Research Group
in Analytic Philosophy
Workshop MoT1—Truthmaking as Grounding: For and Against
Dates: 9-10 June 2014
Venue: Residència Investigadors del CSIC (c.Hospital 64, Barcelona)
This will be the first of a series of workshops on the themes of research project MoT—The Makings of Truth: Nature, Extent, and Applications.
Invited Speakers:
David Liggins (Manchester)
Anna-Sofia Maurin (Gothenburg)
Josh Parsons (Oxford)
Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra (Oxford)
Jonathan Schaffer (Rutgers)
Provisional program:
Monday, June 9
15:00-16:30 Liggins: “The factorization of truthmaking”
17:00-18:30 Maurin: “Metaphysical explanation”
Tuesday, June 10
11:00-12:30 Parsons: "Is a metaphysical theory of truthmakers possible?"
15:00-16:30 Rodriguez-Pereyra: “Ground is not a strict partial order”
17:00-18:30 Schaffer: “Truthgrounding”
Sponsored by MoT (FFI2012-35026, Spanish
Government), and organized by Dan López de Sa (ICREA-Universitat de Barcelona). No registration fee, but if interested in attending, please contact dlopezdesa AT ub.edu.
