Conceivability & Modality International Conference

We are pleased to announce the Conceivability and Modality International Conference in Roma, Sapienza University, on June 19th-20th, 2017. This is a two-day event organized in three sections:

(1) conceivability & modal epistemology

(2) logic of conceivability

(3) history of conceivability

We are interested in the investigation of conceivability in its different forms and possible relationship to modal reasoning and knowledge. Some of the issues that we would like to explore include but are not limited to the following: whether and to what extent conceiving and imagining can cast light on modality; what is the relationship between counterfactual reasoning and modal reasoning; and whether there is a logic of conceivability/imagination. Most interesting to us is the role of conceivability/imagination coming out of the latest empiricist trends in modal epistemology. Moreover, we are further interested in the history of conceivability—its origin and developments both in the Western tradition (esp. Descartes-Hume-XX century analytic philosophy) and in the non-Western traditions.

Conference venue:

Sapienza University, Villa Mirafiori, Room XI - via Carlo Fea 2, 00161 Rome.

Registration is free but required, by June 4th: [email protected]