep End: Williams and Davidson on Truth and the Information Pool

2:00pm-3:15pm
Peter Lewis (Dartmouth College), Pragmatism and Quantum Paradox

3:15pm-3:30pm
Break

3:30pm-4:45pm
Lionel Shapiro (University of Connecticut), Neopragmatism and Submerged Truth Conditions

4:45pm-5:15pm
Break

5:15pm-7:00pm
Joshua Gert (College of William and Mary), No Exit? No Problem

*On November 4th, Huw Price will give the Gramlich lecture, "Side-stepping the Rhinoceros: Copernican Pragmatism and Quantum Entanglement." All are welcome.