Coordination and Disagreement across Perspectives

Coordination and Disagreement across Perspectives

Workshop

Lisbon, 10-12 September 2012


The problem of coordination (and lack thereof) across perspectives manifests itself in many guises: in communication, lying and misleading, in agreements and disagreements, in shared worlds and group actions, and in competition.

This networking event brings together researchers from three collaborative research projects (CCCOM, DRUST and NormCon) within the EUROCORES EuroUnderstanding Programme.

The workshop will be organized by the LanCog Group of the Philosophy Centre of the University of Lisbon.

It will be integrated with a graduate workshop (OFA8), locally organized by early career researchers. There will be 6 slots for graduate students, or researchers who have obtained their PhDs within the last 2 years, to present their work. A call for abstracts is now underway.


http://coordinationdisagreement.weebly.com/index.html

Oficina de Filosofia Analítica 8

Graduate Workshop - Oficina de Filosofia Analítica 8


The Oficina de Filosofia Analítica -- OFA is a graduate workshop that has been co-organized by the Portuguese Philosophy Society (SPF) and the Portuguese Society for Analytic Philosophy (SPFA) until now. This is the first time that the workshop is organized by the LanCog group, although still with the support of both societies.


It is also the first time that an international call for abstracts will be made.
This edition of OFA, its eight, is particularly special, as it is integrated in the workshop Coordination and Disagreement across Perspectives -- a networking activity of the EUROCORES EuroUnderstanding Programme. We believe that this will provide a good opportunity for graduate students and recent post-docs to participate in the EuroUnderstanding workshop, and for the senior researchers to attend the graduate workshop.

There will be 6 slots for graduate students, or researchers who have obtained their PhDs within the last 2 years, to present their work.
Call for abstracts!!!


This call for abstracts is directed at graduate students and researchers who have obtained their PhDs within the last 2 years. All submitted abstracts must be in English or Portuguese, and must be on philosophy with no further restrictions as regards topics or areas. Final papers will be presented at the workshop (30 minutes) followed by a commentary (10 minutes) and an open discussion (35 minutes). There are two ways of participating in the workshop, as a speaker or as a commentator.



Contributed papers

Authors should send an abstract of 1500 words (where the thesis defended and the arguments backing them up should be clearly stated) to < ofa8workshop AT gmail.com >. Abstracts should be arranged for blind refereeing. Information about authors should be indicated on a separate title page including title of the paper, author’s full name, e-mail address and affiliation. The selection will be carried out by the members of our scientific committee. Authors may also express their interest to participate as commentators.



Commentators

Those interested in participating as commentators should send their data (name, e- mail address, affiliation and a short CV) to < ofa8workshop AT gmail.com >. A description of the main areas of philosophy they are interested in will also be required.



Deadlines

Submitted abstracts will be accepted until the 30th of April 2012. The result of the selection process will be communicated to the authors by the end of June 2012. Speakers must send the final version of their papers before the 30th of July 2012.



Funding

Meals (lunch, coffee breaks and one social dinner) are covered for speakers at OFA8. We have a small budget to help cover accommodation costs. Speakers must pay for their travel expenses themselves.



Scientific Committee

João Branquinho (University of Lisbon)

Daniel Cohnitz (University of Tartu)

Esa Diaz-Leon (University of Manitoba)

Sören Häggqvist (University of Stockholm)

Jussi Haukijoa (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim)

Dan López de Sa (ICREA and University of Barcelona)

Teresa Marques (University of Lisbon)

Peter Pagin (University of Stockholm)

Stefano Predelli (University of Nottingham)

Sonia Roca (University of Stirling)

Sven Rosenkranz (ICREA and University of Barcelona)

Adriana Silva Graça (University of Lisbon)

Pedro Santos (University of Algarve)

Ricardo Santos (University of Évora)

Andreas Stokke (CSMN, University of Oslo)

Isidora Stojanovic (Institut Jean Nicod, Paris)

Célia Teixeira (University of Lisbon)

Josefa Toribio (ICREA and Autonomous University of Barcelona)

Åsa Wikforss (University of Stockholm)


Sponsors

LANCOG (http://www.lancog.com/)

Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon (http://www.fl.ul.pt/)

Portuguese Philosophy Society (http://www.spfil.pt/)

OFA takes place under the auspices of the Portuguese Society for Analytic Philosophy.

European Science Foundation, EUROCORES Programme EuroUnderstanding, (funds from FWF, FWO, DCIR, ETF, CNR, NWO, RCN, MNiSW, FCT, VR).

http://coordinationdisagreement.weebly.com/ofa8.html

Disvalue in the Natural World: Should We Intervene to Reduce Animal Suffering in Nature?

Oscar Horta
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
2 de Março – 14:30
Sala Mattos Romão
Entrada Livre – Lotação Limitada

ABSTRACT:
Many people think nonhuman animals live great lives in the wild.
However, this view is wrong. Population dynamics teach us that the
overwhelming majority of the animals that come to existence in nature
die shortly after. Those deaths are often painful. Furthermore, those
who survive often suffer and die from malnutrition, disease,
accidents, harsh weather conditions, fear, etc., or are killed by
predators or parasites. This gives us a strong reason to intervene in
nature to reduce the harms animals suffer. We may reject this if we
think (i) that only human interests count; (ii) that alleged
impersonal values such as environmental ideals count for more than the
interests of sentient beings; or (iii) that intervention in nature
cannot succeed. However, there are powerful arguments to reject all
these claims. If they are right, there is a strong case for
intervention in nature for the sake of nonhuman animals. This also
entails that if the interests of individuals count significantly
beyond what speciesist anthropocentric views assume, we must defend
the interests of nonhuman animals over environmentalist concerns.

Organização
Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa
Ética, Política e Ambiente
Filosofia da Acção e dos Valores

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L'Imagination selon Husserl

Seminário Permanente de Fenomenologia

Oitava Sessão

Conferência de Rudolf Bernet

L´Imagination selon Husserl

Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa

Departamento de Filosofia  - Sala Mattos Romão

Dia 2 de Março – 11 horas

Quer inovação? Contrate alguém de humanidades

"Quantas pessoas na sua organização são pensadores inovadores que podem ajudar nos seus problemas de estratégia mais espinhosos? Quantos possuem uma compreensão interessada das necessidades dos clientes? Quantos sabem o que é preciso para assegurar que os funcionários se envolvam no trabalho?

Se a resposta for "não muitos", bem-vindo ao clube! Os líderes empresariais em todo o mundo têm-me dito que desesperam por encontrar pessoas que os possam ajudar a resolver problemas complicados - ou mesmo por fazê-las pensar no assunto. Não é que as empresas não tenham pessoas inteligentes a trabalhar para elas. Existem muitos MBA e até doutorados em economia, química ou ciências informáticas nos quadros das empresas. Não falta potencial intelectual. O potencial indicado é que é difícil de encontrar. Simplesmente não há um número suficiente de pessoas com os conhecimentos certos.

Isto acontece porque os nossos sistemas educativos se centram em ensinar os alunos de ciências e de gestão a controlar, prever, verificar, garantir e testar dados. Não ensinam como navegar nas questões "e se..." ou em futuros desconhecidos. Como Amos Shapira, o CEO da Cellcom, a operadora de rede móvel líder em Israel, afirmou: "O conhecimento que eu uso como CEO pode ser adquirido em duas semanas ... A principal coisa que se deve ensinar a um estudante é como deve estudar e analisar as coisas (incluindo) história e filosofia."

As pessoas formadas em humanidades que estudam poesia de Shakespeare, ou os quadros de Cézanne, por exemplo, aprenderam a lidar com grandes conceitos e a aplicar novas formas de raciocínio aos problemas difíceis que não podem ser analisados de forma convencional."

Notícia neste link http://www.dinheirovivo.pt/Faz/Artigo/CIECO002516.html

Fiora Salis: On Currie's Problem of Tragedy

SEMINAR SERIES IN ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY

2011-12: Session 5

On Currie’s Problem of Tragedy

Fiora Salis (LanCog Group, University of Lisbon, and LOGOS Group, University of Barcelona)

2 March 2012, 16:00

Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa
Sala Mattos Romão (departamento de Filosofia)

Abstract: Over the past decade philosophers and cognitive scientists have been increasingly interested in issues related to the distinction between genuine desire and a hypothetical imaginative counterpart of desire. Gregory Currie recently argued in favor of the introduction of desire-like imaginings by investigating the nature of the mental states involved in our response to tragic fictions. My aim in this paper is to articulate Currie’s argument, disarm it and furthermore peruse its consequences. The hypothesis is that our response to tragic fictions involves genuine desires, although certain necessary refinements will be offered.

Sponsored by: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa

Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa
LanCog Group (Language, Mind and Cognition Research Group)
http://www.lancog.com/
Project Online Companion PTDC/FIL-F​IL/121209/​2010

Instituto Filosófico de Pedro Hispano, Departamento de Filosofia da UL

For further information, please contact
Professor João Branquinho
Department of Philosophy
Faculdade de Letras
Universidade de Lisboa
Alameda da Universidade
1600-214 Lisboa
Portugal
Telephone +(351)217920000
Fax +(351)217920063
jbranquinho@campus.ul.pt
Webpage: http://joaobranquinho.weebly.com
CV DeGóis: http://www.degois.pt/visualizador/curriculum.jsp?key=9510424644288603