The aim of this workshop is to explore the philosophical significance of historical facts about our use of concepts, such as facts about when and why people started using certain concepts, or facts about what people have done with those concepts in the past.
Confirmed participants are: David Braddon-Mitchell (Sydney), Herman Cappelen (St Andrews and Oslo), Brian Epstein (Tufts), Sally Haslanger (MIT), Bob Pasnau (Colorado), Alejandro Pérez Carballo (U-Mass Amherst), David Plunkett (Dartmouth), Josh Schechter (Brown) , Katia Vavova (Mt. Holyoke), Steve Yablo (MIT)

Schedule
Monday 22nd June
10:00-11:30 Sally Haslanger (MIT) Title: “Histories of Concepts as Histories of Practices.”
11:30-11:45. Break
11:45-13:15. David Braddon-Mitchell (Sydney) Title: Conceptual Change, Conceptual History and the Vindication of Ethics
13:15-14:15 Lunch
14:15-15:45 Herman Cappelen (St Andrews and Oslo) Title: Externalism and Genealogy
15:45-16:15 Tea/coffee
16:15-17:45. Bob Pasnau (Colorado) Title: After Certainty
Reply by: Katia Vavova (Mt. Holyoke): Title: Evident Certainties
Tuesday 23rd June
10:00-11:30 Alejandro Pérez Carballo (U-Mass Amherst): Title: New Boundaries
11:30-11:45 Break
11:45-13:15 Brian Epstein (Tufts): Title: Title: The Uses of Genealogy
13:15-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Josh Schechter (Brown) Title: The Rational Significance of Etiological Information
This workshop is organised by David Plunkett and Herman Cappelen. For more information, please send an email to the workshop organisers at arche@st-andrews.ac.uk