Grice directs colloquium, Sept.18-25, 1955, Brasenose, Oxford

by JLS
for the GC

From note in

Mind, 1955, vol. LXIV, p. 288:


"CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PHILOSOPHY."

"A Colloquium organised by the British Council at Oxford from. September 20th-25th, 1955."

"The Colloquium is intended to to provide a meeting-ground for overseas professors and lecturers in Philosophy and their British colleagues."

"The Director will be Mr. H. P. Grice, Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford."

"In order to ensure an intimate and informal atmosphere, membership of the Colloquium will be limited in size."

"This should encourage an easy and profitable exchange of views."

"The official proceedings will consist of two sessions daily (except for Sunday, 18th September, which will be a free day), one in the morning and one in the
early evening."

"Each session will open with an address, talk or paper given by a member of the Sub-Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford or by a representative of some other British university."

"This address will be followed by a full discussion."

"The sessions will be occupied partly with recent development of British Philosophy and philosophical methods, and partly with illustrations of these methods in the treatment of particular philosophical questions."

"The range of topics will include problems in metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics; philosophical problems of logic (though not technical questions in formal logic) will also be discussed."

"The members of the Colloquium will live in Brasenose College."

"Opportunities will be found for informal and private philosophical discussions outside the organized sessions."

"Arrangements will be made to enable members to see something of the life and buildings of the University, and the programme will include the usual social activities."

"All enquiries about the Colloquium, including applications for membership, can be addressed to the nearest office of the British Council or to the Director of Courses Department, the British Council, 65 Davies Street, London W1Y 2AA."

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