2014 Dawes Hicks Symposium
The Practical Turn — Pragmatism in Britain in the Long Twentieth Century
The British Academy, October 2, 2014
The Pragmatist approach to philosophical problems focuses on the role of disputed notions — e.g., truth, value or necessity — in our practices. As a self-conscious philosophical stance, Pragmatism arose in America in the late nineteenth century, in the work of writers such as Charles Peirce, William James and John Dewey. Since then, many distinguished British philosophers have also taken this practical turn, even if few have explicitly identified themselves as Pragmatists. This symposium traces and assesses the influence of American Pragmatism on British philosophy, with particular emphasis on Cambridge in the inter-war period, on post-war Oxford, and on recent developments.
Programme
9.45 | Registration & Refreshments |
10:15 | Introductory Remarks Professor Huw Price, FBA, Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge |
10:30 |
Pre-War Cambridge |
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Professor Cheryl Misak FRSC, Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto |
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Dr Anna Boncompagni, Roma Tre University |
12:30 |
Lunch Break |
13:30 |
Post-War Oxford Professor Hans Johann Glock Professor of Philosophy, University of Zurich |
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Professor Hans Johann Glock Professor of Philosophy, University of Zurich |
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Professor David Bakhurst, Charlton Professor of Philosophy, Queen’s University, Canada. |
15.30 |
Refreshments |
16.00 |
The Long Now |
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Professor Jane Heal FBA, Professor Emeritus, Cambridge University |
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Professor Hallvard Lillehammer, Professor of Philosophy, Birkbeck, University of London |
Commentator-at-large: Professor Ian Rumfitt, Professor of Philosophy, University of Birmingham |
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18.00 |
Drinks Reception |
Registration
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