A Sort of Preface: Wittgenstein's Investigations §§1-7, by Andrew Lugg (Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa), IFL, 11 February 2010

Andrew Lugg taught at the University of Ottawa (1973-2002), Center for the Study of Science in Society, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Visiting Research Professor, 1984), and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Visiting Professor, 1989). Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh (1979-1980) and Fellow (1979-). International Fellow at the Center for the Study of Science in Society, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1995-present). He is the author of Wittgenstein's Investigations 1-133 (Routledge, 2000; paperback edition, 2004) and Pseudociencia, Irracionalismo y Cientismo: Ensayos filosóficos (Ediciones de Filosofia Applicada, Lima, 2001).

 

  • Filósofos Amadores [Amateur Philosophers], by Ana Almeida (Doctoral Student, University of Lisbon), IFL, Seminar of Genetic Criticism, 26 April 2010

Ana Almeida is a doctoral student at the Programa em Teoria da Literatura (Universidade de Lisboa), where she completed a Masters Degree in 2007. Before that she completed a BA in Literature at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Her research interests include Action Theory, Moral Philosophy, Virtue Ethics and Literature.

 

  • Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations and Ancient Pyrrhonism, by Thomas Wallgren (Lecturer, University of Helsinki), IFL, Seminar of Genetic Criticism, 21 October 2010

Thomas Wallgren is the director of the von Wright and Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Helsinki and the author of Transformative Philosophy. Socrates, Wittgenstein, and the democratic spirit of philosophy (Lexington Books, 2005).

 

  • Jogos de linguagem e criação heteronímica - um confronto entre Pessoa e Wittgenstein [Language-games and heteronimic creation - a confrontation between Pessoa and Wittgenstein], by Nuno F. Ribeiro (Doctoral Student, FCSH-UNL), IFL, Seminar of Genetic Criticism, 14 February 2011

Nuno Ribeiro is a PhD researcher from the New University of Lisbon. He edited (with Jeronimo Pizarro) the book Songs by António Botto, in which presents a compilation of Pessoa’s unpublished writings concerning the publication of Botto’s Songs. Presently Nuno Ribeiro prepares, in the context of his PhD, the edition of Pessoa’s philosophical writings for a further publication, having already presented conference papers and published articles about that subject. He had also published articles and presented conference papers in Portugal, Brazil, Spain, United States and Germany about the relation among Pessoa, Nietzsche and other philosophers such as Wittgenstein and Kant.

 

  • Entre o Tractatus e as Investigações [Between the Tractatus and the Investigations], by Carlos A. Pereira (Doctoral Student, University of Lisbon), IFL, Seminar of Genetic Criticism, 16 March 2011 

Carlos A. Pereira is a PhD student in Literary Theory at the University of Lisbon, having been awarded a MA also in Literary Theoiry in 2009. His research interests lie in the Philosophy of Language, Literary Theory, Philosophy of Mind, Literature and Aesthetics. He is a member of the Philosophy and Literature Network of the IFL and Program in Literary Theory and has organized a Seminar on Fiction at the IFL. 

 

  • Wittgenstein: a linguagem do transcendental e o que pode ser compreendido [Wittgenstein: the language of the transcendental and what can be understood], by Miguel Almeida (Postgraduate Student, University of Lisbon), IFL, Seminar of Genetic Criticism, 30 March 2011 

Miguel Almeida is a postgraduate student in Literary Theory at the University of Lisbon. Research interests include the works of Joe Bousquet and Ludwig Wittgenstein. 

 

  • Wittgenstein: tudo o que não foi escrito [Wittgenstein: all that has not been written], by Frederico Pedreira (Doctoral Student, University of Lisbon), IFL, Seminar of Genetic Criticism, 6 April 2011.

Frederico Pedreira is a PhD student in Literary Theory at the University of Lisbon. He received his MA in Literatures of Modernity at Royal Holloway, University of London, in 2007. His main research interests are: modernist literature, philosophy of language, language dysfunctions, Gilles Deleuze, Samuel Beckett, John Cassavetes and Ludwig Wittgenstein.

 

  • The Two Faces of Logic, by Fernando Ferreira (Associate Professor, University of Lisbon), IFL, Seminar of Genetic Criticism, 13 April 2011.

Fernando Ferreira is Associate Professor of Mathematics and Fellow of the Centre of Mathematics and Fundamental Applications at the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lisbon. His research concentrates on Mathematical Logic and the Philosophy and Foundations of Mathematics.

 

  • O mistério da escada desaparecida: à procura da ignorância com a ajuda de Wittgenstein [The mistery of the missing ladder: in search of ignorance with the help of Wittgenstein], by José Maria Vieira Mendes (Doctoral Student, University of Lisbon), IFL, Seminar of Genetic Criticism, 9 May 2011.

José Maria Vieira Mendes is currently doing his PhD in Literary Theory and preparing a dissertation on the difficult relationship between literature and theatre in contemporary performing arts. He works in theatre as a writer, translator and member of the theatre company “Teatro Praga”. His plays have been translated into various languages.

 

  • Wittgenstein: entre a música e o silêncio, ou sobre a impossibilidade de se começar pelo princípio [Wittgenstein: between music and silence, or on the impossibility of starting from the beginning], by Paulo Ferreira de Castro (Assistant Professor, FCSH-UNL), IFL, Seminar of Genetic Criticism, 16 May 2011.

Paulo Ferreira de Castro wrote a PhD on Wittgenstein's philosophy of music at the University of London and is Assistant Professor at the Department of Musical Sciences and Fellow of CESEM at the FCSH-UNL.

 

  • A diferença entre tirar uma conclusão e dizer: É assim! [The difference between to draw a conclusion and to say: It is so!], by Maria Filomena Molder (Full Professor, FCSH-UNL), IFL, Seminar of Genetic Criticism, 8 June 2011.

Maria Filomena Molder is Full Professor of Aesthetics at the Department of Philosophy and Fellow of the IFL at the FCSH-UNL. She has written various books and papers on issues in Dante, Kant, Goethe, Baudelaire, Nietzsche and Wittgenstein, among others.

  

  • As Investigações Filosóficas e a Interpretação musical: elucidação de alguns aspectos que contribuem para a construção de uma hermenêutica afectiva [The Philosophical Investigations and musical interpretation: elucidation of some aspects which contribute to the construction of an affective hermeneutics], by Paula Carvalho (Doctoral Student, FCSH-UNL), IFL, Seminar of Genetic Criticism, 6 July 2011. 

Paula Carvalho is a doctoral student in philosophy at the FCSH-UNL and teaches piano at Nossa Srª do Cabo Music School in Linda-a-Velha, Lisbon. 

 

  • A linguagem como jogo e os jogos de linguagem [The language as game and the language games], by Gerson Júnior (Doctoral Student, University of Lisbon), IFL, 18 January 2012

Gerson Júnior is a doctoral student in philosophy at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Lisbon, where he prepares a dissertation on Wittgenstein's later philosophy.

 

  • Wittgenstein sobre a ideia de crenças ficcionais [Wittgenstein on the idea of fictional beliefs], by Carlos A. Pereira (Doctoral Student, University of Lisbon), IFL, 21 March 2012 

Carlos A. Pereira is a PhD student in Literary Theory at the University of Lisbon, having been awarded a MA also in Literary Theoiry in 2009. His research interests lie in the Philosophy of Language, Literary Theory, Philosophy of Mind, Literature and Aesthetics. He is a member of the Philosophy and Literature Network of the IFL and Program in Literary Theory and has organized a Seminar on Fiction at the IFL.

 

  • Wittgenstein's Nietzsche, by Marco Brusotti (Professor, University of Lecce), IFL, jointly organized with the FCT-funded project "Nietzsche and the contemporary debate on the self", 19 April 2012

Marco Brusotti is Professor of History of Contemporary Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the Università degli Studi di Lecce. He has written extensively on Nietzsche and Wittgenstein.

 

  • Estilo e Forma na Investigação da Compulsão Lógica [Style and Form in the Investigation of Logical Compulsion], by João José de Almeida (Professor, State University of Campinas), IFL, 2 May 2012

João José de Almeida is Professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the State University of Campinas. His research interests include philosophy of language, logic and Wittgenstein. He currently coordinates the FAPESP-funded project "Style and Form in the Philosophical Investigations". 

 

  • Reformulação do Problema da Referência nas Investigações Filosóficas [Reformulation of the Problem of Reference in the Philosophical Investigations], by Ana Falcato (Research Fellow, IFL), IFL, 16 May 2012 

Ana Falcato is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy of Language (UNL/ FCSH), since 2012. She holds a First Degree in Philosophy from the University of Évora, a Master Degree in Communication Sciences from the New University of Lisbon (thesis: Wittgenstein on Grammatical Therapy) and a PhD in Philosophy: Logic and Philosophy of Language.

 

  •   "Será que pode existir um alien lógico?" - J. Conant, Verdades Lógicas e Método Filosófico ["Can there be a logical alien?" - J. Conant, Logical Truths and Philosophical Method], by Sofia Miguens (Associate Professor, University of Porto), IFL, jointly organized with the FCT-funded project "The Bounds of Judgement - Frege, cognitive agents and human thinkers", 27 September 2012

Sofia Miguens is Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Fellow of the Institute of Philosophy at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Porto. She is co-editor of Consciousness and Subjectivity (Ontos, 2012). 

 

  • Contraste y trasfondo. Wittgenstein y la filosofía [Contrast and Background, Wittgenstein and Philosophy], by Vicente Sanfélix Vidarte (Full Professor, University of Valencia), IFL, 8 January 2013.

 Vicente Sanfélix Vidarte is Full Professor at the Departament of Metaphysics and Theory of Knowledge at the Faculty of Philosophy and Education Sciences at the University of Valencia. He has worked on epistemology, philosophy of mind and modern and contemporary history of philosophy. Recent publications include Doubt, Ethics and Religion: Wittgenstein and the Counter-Enlightenment, edited with Luigi Perissinotto (Ontos, 2010).  

 

  • O que parece saber o que não está presente [What seems to know what is not present], by António Carvalho Pais (Doctoral Student, FCSH-UNL), IFL, 27 February 2013.

António Carvalho Pais is a doctoral student in philosophy at the FCSH-UNL.