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INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE
Truth Matters
Toronto, August 18-20, 2010
• Call for Papers and Proposals (deadline March 1, 2010)
We live in an age of skepticism about the idea of truth. Contemporary skeptics question
the nature and value of truth and the concomitant virtue of truthfulness. Skepticism about
truth is not restricted to popular culture. It occurs within the academic world, where
deflationists have argued that the idea of truth is not a substantive notion and some
poststructuralists have portrayed it as primarily the scene of struggles for power. Such
skepticism is surprising, for truth and truthfulness have been central to Western civilization
and the academic enterprise.
Given both contemporary skepticism and the centrality of truth, we believe it is time to
reconceptualize truth and to reclaim truthfulness for the academic enterprise. The conference
organizers have undertaken an interdisciplinary philosophical effort to develop a new model of
truth. Now we wish to expand the scope of our work by engaging with discussion partners
from other schools and from across the disciplines. The Truth Matters conference will be an
occasion for international dialogue and debate.
The conference is co-sponsored by ICS (Toronto), Calvin College (Grand Rapids),
Dordt College (Sioux Center) and the Free University (Amsterdam), and supported by a
generous grant from the Priscilla and Stanford Reid Trust.
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• Vancouver January 24, 2009
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• Edmonton March 21, 2009
• Toronto September 26, 2009
• Ottawa October 3, 2009
• Grand Rapids November 7, 2009
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