This workshop serves as a satellite event for the upcoming Special Issue of Topoi on the same theme. Its primary aim is to provide a forum for prospective contributors to discuss their papers before submitting them to the special issue.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

If you are interested in participating in this event, please send an abstract of no more than 1,000 words (including references) to [email protected].

Deadline: October 20, 2024.

Questions about the event should be addressed to the organizers:

Pedro Abreu, NOVA University of Lisbon ([email protected])

Delia Belleri, Institute of Philosophy, CSIC, Madrid ([email protected])

Olivia Sultanescu, Concordia University, Montreal ([email protected])

SCHEDULE

Thursday, 19 December

8:30 am EST / 1:30 pm GMT

Anita Avramides (Oxford University)

Charity Goes Deep

9:15 am EST / 2:15 pm GMT

Kirk Ludwig (Indiana University)

Charity in Radical Interpretation

10:00 am EST / 3:00 pm GMT

Break

10:30 am EST / 3:30 pm GMT

Claudine Verheggen & Robert Myers (York University)

The Status and the Scope of the Principle of Charity

11:15 am EST / 4:15 pm GMT

William Child (Oxford University)

Charity versus Knowledge-Maximization

12:00 pm EST / 5:00 pm GMT

Break

12:30 pm EST / 5:30 pm GMT

Andrew Smith (University of California, Riverside)

Charity, Parity, and Pluralism in Quine’s Philosophy

Friday, 20 December

9:00 am EST / 2:00 pm GMT

José Zalabardo (University College London)

The Justification of Charity. A Pragmatist Approach

9:45 am EST / 2:45 pm GMT

Pedro Abreu (NOVA University Lisbon)

Charity, Verbal Disputes, and Fragmentation

10:30 am EST / 3:30 pm GMT

Break

11:00 am EST / 4:00 pm GMT

Devin Curry (West Virginia University)

Nonfiction Stories about Minds

11:45 am EST / 4:45 pm GMT

Benjamin Winokur (University of Macau)

Charitable Interpretation and Self-Understanding

This workshop is partially supported by grant RYC2022-035705-I, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union «NextGenerationEU»/PRTR (FSE+).