Stephen Yablo is David W. Skinner Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge USA.  He has written important work on philosophy of mind, metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophical logic.  This 2-day workshop brings together local and international speakers, celebrating different aspects of Yablo's work, and features a presentation by Yablo himself.

Speakers:  Alma Barner (ANU), Sara Bernstein (Duke), David Chalmers (NYU, ANU) Mark Colyvan (Sydney), Frank Jackson (ANU), Alex Sandgren (ANU) and Stephen Yablo (MIT).

Organizer:  Daniel Stoljar (ANU)

All are welcome, but please RSVP for catering purposes to Daniel Stoljar

Timetable

Monday:

12.30 - 1.00:  Coffee

1.00 - 2.15:  Mark Colyvan (Sydney): "Subtraction and Explanation"

2.15 - 3.30:  Sara Bernstein (Notre Dame): "Causal and Moral Indeterminacy"

3.30 - 3.45:  Arvo tea

3.45 - 5.00:  Frank Jackson (ANU): "About Aboutness"

5.00 - 6.15:  Alex Sandgren (ANU): "Much ado about nothing: Aboutness and Intentional Identity”

Tuesday:

12.30 - 1.00:  Coffee

1.00 - 2.15:  Alma Barner (ANU): "Imagination and the Aim of the Possible"

2.15 - 3.30:  David Chalmers (NYU, ANU):  "Could Hesperus have failed to be Phosphorus?"

3.30 - 4:00:  Arvo tea

4:00 - 6:00:  Stephen Yablo (MIT): "Relevance and Minimality”  (This talk is also a PhilSoc talk.)