Conference: FICTION and IMAGINATION
FINO Graduate Conference (Mind, Language, and Science curriculum) / SIFA Midterm Conference
FICTION and IMAGINATION as Grounds for Counterfactual Reasoning, Scientific Modeling, and Thought Experiments
Sala Rossa
Campus Luigi Einaudi
Lungodora Siena 100
Torino
PROGRAM
MONDAY 17 JUNE
9:30 | Gregory CURRIE (University of York) [INVITED TALK]
Fictions as thought experiments
11:00 | coffee break
11:30 | Alessandro CAVAZZANA (Università di Venezia, Ca’ Foscari)
The importance of imagination in picture perception: Mental imagery and visual metaphors
12:15 | Julien GUSTHIOT (University of Paris 1)
Fiction and non-fiction. Some comments on extreme intentionalism
13:00 | lunch break
15:00 | Michal HLADKY (University of Geneva) and Steve HUMBERT-DROZ (University of Fribourg)
Imaginary invalid! Deflating the model bubble
15:45 | Malvina ONGARO (Università del Piemonte Orientale)
Narratives and the normativity of the rational agent
16:30 | coffee break
17:00 | Deena WEISBERG (Villanova University, Philadelphia) [INVITED TALK]
From fiction to reality: Learning from stories and counterfactual scenarios
TUESDAY 18 JUNE
9:30 | Mauricio SUAREZ (Complutense University, Madrid) [INVITED TALK]
Scientific representations for thought experiments
11:00 | coffee break
11:30 | Rawad EL SKAF (University of Salzburg)
The structure of scientific thought experiments, or an inconsistency revealers and eliminators account
12:15 | Peter HAWKE and Tom SHOONEN (ILLC Amsterdam & Arché, St. Andrews)
Are Gettier cases disturbing?
13:00 | lunch break
15:00 | Aybüke ÖZGÜN and Tom SHOONEN (ILLC Amsterdam & Arché, St. Andrews)
Modelling the pretense-imagination over time
15:45 | Jacopo FRASCAROLI (University of York)
The unprejudiced reader: Fiction and cognitive flexibility
16:30 | coffee break
17:00 | Fred KROON (University of Auckland) [INVITED TALK]
Models, fiction, and the problem of the gap
For more info contact the organizers:
Carola Barbero (cabarber@unito.it)
Fabrizio Calzavarini (fabrizio.calzavarini@unito.it)
Vincenzo Crupi (vincenzo.crupi@unito.it)
Andrea Iacona (andrea.iacona@unito.it)
Matteo Plebani (matteo.plebani@unito.it)
Alberto Voltolini (alberto.voltolini@unito.it)