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The Gifford Lecture Series 2010 - 'The End of Reality'

GIFFORD LECTURES 2010 - The End of Reality

Date: Monday, June 7 2010 - Thursday, June 10 2010

Time: 18:00

Venue: Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre (WILT), off University Place, Glasgow

Category: Public lectures

Speaker: Professor Gianni Vattimo, Professor of Philosophy, Turin University

"The End of Reality"

Mon 7 June

Tarski and the quotation marks of His principle

Alfred Tarski argued that truth is indefinable. Yet truth in language, the kind of truth that perplexed Tarski, may be grounded in a more basic notion of truth explored by European thinkers. Vattimo explores the question of the relationship between human existence, language and truth.

Tues 8 June

Beyond Phenomenology

Wed 9 June

Being and Event

Thurs 10 June

The Ethical Dissolution of Reality

Followed by drinks reception

All lectures will take place at the Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre (WILT), off University Place, Glasgow

Lectures start 18:00 (doors open 17:30)

Free and open to the public

For further information contact Angela Hair, Development and Alumni Office, Email: A.Hair@admin.gla.ac.uk, Tel: 0141 330 3593

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