This conference marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of Graham \;Priest&rsquo\;s In Contradiction. It is hosted by the School of Humanities at the \;University of Glasgow.
In Contradiction is the first serious defence of the view that there are \;true contradictions (dialetheism)\, as a response to the paradoxes of self-reference. The transition of dialetheism from a view on the &lsquo\;lunatic \;fringe&rsquo\;\, to be dismissed with an incredulous stare\, to one of the major \;players in the debate surrounding truth and paradox\, is one of the most \;significant developments in philosophical logic of the last 30 years. \;Priest&rsquo\;s work and\, in particular\, In Contradiction has been central to the \;development of dialetheism\, with the latter (now expanded in its second \;edition) still regarded as the view&rsquo\;s canonical text.
In this conference\, we wish to mark the 25th anniversary of In \;Contradiction by hosting a selection of papers assessing the state of the \;art for dialetheism\, the problems it faces and avenues for future \;research.
Possible topics for submissions are:
Papers should be approximately 30-40 minutes long. Abstracts of c. 500 \;words should be sent to \;Adam.Rieger@glasgow.ac.uk \;or \;g.young.3@research.gla.ac.uk\, by September 30th.
We hope to have some money to support travel for graduate students\; please \;mention that you are a graduate student when submitting an abstract.
It is hoped to publish a volume of proceedings with a leading press.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR