(This link takes you to the Amazon.in website of the book.)
Anil Gupta will open the conference by presenting a precis of the book. Invited speakers then present papers providing constructive criticism and responses regarding various aspects of the book, each presentation followed by a Q&A session. To close the conference, Anil Gupta will offer responses to some of the central issues discussed.
Schedule for Friday, Feb 14
9:00 a.m.: Welcome address
9:10 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Anil Gupta (University of Pittsburgh)
“Précis of Conscious Experience”
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
coffee break
10:20 a.m. – 11:50 p.m. Ori Beck (Ben Gurion University)
“Reformed Empiricism’s Vanishing Distinction”
11:50 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
lunch break
1:40 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. Tony Cheng (NCCU Taiwan)
“Neither Object Nor Content: Situating Gupta’s Reformed Empiricism”
3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
coffee break
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Umrao Sethi (Brandeis University)
“Presentation, Acquaintance, and Phenomenology”
Schedule for Saturday, Feb 15
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Peter Epstein (Brandeis University)
“Appearances and Phenomenological Concepts: Color and Shape in Reformed Empiricism”
10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
coffee break
10:50 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. Chris Hill (Brown University)
“Gupta Has Built a Magnificent Mansion, but Can We Live in It?”
12:20 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
lunch break
1:40 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. Apaar Kumar (Ahmedabad University)
“Reformed Empiricism and the Unempirical Rational“
3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
coffee break
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Raja Rosenhagen (Ashoka University)
“Reformed Empiricism, Rational Linkages, and Rational Contribution”
Schedule for Sun, Feb 16
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Kranti Saran (Ashoka University)
“Reformed Naive Realism: Prospects and Problems”
10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
coffee break
10:50 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. Miloš Vuletić (University of Belgrade)
“Hypothetical Given, Contextualism, and Wide-Scoping”
12:20 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
lunch break
1:40 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. Bosuk Yoon (EWHA Womans University, South Korea)
“The Hypothetical Given in Science”
3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
coffee break
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Anil Gupta (University of Pittsburgh)
Select Responses, Final Discussion, Conference Review
