Philosophy in an Age of Science:
A Conference in Honor of Hilary Putnam's 85th Birthday

Harvard University, Emerson Hall , May 31 and June 3

Brandeis University, Hassenfeld Conference Center, June 1 and 2

Participants:
David Albert, Columbia University
Maria Baghramian, UCD School of Philosophy, Dublin
Paul Benacerraf, Princeton University, Emeritus
Alan Berger, Brandeis University, Visiting Professor at Harvard University
Anat Biletzki, University of Tel Aviv, Israel and Quinnipiac University
Ned Block, NYU 
Richard Boyd, Cornell University
Mario de Caro, University of Roma Tre, Italy
Stanley Cavell, Harvard University, Emeritus
Gary Ebbs, Indiana University
Paul Franks, Yale University
Harvey Friedman,  Ohio State University
Maximilian de Gaynesford, University of Reading, UK
Warren Goldfarb, Harvard University
Richard Healey, University of Arizona
Geoffrey Hellman, University of Minnesota
Hilla Jacobson, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
David Macarthur, University of Sydney, Australia
Tim Maudlin, Rutgers University
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago
Charles Parsons, Harvard University
Carl Posy, Hebrew University
Hilary Putnam, Harvard University, Emeritus
Ruth Anna Putnam, Wellesley College, Emerita
Nathan Salmon, UCSB
Tim Scanlon, Harvard University
Ben-Ami Scharfstein, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Sydney Shoemaker, Cornell University
Charles Travis, University of London, UK
Steven Wagner, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

 

Conference pre-registration is $45; Students $20.  After May 21, Registration is $55; Students $25. Free for all philosophy faculty, staff, and students of Harvard and Brandeis Universities.

Registration includes two lunches, reception at the Harvard Faculty Club, and bus shuttle to and from Harvard and Brandeis Universities.
In order to register, if you are a philosophy faculty, staff or student from either Harvard or Brandeis, although your tuition is waived, you must still send us an email by May 20th.  If you are paying a registration fee, you must email us by May 20, 2011 (to avoid a late fee) and make out your check to: The Slater Foundation. You should send the check to:

Attn: Professor Alan Berger
Department of Philosophy
Emerson Hall 209a
Harvard University
25 Quincy Street
Cambridge MA 02138
USA

For further information, please contact: Putnamconference2011@gmail.com
Conference information can be found at: 

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~phildept/putnamconference.html

This project was made possible through the support of a grant from the John Templeton Foundation with additional support from the Slater Foundation, and Harvard and Brandeis Universities. 

The opinions expressed at this conference are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors.

 

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~phildept/putnamconference.html