30 years of Beyond the Limits of Thought

Aim

The aim of this two-day workshop is to discuss and celebrate the 30th anniversary since the publication of Graham Priest's Beyond the Limits of Thought, one of the key monographs in dialetheism, together with In Contradiction and Doubt Truth to be a Liar.  The workshop will proudly host Graham as one of our guests, beside a number of friends and colleagues of Graham who have benefitted immensely from Graham's work in dialetheism.

Date & Venue

• Date: November 24--25, 2025.

• Venue: 3rd Floor, TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity, Tohoku University.  [map]

Speakers

• Colin Caret (Utrecht)

• Elena Ficara (Paderborn)

• Naoya Fujikawa (Tokyo)

• Fei Liang (Jinan)

• Anna Malavisi (Danbury)

• Graham Priest (NYC, Melbourne, Bochum, Jinan & Sendai)

• Peter Verdée (Louvain)

• Wen-fang Wang (Jinan)

• Heinrich Wansing (Bochum & Sendai)

• Zach Weber (Dunedin & Melbourne)

Program

November 24

10:00-11:00 Heinrich Wansing "Remarks on strong dimathematism" Abstract, Chair: Sara Ayhan

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:15 Elena Ficara "Hegel’s Infinities" Abstract, Chair: Sara Ayhan

12:15-13:15 Lunch

13:15-14:15 Peter Verdée "A plea for Default-Exclusion Dialetheism" Abstract, Chair: Masanobu Toyooka

14:15-14:30 Break

14:30-15:30 Colin Caret "The Dao of Dialetheism" Abstract, Chair: Masanobu Toyooka

15:30-15:50 Break

15:50-16:50 Zach Weber "On the Outer Horizon" Abstract, Chair: Masanobu Toyooka

November 25

10:00-11:00 Wen-fang Wang "Reflections on Priest's Dialetheist Solution to the Sorites Paradox" Abstract (cancelled)

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:15 Anna Malavisi "Beyond the Limits of Western Thought" Abstract, Chair: Zach Weber

1215-13:15 Lunch

13:15-14:15 Naoya Fujikawa "Two Nothings" Abstract, Chair: Zach Weber

14:15-14:30 Break

14:30-15:30  Fei Liang "Nothing as the Gluon of Everything" Abstract, Chair: Hitoshi Omori

15:30-15:50 Break

15:50-16:50 Graham Priest "The Paradox at the Limit of Everything" Abstract, Chair: Hitoshi Omori

Acknowledgment

This workshop is generously supported by the Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University.