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Abstract According to Fregean theories, thinking the same thought requires thinking not only about the same referent, but also thinking about it in the same way, under the same concept. Fregean theories face 'Schiffer's Puzzle' (Schiffer, 2005; Buchanan, …

Abstract In relation to Frege's claim that one can express the same thought today by means of 'yesterday' that one expressed yesterday by means of 'today', Perry remarks: But should the Thought be the same? The belief expressed by "The midterm elections …

Chair  : Rachel Goodman Abstract Let a property concept be transparent if and only if a thinker who has acquired such a concept is in a position to fully understand the nature of the property it is a concept of. Proponents of phenomenal transparency …

Abstract With roots in Frege's famous remarks (1956, 296), reflection on Rip van Winkle's fantastic story has played a key role in the philosophical study of indexical dynamics (Kaplan 1989, Perry 1997, Branquinho 2008, Ludlow 2019). Consider now the …

Chair  : Rachel Goodman Abstract I will use the clinical phenomenon of thought insertion as a test case for a comparison between some of the available accounts of the concept of self we use in de se thoughts, namely those thoughts we would most naturally …

Chairman  : François Recanati Abstract According to a posteriori physicalism, the apparent gap between consciousness and the physical world has its source not in the nature of consciousness (ontological gap), but only in features of the concepts we use to …

Chairman  : François Recanati Abstract I will look at the transparency principles that have been proposed, at the relations between them, and at the role that they play in arguments for and against various weighty philosophical …

Abstract We frequently rely on the circumstances of our utterance when making recognisable to others what object our utterance is about. We rely, for instance, on spatial proximity to an object. A suitably close object can be referred to in a way that …

Abstract One potential conservative reaction to the concept of indexicality of content involves a theory that treats indexicality as a property inherent to content-bearers. While this view aligns intuitively with linguistic cases, as indexicality is …

Abstract We often do the same thing by doing different things, while we also do different things by doing the same thing. The former is the case when we think of a particular object (place, time, people, etc.) while we move on from one context to another. …

Abstract In recent decades, a compelling factor contributing to the popularity of referentialist accounts lies in their apparent ability to reconcile their main tenets with Frege's original insights about cognitive significance. To achieve this …

Abstract In the last twenty years, Chalmers has argued for a two-dimensional seman- tics, according to which every expression (of the sort that is a candidate to have an extension) is associated with a primary intension and a secondary intension. A …

Abstract In this paper I discuss two approaches to certain context-sensitive cognitive episodes, focusing on temporal indexicals and tense. The first approach is David Kaplan's (1979, 1989). The second is the reflexive-referential approach used by Korta …

The conference is in English. Abstract The talk will describe the difficult process of drug development in academia. In particular it will consist of past, present, and hopefully future clinical candidates from the Jung lab. The bulk of the talk will be a …

Abstract In today's ever-evolving landscape of neurotechnology, the intersection between technological advancements and community engagement holds significant importance. This is especially evident in the context of groundbreaking first-in-human clinical …

Chair  : Arnaud Orain (EHESS) . …

Chair  : Arnaud Orain (EHESS). …