The Department of Philosophy at CEU cordially invites you to its 10th Anniversary Conference titled Ten Years of Philosophy at Central European University January 27-28, 2011 The Department of Philosophy at CEU was founded in 2000, and hence we celebrate not only the 20th anniversary of CEU, but also the 10th anniversary of our Department this year. For this occasion, we organized a conference with the participation of outstanding members of the profession who contributed to the CEU philosophy program in the last ten years with seminars, lectures, advice and friendship. Thursday, 27 January, 2011 In front of the Popper room (Nádor 9 building - 1st floor) 12:30 PM - coffee Popper room (Nádor 9 building - 1st floor room 102) 1.00 PM -1.15 PM Introductory remarks – Katalin Farkas, Pro-Rector, Professor of Philosophy, Former Head of CEU Philosophy Department 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Dominik Perler (Institut für Philosophie Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) ‘Spinoza on Skepticism’ 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Barry Loewer (Rutgers University) ‘Boltzmann Brains and other Epistemological Catastrophies’ AUDITORIUM (Nádor 9 building - ground-floor) 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Ronald Dworkin (New York University) ‘What Democracy Is’ Popper room, Gellner room (Nádor 9 building - 1st floor room 102,103) 6.45 PM – 8.00 PM Reception Friday, 28 January, 2011 In front of the Popper room (Nádor 9 building - 1st floor) 9:30 AM - coffee Popper room (Nádor 9 building - 1st floor room 102) 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Tim Crane (University of Cambridge) ‘What is the difference between existing and not existing?’ 11.45 AM - 1:15 PM Ferenc Huoranszki (Central European University) ‘The Reality of Nominal Essences’ Lunch break (optional) 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM Brad Inwood (University of Toronto) ‘What can we still learn from Aristotelian ethics?’ 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Dan Sperber (Jean Nicod Institute / CEU ) ‘Epistemic vigilance in cognition, communication and society’ Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu