Abstract:聽Value capture occurs when an agent enters a social environment which presents external expressions of value 鈥� which are often simplified, standardized, and quantified 鈥� and those external versions come to dominate our reasoning and motivations. Examples include becoming motivated by Twitter Likes and Retweets, citation rates, ranked lists of best schools, and Grade Point…
Title: Value Capture Abstract: Value capture occurs when an agent enters a social environment which presents external expressions of value 鈥� which are often simplified, standardized, and quantified 鈥� and those external versions come to dominate our reasoning and motivations. Examples include becoming motivated by Twitter Likes and Retweets, citation rates, ranked lists of best…
Title: Properties and Their Parts Abstract: I will present some very early ideas on a hyperintensional theory of properties that I am attempting to work out. I will begin my presentation by considering an unlikely area of inquiry: the mereology of material objects. I will offer a framework for thinking about two distinct types of…
Authority and Group Assertion We commonly attribute assertions to groups like companies and government institutions, and we want to hold them accountable for their assertions. Intuitively, we don’t attribute those assertions to the individuals performing them, but to the groups. The question is: what kind of speech act is group assertion and how does it…
Moral Philosophy Reading Group Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week, chosen by a different member each time. Day/time: Wednesdays 3pm to 4pm on Teams. Organizer: Theron Pummer (tgp4).
For our next seminar聽we will be having our second session on the theme of ‘Dangerous Speech, Free Speech and Cancel Culture”. Derek Ball will be presenting a work in progress titled ‘A Limited, Metasemantic Defense of Cancel Culture‘. Title:“A Limited, Metasemantic Defense of Cancel Culture” Abstract:聽 Hume wrote, “We cannot form to ourselves a just…
Abstract: What should the interaction between non-experts and experts look like when it comes to moral inquiry? In this talk, I discuss this interaction from both perspectives. In the first part, I argue that whether non-experts should treat experts as authorities or advisors depends on the aim of moral inquiry which in turn varies with…
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