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11.2.2026: Vera Gheno, Felice Cimatti e Aurora Donzelli presentano il mio libro "Linguistic agency - un'introduzione", ore 18, Libreria Coop Ambasciatori, Via Orefici 19, Bologna.

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:40:54 +0100

All welcome!

https://clueb.it/libreria/biblioteca-clueb/saggi/linguistic-agency/

October 8, 2025: Epistemic authority and the emotional ambivalence of political resistance - Talks at the K&C by Bjørn Torgrim Ramberg and Laurencia Saenz Benavides

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:44:09 +0200

Part of the talks-series of the Centre of Knowledge and Cognition:nbsp;

EPISTEMIC AUTHORITY AND POLITICAL COMMITMENT: PHILOSOPHY VERSUS THE SCIENCES - Bjørn Torgrim Ramberg (University of Oslo)

EMOTIONAL AMBIVALENCE AND POLITICAL RESISTANCE - Laurencia Saenz Benavides (Università di Bologna)

08 OCTOBER 2025 from 10:00 to 13:00

Sala Apollo, Via Zamboni 38nbsp;

For more information: https://filo.unibo.it/it/eventi/epistemic-authority-and-the-emotional-ambivalence-of-political-resistance-talks-at-the-k-c-by-bjorn-torgrim-ramberg-and-laurencia-saenz-benavides

APPELLI D'ESAME per il modulo 2 di Poetica e Retorica

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:33:26 +0200

Date:nbsp;

12.1.2026, dalle 9-18 con un'ora di pausa pranzo dalle 13-14.

12.2.2026, dalle 9-18 con un'ora di pausa pranzo dalle 13-14.

10.4.2026, dalle 9-18nbsp;con un'ora di pausa pranzo dalle 13-14.

21.5.2026,nbsp;dalle 9-18 con un'ora di pausa pranzo dalle 13-14.

26.6.2026,nbsp;dalle 9-18 con un'ora di pausa pranzo dalle 13-14.

Iscrizione: Le studentesse e gli studenti frequentanti oppure con accesso a virtuale possono iscriversi agli appelli tramite il google-doc riportato sulle slide delle lezioni no. 1 e 10 del corso. Studentesse e studenti senza accesso a virtuale possono scrivere direttamente alla docente.

Si prega di consultare la sezione dedicata all'esame sul sito del corso. In particolare si sottolinea che i e le non-frequentanti devono partire dal manuale di Schmitz-Emans (in bibliografia), alle a ai frequentanti chiederò le pagine indicate del manuale di Cometa e il contenuto delle lezioni. In più, chiascun* student* deve preparare altri testi da scegliere seguendo le modalità indicate sul sito del corso.

Luogo: l'esame si svolge nello studio della docente in Via Zamboni 38, piano 2A, studio 3.

Conference "Democratizing Concepts" 11-12 September 2025

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:28:28 +0200

Concepts are not mere, inactive ‘ideas in our heads’. They structure our institutions, mediate our interactions, and frame our understanding of the world. The field of conceptual engineering has brought attention to the possibility of evaluating and revising concepts in a systematic way. But conceptual change is not confined to philosophy seminars and academic journals: it plays out in everyday conversations, public debates, activist movements, and policy decisions. From ‘gender’ and ‘race’, to ‘disability’ and ‘democracy’, the concepts that structure our social world are continually contested and negotiated. This conference brings together philosophers and social scientists to explore the social and political dimensions of conceptual revision. What does it mean to say that concepts are public and contestable? What are the practices through which new meanings get established? Who has the authority – or responsibility – to change the concepts that govern our social lives?

Thursday, 11 September

09:15–09:30

Welcome / opening remarks: Céline Henne, Yvonne Huetter-Almerigi, Matteo Santarelli

09:30–10:30
Matthieu Queloz (University of Bern): “Appraising Concepts”

10:30–11:30
Deborah Mühlebach (Freie Universität Berlin): “Moving Beyond Correctionism in Conceptual Disputes”

11:30–12:00
Break

12:00–13:00
Sarah Stitzlein (University of Cincinnati): “Pragmatist Concepts of Honesty and Truth During Populist Times”

13:00–15:00
Lunch

15:00–16:00
Gabriel Abend (University of Göttingen): “Words, Distinctions, and Other Dangerous Things”

16:00–17:00
Lynne Tirrell (University of Connecticut): Going Viral: Inference Licenses Run Amok?

Friday, 12 September

09:00–10:00
Roberto Frega (CNRS): “Democratising the Concept of Democracy? On a Conceptual Shift in Democratic Theory”

10:00–11:00
Daniel Stanley (Future Narratives Lab): “Working with ‘Narratives’ in Civil Society”

11:00–11:20

Closing remarks: Céline Henne, Yvonne Huetter-Almerigi, Matteo Santarelli

This conference is organized by Céline Henne, Yvonne Huetter-Almerigi, and Matteo Santarelli and funded by PRIN 2022 PNRR “Democratizing Concepts (DeCo)” Prot. P2022ARREH, CUP J53D23016340001 (PI. Matteo Santarelli).

Workshop "Implementation in conceptual engineering" 9.4.2025 + 15.5.2025

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:21:16 +0200

“Conceptual engineering” (CE) is a branch of contemporary analytic philosophy concerned with the evaluation, replacement, and improvement of our conceptual and linguistic frameworks. Beyond semantic technicalities, a key concern of the field is the possibilities and obstacles involved in implementing newly (re)engineered terms and concepts. What must we consider when thinking about linguistic uptake? Where do power mechanisms come into play? What are the obstacles, and what are the areas of possibility associated with linguistic change? How do we avoid becoming victims of others' conceptual engineering efforts? The topic will be addressed in two half-day workshops: one focusing on “domination” (the potential negative effects of CE) and the other on “agency” (the potential positive effects of CE).

- Workshop "Implementation in CE, I: Domination", Wednesday 9 April 2025, 9-13
Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky (Ethics and Agency Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney)
Isabella Bartoli (Oslo Mind, Language and Epistemology Network, University of Oslo)
Viktoria Knoll (Humboldt University Berlin).

- Workshop "Implementation in CE, II: Agency", Wednesday 15 May 2025, 14-18
Manuel Gustavo Isaac (Founding member of the Conceptual Engineering Network, Senior manager at GESDA)
Céline Henne (Democratizing Concepts, Prin 2022, University of Bologna)
Matteo Santarelli (Democratizing Concepts, Prin 2022, University of Bologna).

15.11.24, 11-13, Presentazione del libro "Richard Rorty, Filosofia, letteratura, politica"

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:51:10 +0200

Presentazione del libro "Richard Rorty, Filosofia, letteratura, politica", Carocci 2024. Partecipano gli autori Rosa Calcaterra (Roma Tre) e Sarin Marchetti (La Sapienza) in conversazione con Yvonne Hütter-Almerigi (Università di Bologna). Introduce e modera Matteo Santarelli (Università di Bologna).

Aula Mondolfo, Via Zamboni 38, venerdì 15.11.2024, dalle 11-13.

https://filo.unibo.it/it/eventi/presentazione-del-libro-richard-rorty-filosofia-letteratura-politica

Talk by Bjørn Torgrim Ramberg (Oslo) on "Davidson and Pragmatism", discussant: Yvonne Huetter-Almerigi (Bologna)

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:11:23 +0200

The talk is part of the series of seminars "Fringes of Pragmatism" organized by the research group "RaMo" (Radici e motivi del Pragmatismo) and Almaesthetics and will take place on April 24 from 17-19 in Sala Mondolfo, Via Zamboni 38.

For more information: https://filo.unibo.it/it/eventi/davidson-and-pragmatism-bjorn-ramberg-yvonne-hutter-almerigi-ciclo-di-seminari-fringes-of-pragmatism-frange-del-pragmatismo and https://centri.unibo.it/almaesthetics/it/agenda/frange-del-pragmatismo-fringes-of-pragmatism

Lecture series "Language(s) and Conflict" from March 14 - June 19

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:10:28 +0200

The lecture series "Language(s) and Conflict," organized by the Research Center Knowledge and Cognition at the University of Bologna, aims to delve into the complex interrelationships between language(s) and conflict. The exploration is multifaceted, involving examinations from semantic, linguistic, and political perspectives. Some of the key inquiries to be explored include:

Semantic Conflicts: The series intends to investigate what happens when multiple meanings clash for the same linguistic item. This involves an exploration of how ambiguity or conflicting interpretations of linguistic terms contribute to or reflect broader conflicts as well as an investigation into question of indeterminacy and ambiguity of meaning as such.
Impact of Harmful Language Games and Conceptual Blindness: The lectures will delve into the ways in which harmful language games, characterized through the use of particular tropes and ways of talking, can influence and exacerbate societal and political conflicts. This involves examining specific case studies, to illuminate how language is and can be used as a tool for conflict escalation and de-escalation. Furthermore, pillar 2 investigates how to identify sites of conflict in the first place, as conflict can often be hidden.
Spaces of Agency: The series aims to identify the spaces of agency within language and conflict dynamics. This involves understanding where individuals or groups have the ability to exert influence or effect change through language. Analyzing these spaces can provide insights into potential points of intervention or resolution.

The overall goal of the series is to foster a deeper understanding of how language (and languages) shapes and reflects conflicts and is itself a constant ground of contestation. In this first round of lectures the emphasis is on pillars 2 and 3.

March 14, 15-16.15: Claudia Mazzuca (experimental psychology, La Sapienza, Rome) and Matteo Santarelli (moral philosophy, University of Bologna): Making it abstract, making it contestable – Politicization at the intersection of political and cognitive sciences

April 10, 15-16.15: Michela Bella (theoretic philosophy, University of Molise): Irenism as an attempt to cohabitate peacefully with conflicting vocabularies

May 15, 15:00-16:15: Tracy Llanera (political philosophy, University of Connecticut): “Sinners and salvation” – An inferentialist framework to make sense of the function of religious tropes in Duterte’s drug war

June 19, 15-16.15: Bjørn Ramberg (philosophy of language, University of Oslo) and Unn Røyneland (sociolinguistics, University of Oslo): Language Activism and social justice – case-studies from Norway.

For more information and the participation link:

https://centri.unibo.it/kc/en/agenda/lecture-series-language-s-and-conflict

or write to the organizer: Yvonne Huetter-Almerigi