13th Edition of OFA – Oficina de Filosofia Analítica

The thirteenth edition of the Oficina de Filosofia Analítica (OFA) will take place in Lisbon, on November 10, 2023, at FCSH – NOVA University Lisbon, and will be hosted by IFILNOVA’s ArgLab – Laboratory of Argumentation, Cognition and Language.

OFA is a graduate workshop in analytic philosophy (broadly construed), aimed at providing a stimulating environment for graduate students and young researchers (i.e., having obtained their PhD in the last 3 years) in the Portuguese philosophical community (i.e., either Portuguese or based in Portugal). The workshop is an initiative of the Portuguese Society for Analytic Philosophy (SPFA), also supported by the Portuguese Society of Philosophy (SPF), with its first edition taking place in 2006.

Organising Committee: Camila Lobo (UNL/ArgLab), João C. Miranda (UL/LanCog), Allie Richards (UL/CFCUL), João Faria e Silva (UP/MLAG).

Scientific Committee: Pedro Abreu (UNL/ArgLab), Adriana Silva Graça (UL), Bruno Jacinto (UL/CFCUL), Sofia Miguens (UP/MLAG), Ricardo Santos (UL/LanCog), Célia Teixeira (UFRJ/LanCog), Manuela Teles (UP/MLAG), Nuno Venturinha (UNL/ArgLab).

Programme

[All talks will last 30 minutes + 15 minutes for a Q&A]

9h15–9h30 Opening Address by Nuno Venturinha, President of the Portuguese Society for Analytic Philosophy

9h30–10h15 Petar Bodlovic, “Causal Explanations: A Structural Approach”

10h15–11h João Pinheiro da Silva, “Hylomorphism and the Causal Closure of the Physical”

Chair: João Faria e Silva

11h–11h15 Coffee Break

11h15–12h00 Joana Lopes Rego, “The Philosophical Implications of the Concepts of Sex and Gender”

12h00–12h45 Álvaro Domínguez-Armas, “Protests as Speech Acts”

Chair: João C. Miranda

12h45–14h30 Lunch Break

14h30–15h15 João Esteves da Silva, “The Myth of the (Endogenous) Given: Some Remarks on Rationalism and the Philosophy of Mind”

15h15–16h Guido Tana, “Phenomenal Conservatism, Arbitrariness, and Bootstrapping”

Chair: Camila Lobo

16h–16h15 Coffee Break

16h15–17h00 Gabriel Malagutti, “Alien’s E-Functions: How the Alien Case Refutes Graham’s Testimonial Account”

17h00–17h45 Manuel J. Sanchís Ferrer, “Towards a Theory of Rational Resolvability”

Chair: Allie Richards