Saturday, May 29, 2010

Austere Realism Symposium

On May 25th a symposium on the book of Austere Realism (MIT, 2009 paperback) by Matjaz Potrc and Terry Horgan was organized by Slovene Society for Analytic Philosophy in Ljubljana, with the following contributions: Vojko Strahovnik: Indirect Correspondence as the Path towards Austere Realism, Tomaz Jereb: Some Considerations on Indirect Correspondence, Olga Markic: The Relevance Problem, Franjo Sokolic: Quantum Physics and Reality, Venanzio Raspa: Austere Realism and Blobjectivism, a Critical Discussion, Danilo Suster: A Difference Without a Difference, Andrej Ule: On Horgan-Potrc Solution of the Sorites Paradox, Borut Cerkovnik: Austere Realism of the Tractatus, Maja Malec: Contextualism and Austere Realism, Matjaz Potrc: Blobjectivism. A vivid discussion continued as a social gathering after the symposium.

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