18, 19 and 20 February 2020
Faculty of Arts and Humanities - University of Porto

FEB 18 TUESDAY | Sala 201

Capacities

15h30 | Introduction of issue by discussion organiser (Sofia Miguens): Capacities

16h00 | David Zapero, McDowell, capacities and theory receptivity

17h00 | General discussion (Charles Travis, António Zilhão, Sofia Miguens, David Zapero, Mark Kalderon, Manuela Teles, João António Faria e Silva, João Alberto Pinto, Mattia Riccardi, Pedro Borges Araújo)

FEB 19 WEDNESDAY | Sala de Reuniões 2

Frege and capacities

14h30 | Introduction of issue by discussion organiser (Charles Travis): Conceptions of capacities in some applications of Frege (the road from the logical back to the psychological). The part of the business of being true that Frege says logic is not interested in: moves to truth (or action) which are not moves from truths.

15h00 | Charles Travis, Conceptions of capacities in realism/idealism disputes

16h00 | General discussion (Charles Travis, António Zilhão, Sofia Miguens, David Zapero, Mark Kalderon, Manuela Teles, João António Faria e Silva, João Alberto Pinto, Mattia Riccardi, Pedro Borges Araújo)

FEB 20 THURSDAY | Sala 306

In and out: transitions and forms of awareness

14h30 | Introduction of issue by 'discussion organiser' (Charles Travis): The transitions: from perception to thought and from thought to action. Transitions and forms of awareness

15h00 | Mark Kalderon, The Power of Perception, a Prolegomenon

16h00 | General discussion (Charles Travis, António Zilhão, Sofia Miguens, David Zapero, Mark Kalderon, Manuela Teles, João António Faria e Silva, João Alberto Pinto, Mattia Riccardi, Pedro Borges Araújo)

Image: Joan Miró, Blue III (1961). Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, France

Organização/Organization:
Mind, Language and Action Group (MLAG)
Instituto de Filosofia da Universidade do Porto – FIL/00502
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
U.Porto e Banco Santander - Programa Santander Universidades