Introspection and Acquaintance in Early Analytic Philosophy

Conference. University of Liège, 16-17 October 2025

Organized as part of the Creph ARC research project: MIND - The British Sources of Philosophy of Mind 1888-1949

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Program

Thursday, October 16

Venue: Salle Petit-Physique (= Groupe µ) (Place du Vingt-Août 7, Central Building A1, Jesuit wing, 2nd mezzanine).

  • 9:00-9:15 Introduction by the organizers (Arnaud Dewalque, Valentina Martinis, and Jacopo Pallagrosi)
  • 09:15-10:30 Elizabeth Valentine (Royal Holloway, Univ. of London): Beatrice Edgell, Immediate Knowledge, and Introspection
  • 10:30-10:45 Coffee break
  • 10:45-12:00 Andreas Vrahimis (Univ. of Cyprus/Paderborn Univ.): Intuition, Introspection, and Acquaintance: Russell and Stebbing criticize Bergson
  • 12:00-12:15 Coffee break
  • 12:15-13:30 Simon Wimmer (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf): Cook Wilson and Robinson on Acquaintance
  • 13:30-15h00 Lunch break
  • 15:00-16:15 Anna Giustina (Univ. of Valencia): Knowledge by acquaintance and concept possession
  • 16:15-16:30 Coffee break
  • 16:30-17:45 Julian Lee Sursin (École Normale Supérieure Paris): Is Acquaintance a Sui Generis Epistemic Relation?

Friday, October 17

Venue: Philosophy Department Meeting Room (Place du Vingt-Août 7, Central Building A1, 3rd floor).

  • 09:15-10:30 Maja Spener (Univ. of Birmingham): Introspective observation
  • 10:30-10:45 Coffee break
  • 10:45-12:00 Jacek Jarocki (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin): Emerging Behaviorism: The New Realism and the Rejection of Introspection
  • 12:00-12:15 Coffee break
  • 12:15-13:30 Yaron Wolf (Utrecht University): Introspecting Temporal Awareness: Russell, Costelloe, and Bergson on Temporal Consciousness
  • 13:30-15:00 Lunch break
  • 15:00-16:15 Donovan Wishon (Univ. of Mississippi): Reassessing Moore and Russell on diaphaneity
  • 16:15-16:30 Coffee break
  • 16:30-17:45 Enrico Sorrentino (Univ. of Pisa): Acquaintance and Introspection in Philosophy for the Future
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