Memory and Language:
The Semantics of Remembering

Schedule:

19 November 2024

  • 09:00-09:30. Introduction. Kristina Liefke (Ruhr-Universität Bochum), Denis Perrin (Centre for Philosophy of Memory, Université Grenoble Alpes), and André Sant'Anna (Université de Genève).
  • 09:30-10:20. Generalised remembering. James Openshaw (Nanyang Technological University).
  • 10:20-10:40. Coffee break.
  • 10:40-11:30. Mnemic reference and the causal theory of memory. Kourken Michaelian (Centre for Philosophy of Memory, Université Grenoble Alpes).
  • 11:30-12:20. What does episodic memory represent? A mechanistic account. Jose Carlos Camillo (Ruhr-Universität Bochum/Universidade Federal de Goiás).
  • 12:20-14:10. Lunch break.
  • 14:10-15:00. Agent-relative semantic ascent at the margins of remembering. Emil Eva Rosina (Ruhr-Universität Bochum).
  • 15:00-15:50. Singular thought, 'dthat', and episodic memory. Jakub Rudnicki (Centre for Philosophy of Memory, Université Grenoble Alpes).
  • 15:50-16:00. Group photo.
  • 16:00-16:20. Coffee break.
  • 16:20-17:10. A 2D case for authenticism. Denis Perrin (Centre for Philosophy of Memory, Université Grenoble Alpes).
  • 17:10-18:00. Is there a debate about the accuracy conditions of episodic memory? Andre Sant'Anna (Université de Genève).

20 November 2024

  • 09:30-10:20. Memory indexicals. Jordi Fernandez (University of Adelaide).
  • 10:20-10:50. Coffee break.
  • 10:50-11:40. Authentic observer memory: Against alethism about remembering from the outside. Christopher McCarroll (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University).
  • 11:40-12:30. Remembering without (representational) memory: How categoricity and compositionality are regained from non-representational minimal traces in remembering. Markus Werning (Ruhr-Universität Bochum).
  • 12:30-14:00. Lunch break.
  • 14:00-17:00. Informal discussion.
  • 17:00. Informal get-together.

Organizers: Kristina Liefke (Ruhr-Universität Bochum), Denis Perrin (CPM, Université Grenoble Alpes), and André Sant'Anna (Université de Genève).