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The XVIIIth edition of the Inter-University Workshop on Philosophy and Cognitive Science will be held in Madrid, organized by the Faculty of Philosophy of the Complutense University of Madrid (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), and it is devoted to John Perry's work.
John Perry is Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University. He has made significant contributions to different areas of philosophy, including philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and epistemology, with a remarkable impact on other disciplines, such as logic and artificial intelligence. He is the author of over 100 articles and books, including A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality (1978), Situations and Attitudes (with Jon Barwise) (1983, reprinted with a new introduction, 1999), The Problem of the Essential Indexical and Other Essays (1993, enlarged edition 2000), Dialogue on Good, Evil and the Existence of God (1999), Knowledge, Possibility and Consciousness (2001), Reference and Reflexivity (2001), Identity, Personal Identity and the Self (2002). A book devoted to his work, Situating Semantics. Essays on the Philosophy of John Perry, was published in 2007. John Perry was co-founder of the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) at Stanford, and has received numerous distinctions: he is Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of the Basque Country, and Member of the Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has been awarded, among others, the Humboldt Prize and the Jean Nicod Prize.
Invited speaker
John Perry (Stanford University)
SpeakersEros Corazza (Carleton University)
Cristina Corredor (University of Valladolid)
Michael Devitt (City University of New York)
Maite Ezcurdia (UNAM)
Manuel García-Carpintero (University of Barcelona)
Joana Garmendia (University of the Basque Country)
Tomis Kapitan (Northern Illinois University)
Markus Kneer (Institut Jean Nicod & Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris)
Kepa Korta (University of the Basque Country)
Ruth Millikan (University of Connecticut)
Albert Newen (Ruhr-University Bochum)
Gianfranco Soldati (University of Fribourg)
Isidora Stojanovic (CNRS)
Kenneth Taylor (Stanford University)
Richard Vallée (University of Moncton)
Alberto Voltolini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)FREE ATTENDANCE