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Nov 2011
On the ashes of post-modernism: a new realism
November 7, 2011
Italian Cultural Institute, New York.
On the ashes of post-modernism: a new realism.
International Conference, initiative of the Framework Program “Slowness and Quality” promoted by La Fondazione (NYC).
Italian Cultural Institute, New York
Monday November 7, 2011, 9:50am – 5:20pm.
Program(Download program)
9:50am
Introductory address: Riccardo Viale
(Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York / Università di Milano-Bicocca)
Morning Session
Chair – Armando Massarenti (Il Sole 24 Ore)
10:00am – 10:30am
Conference opening: Hilary Putnam (Harvard University) in dialogue with Mario De Caro (Universita’ Roma3 – Tufts University): “Realisms and Reason”
10:30am – 10:50am
Discussion
10:50am – 11:10am
Akeel Bilgrami (Columbia University): “Realism and Practical reason”
11:10am – 11:20am
Discussion
11:20am – 11:30am
Coffee break
11:30am – 11:50am
Ned Block (New York University): “Is Consciousness an Illusion?”
11:50am – 12:00pm
Discussion
12:00pm – 12:20pm
Maurizio Ferraris (Universita’ di Torino): “Reality as Unamendableness”
12:20pm – 12:30pm
Discussion
12:30pm – 12:50pm
Umberto Eco (University of Bologna): TBA
12:50pm – 1:00pm
Discussion
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Lunch break
Afternoon session
Chair – Riccardo Viale
2:30pm – 2:50pm
Paul Boghossian (New York University): “Does Relativism Matter?”
2:50pm – 3:00pm
Discussion
3:00pm – 3:20pm
Giovanna Borradori (Vassar College): “Which Truth Do Photos Tell? Realism and Human Rights”
3:20pm – 3:30pm
Discussion
3:30pm – 3:50pm
Petar Bojanic (Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade/Birkbeck, London): “Institution and the Law. Real, positive, concrete”
3:50pm – 4:00pm
Discussion
4:00pm – 4:20pm
Markus Gabriel (Universität Bonn): “The Argument from Facticity”
4.20pm – 4.30pm
Discussion
4:30pm – 5:10pm
Alvin Goldman (Rutgers University): Concluding Lecture
5:10pm – 5:20pm
General discussion
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