The LMS Centre cordially invites everyone to the Online LMS Talks Series:
Inferentialism on Naturalized Grounds
The series accompanies a forthcoming issue of Philosophical Topics (https://www.uapress.com/philosophical-topics-journal), which aims to explore the idea of building inferentialism on naturalized grounds, to instigate discussions on how inferentialism and naturalism could be reconciled, and to investigate the synergic effects this reconciliation could have. The relations between inferentialism and naturalism are examined in both directions: a) how the results of scientific research in evolutionary theory, psychology (developmental, cognitive, experimental), empirical linguistics, and anthropology could support and influence the future development of inferentialism, as well as b) how the theoretical innovations of inferentialism could in turn fertilize and influence the direction of scientific research into these areas.
The talks are focused on various topics including:
Normativity of meaning/mental content
Evolutionary grounds of normativity/rule-following and reasoning
Social-normative Pragmatics
Commitment-first approaches to language and communication
Program of the series:
9. 2. Jaroslav Peregrin (University of Hradec Králové): Inferentialism Naturalized
23. 2. Ladislav Koreň (University of Hradec Králové): Evolution of Reason Giving and Confirmation Bias: What Has Been Explained?
9. 3. Anke Breunig (University of Halle): Wilfrid Sellars on Science and the Mind
23. 3. Hans-Johann Glock (University of Zurich): Norms, Reasons and Anthropological Naturalism
6. 4. Bernhard Weiss (University of Cape Town): From Tools to Rules: The Evolution of Rule Following
20. 4. Antonio Scarafone (University of Reading) & John Michael (Central European University): Getting Ready to Share Commitments
4. 5. Diego Marconi (University of Turin): Grounds of Semantic Normativity
The talks take place biweekly 14:05-15:30, Central European Time (UTC +1). The talks will be hosted on Zoom. Meeting ID: 968 254 2971
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For pre-published versions of the papers please send an email to: matej.drobnak@uhk.cz