The Linguistics and Philosophy departments at the University of Edinburgh are hosting a two day workshop on contemporary issues in Nativism, from 21 – 22 May 2015.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Balthasar Bickel, Linguistics, University of Zurich
• Gillian Brown, Pyschology & Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews
• Annie Gagliardi, Informatics, University of Edinburgh
• Suilin Lavelle, Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
• Roger Levy, Linguistics, University of California, San Diego
• Caroline Rowland, Psychology, University of Liverpool

Further information is available at our website: http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/lec/nativism-workshop

Attendance is free, but please register at our website. This workshop is made possible by an IASH IIRG (International and Interdisciplinary Research Group) on “Philosophy of the Natural and Human Sciences”. Additional support has been generously provided by EIDYN, the Edinburgh Centre of Epistemology, Mind and Normativity.

Kant’s Scots

Friday May 15^th 2015

University of Edinburgh, DSB, 1.01

•  10.15 Jens Timmermann (St Andrews & Vienna): The Paradox of Method
• 11.45 Alix Cohen (Edinburgh): Kant on the Aesthetics of Cognition
• 2.15 Leslie Stevenson (St Andrews): Kant’s Many Conceptions of Appearance
• 3.45 Kate Moran (Brandeis & Jena): Kant on Passive Citizenship

For information, contact alix.cohen@ed.ac.uk.