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 will be two full days (November 6-7, 2024), featuring presentations from the following speakers:
Christine Tiefensee (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management)
Huw Price (University of Bonn, Cambridge)
Simon Blackburn (Cambridge)
Andrew Sepielli (University of Toronto)
Joshua Gert (College of William and Mary)
Ted Locke (University of Massachusetts)
Mark Warren (Daemen College)
Lionel Shapiro (University of Connecticut)
Niklas Dahl (Lund University)
Amie Thomasson (Dartmouth College)

Additional attendees are welcome at the conference, subject to space constraints. If you wish to attend and/or express interest in chairing a session, you are asked to preregister by emailing [email protected] with “Neopragmatism Workshop” in the subject line.

Prior to the conference, on November 4th, Huw Price will give the Gramlich lecture at Dartmouth College. All are welcome.

Wednesday, November 6th – Meta-ethics
9:15 Mark Warren, Objectivity for Deflationists
10:30 Break
10:45 Amie Thomasson, The Functions of Moral Language
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Simon Blackburn, Brandom and Wittgenstein
14:15 Break
14:30 Andrew Sepielli, Why Pragmatism Matters in Metaethics: a Parochial View
15:45 Break
16:00: Christine Tiefensee, Functions and Inferences
17:15 Reception
 
Thursday, November 7th - Beyond
9:15 Ted Locke, Social Necessities: A Neopragmatic Approach to Modality in Social Inquiry
10:30 Niklas Dahl, Knowledge as a Responsibility Concept
11:45 Lunch
12:45 Huw Price, Jumping in at the Deep End: Williams, Truth, and the Information Pool
14:00 Peter Lewis, Pragmatism and Quantum Paradox
15:15 Break
15:30 Lionel Shapiro, Neopragmatism and Submerged Truth Conditions
16:45 Break
17:15 Joshua Gert, No Exit? No Problem

19:00 Dinner at Pine

Location: Dartmouth Outing Club

2 Hilton Field Ln
Hanover, NH 03755
United States

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