BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Philosophy events - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:/philevents X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Philosophy events REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240401T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240401T110000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20231109T140611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T140611Z UID:10001785-1711962000-1711969200@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar: DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/medieval-logic-seminar-41/ CATEGORIES:Medieval Logic Research Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240401T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240401T110000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240302T234551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240319T000904Z UID:10001959-1711963800-1711969200@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar: DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/medieval-logic-seminar-55/ CATEGORIES:Medieval Logic Research Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240402T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240402T140000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240327T005152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T012432Z UID:10001979-1712059200-1712066400@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Language and Mind seminar DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/language-and-mind-seminar-55/ CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240404T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240404T143000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240306T235357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T000844Z UID:10001961-1712235600-1712241000@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/epistemology-seminar-24/ LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 CATEGORIES:Epistemology Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240404T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240404T143000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240321T001103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240404T013841Z UID:10001970-1712235600-1712241000@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar: Paul Conlan (58³Ô¹Ï) DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Paul Conlan (58³Ô¹Ï) \nEntitlement of Cognitive Project and The Adoption Problem\nKeywords: Epistemology of Logic\, Entitlement Epistemology\, Adoption Problem \nWright (2004) argues that we are warranted in the belief that modus ponens (MPP) is valid via an entitlement of cognitive project. Wright’s entitlement epistemology extends further\, however: Wright (2014)\, suggests that the warrant for ‘cornerstone’ beliefs like ‘there is an external world’ is generated by epistemically consequentialist Reichenbachian dominance reasoning. One strand of objections to the 2014 position is that the warrant provided is pragmatic rather than epistemic (see e.g. Pritchard (2007)\, Jenkins\, (2007)). This paper aims to suggest that the objection that the anti-sceptical warrants are merely pragmatic easily generalises to warrants generated by entitlement of cognitive project\, and Wright cannot avail himself of the strategy used to disarm the objection in the case of the anti-sceptical entitlement to fend off the objection that the entitlement to the validity of MPP provides merely pragmatic warrant. Instead\, I suggest that the entitlement to the validity of MPP cannot generate a pragmatic warrant at all. I will argue that given a plausible principle regarding pragmatic warrants and Kripke’s ‘Adoption Problem’ (See Padro (2015)\, Finn (2019))\, the warrant for the validity of MPP provided by entitlement of cognitive project must be something other than a pragmatic warrant. URL:/philevents/event/epistemology-seminar-paul-conlan-st-andrews/ LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 CATEGORIES:Epistemology Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240408T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240408T110000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20231109T140611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T140611Z UID:10001786-1712566800-1712574000@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar: DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/medieval-logic-seminar-42/ CATEGORIES:Medieval Logic Research Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240408T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240408T110000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240309T235348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240319T000904Z UID:10001962-1712568600-1712574000@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar: DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/medieval-logic-seminar-56/ CATEGORIES:Medieval Logic Research Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240409T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240409T140000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240327T005153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240407T015601Z UID:10001983-1712664000-1712671200@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Language and Mind seminar DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/language-and-mind-seminar-56/ CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240409T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240409T140000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240408T015501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240409T015526Z UID:10002010-1712664000-1712671200@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Language and Mind seminar: Organisational Meeting DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/language-and-mind-seminar-organisational-meeting/ LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 and via MS Teams CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240411 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240414 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20231109T140611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240411T015453Z UID:10001787-1712793600-1713052799@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Workshop: Proofs\, Rules\, and Meanings DESCRIPTION:The workshop ‘Proofs\, Rules\, and Meanings’ is set to take place at the University of 58³Ô¹Ï (School V\, United College\, and livestreamed via Microsoft Teams) on 11 and 12 April 2024. It explores the relationship between proofs\, rules\, and meanings through the lens of proof-theoretic semantics. \n \nThis workshop features: \n\nthe contemporary logical and philosophical dimensions of proof-theoretic semantics;\nits historical roots and precursors; and\nits fruitful applications in philosophy\, linguistics\, computer science\, mathematics\, and beyond.\n\n\nRegistration \nThis is a hybrid workshop\, and there are no registration fees. Registration is now closed; if you would like to attend the workshop online\, please email proofs@st-andrews.ac.uk. \n\n\nAbstracts \nFor titles and abstracts\, see here. The schedule is below. \n\n\n\nSchedule  \n\n\nThursday\, 11th April 2024  \n09:30-10:00 – registration\, refreshments\, and welcome \n10:00-10:40 – “λμ: Relating Constructive\, Classical and Substructural Logics\,†Greg Restall (58³Ô¹Ï) \n10:50-11:50 – “Meaning as Use\, Use as Meaning\,†Sophie Nagler (58³Ô¹Ï/ILLC Amsterdam) \n11:55-12:35 – “Three Kinds of Logical Expressivism\,†Luca Incurvati (ILLC Amsterdam) \n12:35-13:35 – catered offline lunch (open to all attendees) \n\n\n13:40-14:40 – “Dummett\, Hacking\, and Circularity in Logical Semantics\,†Viviane Fairbank (58³Ô¹Ï/Stirling) \n14:45-15:25 – “Speech Acts at the Dialogical Roots of Deduction\,†Catarina Dutilh Novaes (VU Amsterdam/58³Ô¹Ï) \n15:45-17:15 – “Logical Metainferentialism†(keynote)\, Bogdan Dicher (Witwatersrand) \n18:30-21:00 – conference dinner at The Bothy (speakers only) \n\n\n  \nFriday\, 12th April 2024 \nfrom 09:30 – refreshments \n10:00-10:40 – “Proof-Theoretic Validity Based on Elimination Rules\,†Peter Schroeder-Heister (Tübingen) \n10:50-11:50 – “Semantic Pollution and the Meaning of Connectives\,†Robin Martinot (Utrecht) \n11:55-12:35 – “‘Proof Theory’ in Medieval Logic\,†Sara Uckelman (Durham) \n12:35-13:35 – catered online lunch (open to all attendees) \n\n\n13:40-14:40 – optional walking tour of 58³Ô¹Ï \n14:45-15:25 – “An Ecumenical View of Proof-Theoretic Semantics\,†Elaine Pimentel (UCL) \n15:40-16:40 – “Bilateral Derivability: How to Implement (Constructive) Notions of Proof and Refutation in a Sequent Calculus\,†Sara Ayhan (Bochum) \n\n\n16:45-17:15 – plenary discussion: Proofs\, rules\, and meanings – quo vaditis? Chair: Stephen Read (58³Ô¹Ï) \n18:00 – post-workshop drinks (open to all) \n\nAccessibility Information \nThe main venue (School V\, United College\, 58³Ô¹Ï) provides level access\, gender-neutral toilets and a hearing loop. For more information\, see the AccessAble guide and the room details page. The main door is access controlled\, and we will see to having volunteers open the door as needed. \nThere will be a breakout and coffee room\, dedicated as a quiet room\, across the corridor from the main venue. \n\nThe lunch room is the Stewart Room in Younger Hall. This is a two minute walk from the main venue and also has level access via an elevator. For more details\, see the AccessAble guide and the room details page. \nThe Teams call will be enabled for live captions. Online participant video will be visible to offline attendees at all times via an external monitor. \nWe are providing optional name badges\, on which people may also include their pronouns. \n\n\n\nStudent Travel Awards \nThe Association of Symbolic Logic (ASL) is offering (limited) student travel awards to attend this ASL-sponsored workshop. The ASL strongly encourages applications from women and members of minority groups. Applicants must be student members of the ASL. Applications must be received by 10th January 2024. For more details\, and to apply\, see: https://aslonline.org/meetings/student-travel-awards/. \nThe Analysis Trust is also offering (limited) student bursaries\, covering up to 50% of the full cost of accommodation and subsistence. Postgraduate students and under-employed recent postgraduates are eligable to apply. Travel costs are not covered by this bursary. Applications must be received by 10th February 2024\, and can be made as part of the general registration process. \n\nPartners \nThe workshop is organised in partnership with the 58³Ô¹Ï Metaphysics and Logic Research Group\, and the 58³Ô¹Ï Medieval Logic Research Group. It is funded by the Arché Research Centre\, the Scots Philosophical Association\, the British Logic Colloquium\, the Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL)\, and the Analysis Trust. \nThis event is affiliated with the PTS Network. Participants can join for updates on activities on Proof-Theoretic Semantics here. \n\nBackground \nProof-theoretic semantics is a research programme that aims to determine the meaning of linguistic expressions by analysing their inferential use. It was inspired by general proof theory\, the logical research programme that led to the development of the sequent calculus and natural deduction systems. Proof-theoretic semantics was subsequently given its name by Peter Schroeder-Heister (one of our speakers) in 1987. Since then\, it has become a vibrant research field in philosophical\, mathematical\, computational and linguistic logic. \n\nContact \nIf you have any questions\, get in touch via proofs@st-andrews.ac.uk. URL:/philevents/event/workshop-proofs-rules-and-meanings/ LOCATION:School V and via MS Teams\, United College\, St Salvator's Quad\, 58³Ô¹Ï\, KY16 9AL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Medieval Logic Research Group,Metaphysics and Logic group,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/philevents/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/branchy-cropped-1-QFF2n1.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240411T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240411T143000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240313T001022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T000845Z UID:10001965-1712840400-1712845800@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/epistemology-seminar-25/ LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 CATEGORIES:Epistemology Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240411T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240411T143000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240321T001104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240411T015454Z UID:10001972-1712840400-1712845800@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar: CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:Cancelled due to conflicting event – Workshop: Proofs\, Rules\, and Meanings URL:/philevents/event/epistemology-seminar-cancelled/ LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 CATEGORIES:Epistemology Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240415T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240415T110000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20231109T140612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T140612Z UID:10001788-1713171600-1713178800@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar: DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/medieval-logic-seminar-43/ CATEGORIES:Medieval Logic Research Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240415T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240415T110000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240316T001031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240319T000904Z UID:10001966-1713173400-1713178800@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar: DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/medieval-logic-seminar-57/ CATEGORIES:Medieval Logic Research Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240416T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240416T140000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240327T005206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T022435Z UID:10001987-1713268800-1713276000@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Language and Mind seminar DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/language-and-mind-seminar-57/ CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240416T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240416T140000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240416T022621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T022621Z UID:10002028-1713268800-1713276000@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Language and Mind seminar: Reading session DESCRIPTION:This week\, we’ll have a reading session. We will read (available online): Lee\, Andrew Y. (2024). Objective Phenomenology. Erkenntnis 89 (3):1197–1216.  \nRasmus Overmark will lead the session. URL:/philevents/event/language-and-mind-seminar-reading-session/ LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 and via MS Teams CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240418T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240418T143000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240319T000904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T000845Z UID:10001967-1713445200-1713450600@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/epistemology-seminar-26/ LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 CATEGORIES:Epistemology Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240418T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240418T143000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240321T001104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240418T023833Z UID:10001974-1713445200-1713450600@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar: Falbo on Inquiry DESCRIPTION:Discussion session on “Inquiring Minds Want to Improve†by Arianna Falbo \nAbstract: \nMuch of the recent work on epistemology of inquiry defends two related theses. First\, inquiry into a question rationally prohibits believing an answer to that question. Second\, knowledge is the aim of inquiry. I develop a series of cases which indicate that inquiry is not as narrow as these views suggest. These cases can be accommodated if we take a broader approach and understand inquiry as aiming at epistemic improvement\, described more generally. This approach captures a wider range of inquiring phenomena because it accounts for forms of epistemic improvement that fall short of\, or go beyond\, coming to know the answer to a question. URL:/philevents/event/epistemology-seminar-tba-28/ LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 CATEGORIES:Epistemology Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240422T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240422T110000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20231109T140612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T140612Z UID:10001789-1713776400-1713783600@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar: DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/medieval-logic-seminar-44/ CATEGORIES:Medieval Logic Research Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240423T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240423T140000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240327T005207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240411T015454Z UID:10001991-1713873600-1713880800@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Language and Mind seminar DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/language-and-mind-seminar-58/ CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240423T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240423T140000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240412T020047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240423T035552Z UID:10002020-1713873600-1713880800@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Language and Mind seminar: Stefano Pugnaghi (University of 58³Ô¹Ï) DESCRIPTION:Title: Alethic Pluralism and the Meaning of “True†\nAbstract: Alethic pluralism is the view that there are many ways for truth-bearers to be true since different properties realise truth in different domains. Thus\, especially in its strong version\, pluralism amounts to the claim that the notion of truth we ordinarily employ is actually directly linked with a plurality of realizer properties. At the same time\, this conceptual unity is normally taken to be mirrored at the linguistic level by the existence of a single truth predicate “Trueâ€\, which must then also be characterised in plural terms. However\, although much has been said about the relation between the concept of truth and its realizers\, comparatively little attention has been devoted to the meaning of our ordinary predicate “True†and to model the plurality allegedly appearing in it.  In fact\, if the concept of truth is realized by different properties in different domain\, we should expect that different properties will also be relevant for different truth ascriptions (i.e. for different uses of the term “Trueâ€). In this paper I will offer a detailed discussion of various ways of modelling the alleged plurality in the meaning of “Trueâ€. First\, I will consider and discard some constant plural semantic accounts\, showing that “True†is importantly variable in meaning. Thene\, I will discuss and also criticise some options for a context-sensitive semantic analysis of this predicate\, showing that “True†is actually insensitive to contexts\, standardly conceived. Finally\, I will conclude this paper by arguing the “Trueâ€\, within a strong pluralist picture\, is actually polysemous. \n  URL:/philevents/event/language-and-mind-seminar-stefano-pugnaghi-university-of-st-andrews/ LOCATION:Online Meeting via Teams CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240425T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240425T143000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240326T003925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T035444Z UID:10001977-1714050000-1714055400@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar: Catarina Dutilh Novaes (VU Amsterdam & 58³Ô¹Ï) DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Catarina Dutilh Novaes (VU Amsterdam & 58³Ô¹Ï) \nA Foucauldian critique of the epistemic injustice research program \nCatarina Dutilh Novaes (joint work with Merel Talbi and Solmu Anttila)\n\nSince the publication of Fricker’s groundbreaking Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing (2007)\, vibrant debates on the complex relations between knowledge\, ethics and power have ensued\, arguably giving rise to a specific research program (in Lakatos’ sense). In contrast with apolitical social epistemology\, the epistemic injustice research program problematizes the roles of power and social identities in epistemic processes. Two of its core assumptions are: there is a reasonably neat separation between epistemic phenomena and ethical-political phenomena (even if they often intersect); while frequent\, occurrences of epistemic injustice are deviations from the norm that can be redressed—epistemic injustice is a bug\, not a feature.\n\nIn this talk\, I offer a critique of the epistemic injustice research program thus conceived\, drawing on broadly Foucauldian ideas on the relations between power and knowledge. I focus on the second assumption above\, specifically by revisiting Curry’s critique of Fricker’s and Medina’s respective analyses of To Kill a Mocking Bird\, and by presenting a similar critique of Lackey’s recent work on criminal testimonial injustice. In both cases\, the analyses of testimonial injustice as credibility deficit (Fricker and Medina) or as credibility excess (Lackey on confessions) miss the role and functions of these practices in perpetuating oppressive power structures (in these specific cases\, white supremacy). Thus seen\, epistemic injustice is a feature\, not a bug\, requiring much more than epistemic strategies to be redressed. URL:/philevents/event/epistemology-seminar-catarina-dutilh-novaes-vu-amsterdam-st-andrews/ LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 CATEGORIES:Epistemology Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240429T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240429T110000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20231109T140613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T140613Z UID:10001790-1714381200-1714388400@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar: DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/medieval-logic-seminar-45/ CATEGORIES:Medieval Logic Research Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240430T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240430T140000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240331T005403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T040943Z UID:10001999-1714478400-1714485600@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Language and Mind seminar DESCRIPTION: URL:/philevents/event/language-and-mind-seminar-59/ CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240430T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240430T140000 DTSTAMP:20260615T115542 CREATED:20240427T041427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T043819Z UID:10002046-1714478400-1714485600@www.st-andrews.ac.uk SUMMARY:Language and Mind seminar: Haoxu Wang (University of 58³Ô¹Ï) DESCRIPTION:Title: Can a Russellian Monist Be a Genuine Physicalist?\n\nAbstract:\nCurrently\, Russellian Monism is a cutting-edge theory in the discussion of phenomenal consciousness. It has the potential to retain the advantages of both narrow physicalism and narrow dualism by locating phenomenal consciousness in a fundamentally unified universe\, having it play essential causal roles in the physical aspect\, and at the same time respecting its specific features.   Many see Russellian Monism as an opportunity to construct a new version of physicalism\, Russellian physicalism\, which has more advantages than narrow physicalism because it can avoid the difficulties faced by narrow physicalism\, especially those posed by the knowledge argument (Jackson\, 1982; 1986)\, the explanatory gap argument (Levine\, 1983; 2006)\, and the conceivability argument (Chalmers\, 2009). But the issue here is more complex. Some argue that a genuine or full-blooded physicalist must deny that there is anything specific to phenomenal consciousness at the fundamental level of the universe. Russellian Monism takes intrinsic natures (or quiddities) underlying structures and relations at the fundamental level in the universe as the keys to explaining the generation of high-level phenomenal consciousness\, which is itself the high-level intrinsic nature of high-level structural systems such as human brains. However\, it is argued that Russellian fundamental quiddities must be specific to consciousness\, and thus\, Russellian physicalism is itself an inconsistent theory. This is bad news for physicalists in general.\nIn this paper\, I will argue that it is compatible for a Russellian Monist to be a genuine physicalist or that the concept of “Russellian physicalism†is consistent. There have been some illuminating arguments for the compatibility on this issue\, but I will argue that they\, in some sense\, miss the core point of the challenge of incompatibility or inconsistency to Russellian physicalism. After setting out this core point\, I will offer my own responses. 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