Sustainable Conference Presentations
Taking the Train to an Academic Conference The subject of our research project, David Lewis, was rather a big fan of trains. His letters, which we’ll publish in two edited volumes, often discuss what train journey he’s planning as well as his research. He...Letter of the month, November 2017
This 1971 letter to Mondadori contains an early version of Lewis’s reply to the famous problem now known as the ‘Humphrey objection’. In the first paragraph, Lewis agrees to publish ‘Languages and Language’ in Italian. It duly came out in 1973 as...Virtual Conferencing, Sustainability
Part of the ‘impact’ component of our research project — that is, how it will benefit wider society — is promoting sustainability. Our project has a very small carbon footprint compared to most research projects of its size. That is because we...Letter of the month, October 2017
Lewis here comments on two key issues: reference and methodology. In this letter, Lewis’s assesses the debate between him and Putnam about reference. Putnam had taken a pessimistic line on the question how words connect to their worldly referents. In short,...
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