Arché News

Congratulations Dr Pedriali

Arché — 20 December, 2011

It is a great pleasure to announce that Walter Pedriali passed his viva.

Walter successfully passed his disputation on his doctorate thesis ''The Routes of Sense" on 19th December.

He has accepted a position at the University of Edinburgh in January 2012

Congratulations Dr Pedriali

Indefinite Extensibility and Logical Paradoxes Workshop

Arché — 5 December, 2011

2nd - 4th December, 2011 Parliament Hall, St Andrews More details are available

Congratulations Dr Huvenes

Arché — 24 August, 2011

It is a great pleasure to announce that Torfinn Thomesen Huvenes passed his viva.

Torfinn successfully passed his disputation on his doctorate thesis 'On the Contrary: Disagreement, Context, and Relative Truth' on 23rd August.

He has accepted an AHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship with the Intuitions and Philosophical Methodology project at Arché, University of St Andrews from 2011-2012.

Congratulations Dr Huvenes!

Congratulations Dr Sgaravatti

Arché — 18 August, 2011

It is a great pleasure to announce that Daniele Sgaravatti passed his viva.

Daniele successfully passed his disputation on his doctorate thesis on 18th August.

He has accepted a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at The Emmy Noether Research Group "Understanding and the A Priori", Philosophy Department, University of Cologne, Germany.

Congratulations Dr Sgaravatti!

Second Conference on the Foundations of Logical Consequence Conference

Arché — 29 June, 2011

8th - 10th June, 2012 The Gateway, St Andrews More details are available

Congratulations Dr Stokke!

Arché — 12 August, 2010

It is a great pleasure to announce that Andreas Stokke passed his viva. He has accepted a post-doctoral research fellowship at CSMN (Oslo). Congratulations Dr Stokke!

Congratulations Dr Hjortland!

Arché — 12 August, 2010

Ole Hjortland, who completed his Ph.D. at Arché last year and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Foundations of Logical Consequence project, has been awarded a postdoctoral research fellowship at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, where he will be working with Professor Hannes Leitgeb in the new Center for Mathematical Philosophy. Congratulations Ole!

Congratulations Dr Hjálmarsson!

Arché — 20 May, 2010

It's a great pleasure to announce that Andri passed his viva with flying colors - he is from now on to be addressed as Dr. Hjálmarsson.

4th Annual Arché/CSMN Graduate Conference

Arché — 12 February, 2010

Arché, the Philosophical Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology (University of St Andrews), and CSMN, Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (University of Oslo), are pleased to announce the fourth in a series of graduate conferences organized collaboratively to showcase international graduate work in philosophy.

The 4th Annual Arché/CSMN Graduate Conference will be held on the weekend of November 6-7, 2010, in Oslo.

The keynote speakers are:

For further details, including the call for papers, see here.

Arché — 24 August, 2011

Congratulations Dr De

Arché — 7 March, 2011

It is a great pleasure to announce that Michael De passed his viva. He has accepted a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at University of Utrecht.. Congratulations Dr De!

Research Fellow in Intuitions and Philosophical Methodology Project

Arché — 17 December, 2010

This position is available for 12 months within the Intuitions and Philosophical Methodology project in the Arché Philosophical Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology from 1 September 2011. The appointee will conduct research within the scope of the AHRC-funded research project Intuitions and Philosophical Methodology.

Informal enquiries to: Professor Jessica Brown, via email (jab30@st-andrews.ac.uk).

Closing Date: 3 February 2011

Interview Date: 10 March 2011

Further information is available here:

Arché Placement Success - Michael De accepts post-doc position at Utrecht

Arché — 10 December, 2010

Starting in January 2011, this position is part of the research project 'indeterminism Ltd.: A debate on free speech', which is a five-year project on the notions of indeterminacy, intervention and free will, funded by a Starting Grant from the European Research Council.

Arché Placement Success - Daniele Sgaravatti accepts a two year postdoctoral research fellowship

Arché — 15 November, 2010

Starting in January 2011, at The Emmy Noether Research Group "Understanding and the A Priori", Philosophy Department, University of Cologne, Germany, Daniele Sgaravatti has accepted a two year postdoctoral research fellowship

Philosophical Evidence, Disagreement & Scepticism Workshop

Arché — 28 October, 2010

Time: 20 November, 2010 - 21 November, 2010

Location: School II, St Salvator's Quad, St Andrews

More details

Ordinary Language, Linguistics & Philosophy Conference

Arché — 28 October, 2010

Time: 23 June, 2011 - 25 June, 2011

Location: Arts Lecture Theatre, St Andrews

More details

Josh Dever appointed C&R auditor

Arché — 12 August, 2010

Arché is pleased to welcome Josh Dever (Texas) as auditor of the Contextualism and Relativism project. Professor Dever is the author of a number of articles on topics including conditionals, compositionality, complex demonstratives, vagueness, and dynamic semantics.

Herman Cappelen is to be awarded a Research Prize from the University of Oslo

Arché — 23 April, 2010

Herman Cappelen is to be awarded a Research Prize from the Professor Ingerid Dal and Sister Ulrikke Greve Dals Award in support of Reasearch in the Humanities. The event will take place on May 5th from 11 am to 1 pm, at the Faculty Club, Institutt for filosofi, ide- og kunsthistorie og klassiske språk (IFIKK), when the Pro-Rector of the University will give him the prize, the diploma etc. Herman Cappelen will present some of his research, and in informal reception will be held.

The prize is awarded by the University of Oslo on behalf of the Reasearch Fund bequethed by the two sisters Dal. The prize is awarded for either philosophy, linguistics or mathematics. The money is NOK 200 000. It is not handed out yearly or regularly, only when the committee finds that there is a worthy recipient.

Workshop on Time and Tense

Arché — 11 April, 2010

The Arché Philosophical Research Centre will host a one-day workshop on time and tense 17 April 2010. Speakers will include James Higginbotham (University of Southern California), Thomas Sattig (Washington University - St Louis), Katarzyna Jaszczolt (University of Cambridge), and Robin Le Poidevin (University of Leeds). A detailed schedule is available here.

Funding Available for PhD students

Arché — 29 November, 2009

At least 4 full PhD scholarships and 4 PhD fee waivers for UK/EU and international students. For details, see http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~sasp/funding.html

Summer School on Meaning, Context and Intention

Arché — 20 November, 2009

Course Dates:

July 19-30, 2010

Location:

Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary Detailed course description: Tuition fee: EUR 550. Financial aid is available. Application deadline: February 15, 2010 Online application (from late November):

Course directors:

* Zsofia Zvolenszky, Eötvös University (ELTE), Institute of Philosophy,Budapest, Hungary;

* Jason Stanley, Rutgers, Philosophy Department, New Brunswick, USA;

Faculty:

* Ray Buchanan, University of Texas, Philosophy Department, Austin, USA

* Herman Cappelen, University of St Andrews, Department of Philosophy, UK

* Wayne A. Davis, Georgetown University, Philosophy Department,Washington DC, USA

* Katalin Farkas, Central European University, Philosophy Department

* Ernest Lepore, Rutgers University, Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick US

* Stephen Neale, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA

* Adam Sennet, University of California, Davis, Department of Philosophy, USA

* Zoltan Gendler Szabo, Yale University, Department of Philosophy, USA

What we express, communicate by uttering a sentence varies with the context of utterance. What is the role of semantics in bringing this about? According to one simple model, a semantic theory assigns to sentences relative to contexts what would be expressed by those sentences in normal assertive utterances, by assigning values to the meaningful parts of the sentences in those contexts and combining them via a recursive process.

According to another, radically different model, the meanings of words are rules that constrain the use of expressions, but there is no notion of what is said by a sentence (as opposed to the person) that matches the speaker's communicative intentions, and that plays a fundamental role in the account of communication. There are many versions of each of these views of linguistic communication. How we think about language is determined by which we adopt. The purpose of this course is to bring together leading researchers who have formed the debate, together with some younger researchers with new approaches.

This summer school invites applications from junior faculty and doctoral students at philosophy and linguistics departments. Minimum background required: philosophy of language at the advanced undergraduate level. Participants should ideally bring some work in progress related to the course theme for discussion during the course.

New Professorial Fellows in Arché

Arché — 10 October, 2009

Stewart Cohen (Arizona) and Andy Egan (Rutgers) have accepted positions as Professorial Fellows at Arché.

Mini-Course on Conditionals by Jason Stanley

Arché — 8 October, 2009

A mini-course on conditionals will be offered by Jason Stanley in October. The course schedule can be found here.

Expressivism Mini-Course Registration Open

Arché — 8 October, 2009

Registration for expressivism mini-course is now open. For more information, see the course website.

Currently confirmed speakers:

Stephen Barker (Nottingham)
Alan Gibbard (Michigan)
Mark Richard (Tufts)
Mark Schroeder (USC)
Seth Yalcin (NYU)