November 8th to 11th, 2004

Program

1st DAY - Monday - November 8th, 2004 - 7 p.m.
Conference Opening and Cognitio 5(2) Launching

Prof. Dr. Antonio José Romera Valverde
Head of the Department of Philosophy
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil
Prof. Dr. Edelcio Gonçalves de Souza
Head of the Philosophy Graduate Program and Conference Chair
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil
Prof. Dr. Ivo Assad Ibri
Head of the Center for Pragmatism Studies and Conference Chair
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil

1st Session

1st Lecture
Prof. Dr. Claudine Tiercelin
Université Paris XII - Créteil, France
Vagueness and the Ontology of Art

2nd Lecture
Prof. Dr. Ivo Assad Ibri
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil
On a Pragmatic Meaning of the Esthetical Experience

Commentator
Prof. Dr. Lucrécia D'Alessio Ferrara
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil

Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Antonio José Romera Valverde
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil

2nd DAY - Tuesday - November 9th, 2004 - 7 p.m.
2nd Session

1st Lecture
Prof. Dr. John Boler
University of Washington, United States of America
Peirce on the Medievals: Realism, Power and Inference

2nd Lecture
Prof. Dr. Carlos Arthur Ribeiro do Nascimento
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil
The Realism of John Duns Scot and Charles Sanders Peirce

Commentator
Prof. Dr. Roberto H. Pich
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Maria Cândida Soares Del-Masso
State University of São Paulo - Campus of Marília, Brazil

3rd DAY - Wednesday - November 10th, 2004

Special Session, 2.30 to 5 p.m.

Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Oswaldo Porchat Pereira
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Empiricism and Skepticism

Commentator
Prof. Dr. Christopher Hookway
University of Sheffield, England, UK

Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Edelcio Gonçalves de Souza
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil

3rd Session, 7 p.m.

1st Lecture
Prof. Dr. Pascal Engel
Université Paris IV - Sorbonne, France
Belief as a Disposition to Act: Variations on a Pragmatist Theme

2nd Lecture
Prof. Dr. Juliano Souza de A. Maranhão
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Abduction in Normative Reasoning

Commentator
Prof. Dr. Edelcio Gonçalves de Souza
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil

Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Lafayette de Moraes
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil

4th DAY - Thursday - November 11th, 2004 - 7 p.m.
4th Session

1st Lecture
Prof. Dr. Christopher Hookway
University of Sheffield, England, UK
The Pragmatic Maxim and the Proof of Pragmatism

2nd Lecture
Prof. Dr. Mark Migotti
University of Calgary, Canada
Philosophy and Conduct, Belief and Science: Peirce, James and Descartes

Commentator
Prof. Dr. Lauro Frederico Barbosa da Silveira
State University of São Paulo - Campus of Marília and "Eurípides" University Center of Marília, Brazil

Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Jézio Gutierre
State University of São Paulo - Campus of Marília, Brazil

Conference Closing and Academic Homage

Prof. Dr. Antonio José Romera Valverde
Prof. Dr. Edelcio Gonçalves de Souza
Prof. Dr. Ivo Assad Ibri
Prof. Dr. Salma Tannus Muchail
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil

GENERAL NOTE: The mornings and afternoons of the Conference week will be reserved to the presentation of papers written by Brazilian professors and by Brazilian and foreign graduate students. This part of the Conference is called "Communications Sessions".

Center for Pragmatism Studies
Philosophy Graduate Program
Departament of Philosophy
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - Brazil