International Conference: “Intuitional content and the myth of the Given”

23 – 25 Ιουνίου 2014

Διεθνές Συνέδριο: “Intuitional content and the myth of the Given”

Διοργανωτές: Costas Pagondiotis, Stasinos Stavrianeas

Χορηγοί: Andrew Mellon Foundation, University of Patras Research Committee, University of Patras

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International Conference: “Intuitional content and the myth of the Given”

Organized by: Costas Pagondiotis, Stasinos Stavrianeas

Sponsored by: Andrew Mellon Foundation, University of Patras Research Committee, University of Patras

Speakers

Aristides Baltas (National Technical University of Athens),
Matthew Boyle (Harvard University),
Dionisis Christias (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens),
James Conant (University of Chicago),
George Faraklas (Panteion University),
Vasso Kindi (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens),
John McDowell (University of Pittsburgh),
Costas Pagondiotis (University of Patras),
Robert Pippin (University of Chicago),
Sebastian Rödl (University of Leipzig),
Stasinos Stavrianeas (University of Patras),
Fotini Vasileiou (Athens School of Fine Arts),
Stelios Virvidakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens),
Maria Venieri (University of Crete),
John Zeimbekis (University of Patras)

Program

Monday, June 23

09:50-10:00 Welcome address by the Vice Chair of the Philosophy Department, Associate Professor Pavlos Kontos
10:00-11:15 John McDowell (University of Pittsburgh): “Intuitional content and the Myth of the Given”
Discussant: Aristides Baltas (National Technical University of Athens)
Coffee break
11:50-12:50 Dionisis Christias (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens): “McDowell and Sellars on Intuitional Content and the Myth of the Given”
Coffee break
13:00-14:00 Fotini Vasileiou (Athens School of Fine Arts): “McDowell and Husserl on Perceptual Intentionality”
Lunch Break – finger food
17:00-18:00 Sebastian Rödl (University of Leipzig): “Empirical Judgment as Contradiction”
Coffee break
18:40-19:40 John Zeimbekis (University of Patras): “Perception, Memory and Non-Inferential Warrant”
Coffee break
19:50-20:50 Stelios Virvidakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens): “On the Given and Other Philosophical Myths”
Dinner                                                                                                                                 

Tuesday, June 24

10:00-11:00 Robert Pippin (University of Chicago): “The Given as a ‘Logical’ Problem”
Coffee break
11:40-12:40 George Faraklas (Panteion University): “Hegel and the Given”
Coffee break
13:00-14:00 Stasinos Stavrianeas (University of Patras):  “The Power of Perception in Aristotle’s De Anima”
Lunch Break – finger food
17:00-18:00 Matthew Boyle (Harvard University): “The Rational Role of Perceptual Content”
Coffee break
18:40-19:40 Costas Pagondiotis (University of Patras): “Intuitional Content and the Phenomenology of Perceptual Experience”
Coffee break
19:50-20:50 Maria Venieri (University of Crete): “Perceptual Content and Spatial Properties”
Dinner                                                                                                                                 

Wednesday, June 25 

10:00-11:00  James Conant: “Three Guises of the Myth of the Given”
Coffee break
11:40-12:40 Vasso Kindi (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens): “The gift of the given”