7 events found.
Week of Events
Monday, May 27, 2019
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May 27, 2019 -Metaphysics Seminar: Talk by Travis Manuel on ” Spacetime and Objects are not in Harmony”
Metaphysics Seminar: Talk by Travis Manuel on ” Spacetime and Objects are not in Harmony”
Abstract Spacetime has structure, and objects have structure. A collection of principles, known as harmony principles, posit that the mereologies of the two structures behave...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
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May 28, 2019 -Language and Mind Seminar: James Shaw (Pittsburgh) – Kripkean Necessity A Posteriori: Some Doubts
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May 28, 2019 -Conceptual Engineering Seminar: Talk by Ethan Landes on “Jargon”.
Language and Mind Seminar: James Shaw (Pittsburgh) – Kripkean Necessity A Posteriori: Some Doubts
I discuss an unusual technique for learning metaphysical necessities that I call the "Procedure of Imaginative Transfer" and note some ways it complicates Kripke's case...
Conceptual Engineering Seminar: Talk by Ethan Landes on “Jargon”.
Abstract This talk will explore the causes, upsides, and drawbacks of adjusting or introducing concepts and language for the purposes of inquiry. While technical concepts...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
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May 29, 2019 -Epistemology Seminar: Paolo Savino, “Nonclosure and Scepticism”
Epistemology Seminar: Paolo Savino, “Nonclosure and Scepticism”
The sceptical paradox arises from the tension between three appealing claims: (1) that one cannot know the negation of a sceptical hypothesis, (2) that if...
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Friday, May 31, 2019
Saturday, June 1, 2019
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Sunday, June 2, 2019
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