Fifth Principia International Symposium
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| The Philosophy of Bas C. van Fraassen - Ten Years of Principia |
Florianópolis, Brazil - August 6-9, 2007Gallery of photos of the conference
Including the Second Latinamerican Meeting of Philosophy of Biology,
and the following research groups belonging to the Brazilian National Association of Graduate Studies in Philosophy:
Logic
Philosophy of Science
Ethics
Theories of Justice
Main Speakers
Bas C. van Fraassen (Princeton University, USA)
Harvey Brown (University of Oxford, UK)
Michel Ghins (University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
Michel Paty (University of Paris VII-Denis Diderot, France, and University of São Paulo)
Hugh Lacey (Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, USA)
Steven French (University of Leeds, UK)
Wilson Mendonça (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Newton C. A. da Costa (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
João Paulo Gomes Monteiro (New University of Lisbon, Portugal, and University of São Paulo)
A Brief Historical Note
The Fifth Principia International Symposium will be held in Florianópolis, Brazil, on August 6-9, 2007, focusing mainly on the philosophy of Bas C. van Fraassen and celebrating the ten years of the journal Principia.
The four previous symposia in this series have been devoted respectively to principles in philosophy and in the sciences (1999), the philosophy of Bertrand Russell (2001), the philosophy of Willard van Orman Quine (2003), and the philosophy of Donald Davidson (2005).
These symposia have been organized by the Epistemology and Logic Research Group (NEL) and the editors of Principia - an International Journal of Epistemology, both belonging to Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
The Fifth Principia International Symposium will be organized by the Epistemology and Logic Research Group and its associated Knowledge and Language Research Group (NECL), along with Principia's staff and supported by the Graduate Program in Philosophy and the Philosophy Department of Federal University of Santa Catarina.
Organizing Committee
Luiz Henrique Dutra, chair (Principia's editor, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil)
Cézar Mortari, secretary (Principia's associated editor, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil)
Otávio Bueno (University of Miami, USA)
Sara Albieri (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Scientific Committee
Michel Ghins, chair (University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
Alberto Cupani, secretary (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil)
Hugh Lacey (Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, USA)
Harvey Brown (University of Oxford, UK)
Gustavo Andrés Caponi (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil)
General Program
The Fifth Principia International Symposium will consist of six sessions as follows:
1 - The Philosophy of Bas C. van Fraassen (Main Session)
2 - Philosophy and History of Science
3 - Logic and Philosophy of Language
4 - Epistemology
5 - Ethics and Philosophy of the Human Sciences
6 - Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind
Complete Program: HTML File / PDF File
Accepted Papers
The authors of accepted (and refused) papers have already been notified by email. If you didn't receive any message from us, please contact us at: necl@cfh.ufsc.br.
To see all accepted papers, click here.
Financial Support to Speakers
In order to provide a partial aid to the speakers in the Fifth Principia International Symposium, the organizing committee will do its best to obtain financial support from Brazilian funding agencies. However, participants must not rely only on this source, and are strongly encouraged to try to get support from their universities, especially with regard to their flight tickets.
Inscriptions and Fees
Participants living in Brazil, including speakers (see here), have benefited from progressive reductions for the symposium's fees. Because of the high charges for sending international money orders and some local banking difficulties, foreign participants won't benefit from such reductions.
The inscription fees for the symposium will be R$ 80,00 (Brazilian currency) for professionals and R$ 40,00 for students (aproximately US$ 40,00 and US$ 20,00, respectively), to be paid, in Brazilian currency only, at the beginning of the symposium.
