Programme

 

 (A printable version of the schedule is available here)

Day 1

Location: Christ Church

29 June 2025

9.30 a.m.–9.45a.m.

Welcome

Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre

9.45 a.m.–11 a.m.

Dummett Against Classical Logic

Crispin Wright

Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre

Break 11 a.m.–11.15 a.m.

11.15 a.m.–12.30 p.m.

Dummett and Brouwer: Proximity and Distance

Mark van Atten

Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre

Sandwich Lunch 

12.30 p.m.–1.30 p.m.

1.30 p.m.–2.45 p.m.

Dummett's Argument that the Concept of Natural Number is Inherently Vague

Daniel Isaacson

Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre

Break 2.45 p.m.–3 p.m.

3 p.m.–4.15 p.m.

Is There Any Such Thing as a Fregean Ontology?

Peter Sullivan

Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre

Break 4.15 p.m.–4.30 p.m.

4.30 p.m.–5.45 p.m.

Frege's Logical Objects

Patricia Blanchette

Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre

6.30 p.m.–7 p.m.

Drinks Reception

Dinner at Christ Church: 7 p.m.

 

Day 2

Location: Christ Church (morning), All Souls (afternoon)

30 June 2025

9.30 a.m.–10.45 a.m.

Recognitional Capacities and their Uses

Timothy Williamson

Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre

Break 10.45 a.m.–11 a.m.

11 a.m.–11.35 a.m.

The Windrush Scandal and the Right to be a First-class Citizen

Sarah Fine

Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre

Break 11.35 a.m.–11.45 a.m.

11.45 a.m.–12.15 p.m.

Language and Thought: the Role of Commitment-sharing in Infant Communication

Antonio Scarafone

Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre

Sandwich Lunch 

12.15 p.m.–1.15 p.m.

Walk, taxi or minivan from Christ Church to All Souls

1.15 p.m.–1.45 p.m.

1.45 p.m.–3.00 p.m.

Is Speaking a Language a Rational Activity?

Hannah Ginsborg

Old Library and Wharton Room 

Break 3.00 p.m.– 3.15 p.m.

3.15 p.m.–4.30 p.m.

What is Compositionality?

Richard Heck

Old Library and Wharton Room 

Break 4.30 p.m.– 4.45 p.m.

4.45 p.m.–6.00 p.m.

Reconceving Proof and the a priori: a Fourth Way

Christopher Peacocke

Old Library and Wharton Room 

6.30 p.m.–7 p.m.

Drinks Reception

Dinner at All Souls: 7 p.m.

 

Day 3

Location: All Souls 

1 July 2025

9.30 a.m.–10.45 a.m.

On Words and Names

Ofra Magidor

Old Library and Wharton Room 

Break 10.45 a.m.–11 a.m.

11.00 a.m.–12.15 p.m.

Making Sense

Imogen Dickie

Old Library and Wharton Room 

Sandwich Lunch 

12.15 p.m.–1.15 p.m.

1.15 p.m.–1.50 p.m.

Indefinite Extensibility and Intensionality

Wesley Wrigley

Old Library and Wharton Room

Break 1.50 p.m.–1.55 p.m.

1.55 p.m.–15.10 p.m.

Linear Time and the Shared Language

John Campbell

Old Library and Wharton Room 

Break 15.10 p.m.–15.25 p.m.

15.25 p.m.–16.40 p.m.

Alternative Questions and Logical Laws

Ian Rumfitt

Old Library and Wharton Room 

Concluding Tea

16.40 p.m.–17.10 p.m.