PERSP Workshop on the As and Bs in the Philosophy of Time. Barcelona 19-20 September 2013
PERSP Workshop on the As and Bs in the Philosophy of Time
Barcelona 19-20 September 2013 at Residència d'Investigadors (Hospital 64)
Organized by Dan López de Sa (UB) & Stephan Torre (Aberdeen)
Sponsored by PERSP (workpackages B1 & S1) & Universitat de Barcelona
Themes:
-How exactly should the debate between A-theorists and B-theorists be characterized?
-Is there genuine disagreement between A-theorists and B-theorists?
-If so, what is the source of the disagreement?
-What connection, if any, exists between the temporalism/eternalism debate for propositions and the A theory and the B-theory?
-What role does the notion of temporal passage play in the debate between the two theories?
The workshop will have a 'read-ahead' format: papers will not be presented in the sessions but instead they will be made available to registered participants to read ahead of time. Each session will be dedicated to a presentation from the commentator, a brief reply by the speaker, and the bulk of the time will be allotted for discussion.
Speakers:
Fabrice Correia (Neuchâtel) & Sven Rosenkranz (ICREA-UB)
Natalja Deng (Geneva)
Ned Markosian (Western Washington)
Oliver Pooley (Oxford)
Simon Prosser (St Andrews)
Meghan Sullivan (Notre Dame)
Commentators:
Graeme A. Forbes (Kent)
Bryan Pickel (Edinburgh)
Pablo Rychter (Valencia)
Amy Seymour (Notre Dame)
Albert Solé (UAB-Barcelona)
Giuliano Torrengo (Milan)
Program
Thursday 19
11.00 - 12.30 Meghan Sullivan (Notre Dame): “An A-Theory Without Tense Operators” – comments by Pablo Rychter (Valencia)
14.30 - 16.00 Fabrice Correia (Neuchâtel) & Sven Rosenkranz (ICREA-UB): “Living on the Brink, or Welcome Back, Growing Block!” – comments by Graeme A. Forbes (Kent)
16.30 - 18.00 Natalja Deng (Geneva): “Fine’s McTaggart, Temporal Passage, and the A versus B-Debate” – comments by Bryan Pickel (Edinburgh)
Friday 20
11.00 - 12.30 Ned Markosian (Western Washington): “The A-Theory of Time and Time Travel to the Past” – comments by Giuliano Torrengo (Milan)
14.30 - 16.00 Simon Prosser (St Andrews): “Experience: A fundamental challenge in the Philosophy of Time” – comments by Amy Seymour (Notre Dame)
16.30 - 18.00 Oliver Pooley (Oxford): “The Open Future, and the Passage of Time” – comments by Albert Solé (UAB-Barcelona)
Conference papers (password-protected) are available here.
To receive the password you must register for the workshop.
In order to register (no fee), please contact Chiara Panizza on persp.management@gmail.com before 12 September 2013. Registrations after the deadline will not be accepted.
