Some members of HES might be interested in this. Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 19:24:22 -0600 From: H-Net Central <[log in to unmask]> Forwarded by Ross Emmett ___________________________________________________________________ THE REVIVAL OF PRAGMATISM conference to be held at the CUNY Graduate Center, 33 West 42 Street, New York, NY 10036, on November 3-4, 1995. Opening Speaker: Friday, 1:45 p.m. Hilary Putnam (Harvard), Pragmatism and Realism, Panels: Friday, 2:45 "Pragmatism & Legal Thought," with Judge Richard Posner and Prof. Thomas Grey (Stanford Law School) Keynote Speaker: Richard Rorty (Virginia), Fri., 7:45 Saturday, 10-12:30. "Pragmatism & the Remaking of Social Thought," with Profs. Richard Bernstein & Nancy Fraser (New School) & Robert Westbrook (Rochester), Respondents: John Diggins (CUNY), Marion Smiley (Wisconsin) Saturday, 2-3:45. "Pragmatism, Culture, and Art," with Richard Poirier ("Why Do Pragmatists Want to Be Like Poets?" and respondents Louis Menand (CUNY) and David Bromwich (Yale) Concluding Session, Saturday, 4-5:30. Stanley Cavell (Harvard), Hans Joas (Free University of Berlin), Ruth Ana Putnam (Wellesley), and Stanley Fish (Duke) Additional information available by calling the Center for the Humanities at 212-642-2684. Morris Dickstein, Director & Conference Coordinator [log in to unmask] Ross B. Emmett, Augustana University College, Camrose, Alberta CANADA T4V 2R3 voice: (403) 679-1517 fax: (403) 679-1129 e-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]