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All Work and No Play
A workshop on the philosophy of work and time-allocation  16-18 September , 2021 The Future of Work and Income Research Network   (fwistandrews@gmail.com) Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs Department of Philosophy, University of 58³Ô¹Ï Workshop to be held entirely online Thursday 16th September 10.30am Welcome and introdution to the Future of Work…
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Epistemology Seminar: Jessica Brown “Group Evidence”
Abstract: We routinely ascribe belief and knowledge to groups, saying such things as that the government knew that the new strain of covid was especially transmissible, or that the government believed that restrictions on inbound travel to the country weren’t necessary despite the new strain. Many take such ascriptions to be literally true, and there has…
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CEPPA Talk – Kimberley Brownlee (University of British Columbia)
TITLE: ‘Interactional Wrongs and Vices’ ABSTRACT: This paper explores a domain of action that we often regard as a minor moral matter, the domain of ordinary interactions. Yet, ordinary interactions are morally significant for two reasons: they are the primary vehicle through which 1) we show respect and disrespect for each other, and 2) we…
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Medieval Logic Seminar: Walter Segrave, Insolubles
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Language and Mind S1
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58³Ô¹Ï, United Kingdom -
Conceptual Engineering Seminar
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Metaphysics Seminar Matthew Green (University of 58³Ô¹Ï)
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58³Ô¹Ï, United KingdomTitle: Relevance in the Logic of Imagination Abstract: Reality-oriented mental simulation is a kind of imagination. The working assumption is that, when trying to determine whether a match would light if struck, one initially imagines striking the match and, together with relevant beliefs imported into the imaginative scenario, mentally simulates what would happen. But what…
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Language and Mind S1
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Language & Mind Seminar: David Papineau (KCL)
The Causal Argument Against Representationalism The central argument against perceptual representationalism in my recent The Metaphysics of Sensory Experience was that representational states aren’t causally efficacious in the way that perceptual states are. In this talk I shall explore some further issues related to this argument, including the general question of the causal significance of representational states, and the…
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Conceptual Engineering Seminar
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58³Ô¹Ï, United Kingdom