
London Interpretation Conference w/Noël Carroll, Stephen Neale & David Papineau
Interpretive Practice:
Language, Law, Science and the Arts
- Speakers
- Colin Blakemore (Institute of Philosophy, SAS)
Noël Carroll (CUNY Graduate Centre)
Gregory Currie (University of York)
Peter Kivy (Rutgers University)
Peter Lamarque (University of York)
George Letsas (UCL)
Stephen Neale (CUNY Graduate Centre)
David Papineau (King’s College London)
Colin Renfrew (Cambridge University)
Barry Smith (Institute of Philosophy, SAS)
Nicos Stavropoulos (Oxford University)
Kathleen Stock (University of Sussex)
David Wengrow (UCL)
Deirdre Wilson (UCL)
Helen Xanthaki (IALS)
16-17 June 2015, 09:30 – 19:30
- Event Type:
- Conference / Symposium
- Venue:
- The Senate Room (Senate House, First Floor)
- Venue Details:
- Senate House
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU
Download a map of the central precinct with directions for getting to the University of London Senate House.
Description
This two-day conference brings together prominent researchers from several fields in which philosophical issues about the practices and conventions involved in interpretation have had a profound impact on subject matter—linguistics, law, cognitive science, archaeology, architecture, literature, and music.
Provisional Schedule
June 16 (The Senate Room)
9:30 Registration/Coffee
10:00-11:15 Noel Carroll
Literary Interpretation: An Overview and an Update
11:15-12:30 Peter Lamarque
Literature, Meaning and Value
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:45 Kathleen Stock
Extreme Intentionalism about Fictional Content – the Only Sensible Game in Town
2:45-4:00 Stephen Neale
Natural and Non-natural Interpretation
4:00-4:30 Coffee
4:30-5:45 Keynote Address: Colin Renfrew
Interpreting Prehistory: Languages, Genes, Cultures and Ethnicities
6:00-6:30 Barry Smith
Making Sense of Wine
6:30-7:30 Wine tasting and reception (Jessel Room)
June 17 (Room G37)
9:30 Coffee
10:00-11:15 Gregory Currie
Aesthetic Interpretation and Aesthetic Explanation in Archaeology
11:15-12:15 Roundtable I: Issues in Scientific Interpretation.
Colin Blakemore, David Papineau, Barry Smith
Moderator: TBC
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:30 Peter Kivy
Was Handel a Plagiarist (and Why Should We Care)?
2:30-3:30 Roundtable II: Issues in Legal interpretation.
George Letsas, Stephen Neale, Nicos Stavropoulos, Helen Xanthaki
Moderator: Barry Smith
3:30-4:00 Coffee
4:00-5:15 Deirdre Wilson
Communication, Comprehension and Interpretation
5:15-6:15 Roundtable III: Issues in Archaeological Interpretation.
Greg Currie, Colin Renfrew, David Wengrow
Moderator: Stephen Neale