Wittgenstein's Contemporary Relevance

Wittgenstein'sContemporary Relevance
May 15-17, Auditorium A, West Hall,
American University of Beirut

Thursday May 15
11.30-12.45pm Professor Michael Williams (Johns Hopkins): 'Wittgenstein and Skepticism'
1.00-2.30pm Lunch
2.30-3.45pm Professor Hannah Ginsborg (Berkeley): 'Must I Know What I Mean?'
4.00-5.15pm Dr. William Child (Oxford): 'Self-Ascriptions, Other-Ascriptions, and the Univocality of Mental Terms'

Friday May 16
10.00-11.15am Professor Paul Horwich (NYU): 'The Case Against A Priori Philosophical Theories'
11.30-12.45pm Professor Barry Smith (School of Advanced Study, University of London): 'Wittgenstein on Description and Explanation'
1.00-2.30pm Lunch
2.30-3.45pm Dr. Saleh Agha (AUB): 'Family Resemblance and Focal Meaning'
4.00-5.15pm Professor Stephen Schiffer (NYU): ‘The Untapped Significance of Family Resemblance in the Theory of Meaning’

Saturday May 17
10.00-11.15am Professor Meredith Williams (Johns Hopkins): 'Wittgenstein on Learning and Reference' 11.30-12.45pm Professor Paul Boghossian (NYU): 'Intuitions'