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Title: Carnap on Metaphysics, Before and After 1932: The Importance of Tolerance Abstract: Late in 1932, Carnap accepts the Principle of Tolerance. This makes a fundamental difference to his philosophy, although…

Title: Vague Mereology and Supervaluationism Abstract: What is the referent of ‘Mt Everest’, ‘Edinburgh’, and even of ‘Meta’ and ‘Mark Zuckerberg’? Like dust, vagueness ‘gets into everything’ (Dummett, 1995, p.…

Title: On the Plurality of Analyses: From Lewis Back to Russell and Moore Abstract: It is often argued that, amongst the various existing philosophical traditions, the one that enjoys the…

Title: On the Hyperintensions of Properties Abstract: Hyperintensionalists encounter two serious problems that cast doubt on their view of property identity, both stem from when insufficient attention is paid to…

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This will be a pre-read discussion. To obtain a copy of the discussed paper, email the speaker via sen1@st-andrews.ac.uk. We ask participants to read the discussion paper ahead of the…

Title: Explanations in logic Abstract: To explain phenomena in the world is a central human activity and one of the main goals of rational inquiry. There are several types of…