Venice Graduate Conference on Truth
Ca&rsquo\; Foscari University\, Venice
17-19 September 2014
Keynote speakers: Pascal Engel\, Paul Horwich\, Max Kö\;lbel
Wednesday 17th September
13.30 Opening Remarks
14.00&ndash\;15.30 Graduate Talk 1
Insa Lawler (University of Bielefeld)
Non-declarative Sentences in Intensional Semantics &ndash\; A Defense of a Lewisian Solution
Comment: Francesco Nappo (UNC Chapel Hill)
15.30&ndash\;16.00 Coffee Break
16.00&ndash\;17.30 Graduate Talk 2
Alexander Dinges (Humboldt University\, Berlin)
Epistemic Relativism and Indirect Testimony
Comment: Michele Palmira (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and COGITO)
17.30&ndash\;18.00 Coffee Break
18.00&ndash\;19.30 Keynote Talk
Max Kö\;lbel (University of Barcelona)
Can truth be explicitly defined?
Thursday 18th September
9.00&ndash\;10.30 Graduate Talk 3
Filippo Ferrari (University of Aberdeen\, NIP)
Disagreement about Taste and Alethic Suberogation
Comment: Claudia Picazo (University of Barcelona\, LOGOS)
10.30&ndash\;11.00 Coffee Break
11.00&ndash\;12.30 Graduate Talk 4
Alex Skiles (University of Neuchâ\;tel)
How Truth is Grounded in Reality (Really)
Comment: Daniel Brigham (University of Cambridge)
12.30&ndash\;14.00 Lunch Break
14.00&ndash\;15.30 Graduate Talk 5
Laura Delgado (University of Barcelona\, LOGOS)
Making it Truly Tasty. Truthmakers for Relative Truths on Matters of Taste
Comment: Francesco Gallina (University of Padova)
16.00&ndash\;17.30 Graduate Talk 6
Matthew Simpson (University of Cambridge)
Why Quasi-Realists don&rsquo\;t need Minimalism about Truth
Comment: Wouter Kalf (University of Bristol)
17.30&ndash\;18.00 Coffee Break
18.00&ndash\;19.30 Keynote Talk
Paul Horwich (NYU)
Is TRUTH a normative concept?
20.30 Conference Dinner
Friday 19th September
9.00&ndash\;10.30 Graduate Talk 7
Sybren Heyndels (Freie University\, Berlin)
Truth in Heidegger&rsquo\;s Ontology of the Work of Art
Comment: Giacomo Mancin (University of Ferrara)
10.30&ndash\;11.00 Coffee Break
11.00&ndash\;12.30 Graduate Talk 8
Valentina Braido (University of Padova)
The Duality Between a Paracomplete and a Paraconsistent Theory of Truth
Comment: Johan Gebo (University of Barcelona\, LOGOS)
12.30&ndash\;14.00 Lunch Break
14.00&ndash\;15.30 Keynote Talk
Pascal Engel (University of Genè\;ve)
Further Thoughts On the Value of Truth