12 events found.
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A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜, United Kingdom
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Conceptual Engineering Seminar |聽Hans-Johann Glock (Zurich): “Conceptual engineering and conceptual analysis: Some conceptual connections”
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜, United KingdomAbstract. 鈥斅燙onceptual engineering is often presented as radically opposed and as superseding conceptual analysis. Prima facie, however, improving conceptual schemes in a controlled and fruitful way presupposes an understanding of the conceptual status quo. Consequently the condemnation of conceptual analysis by conceptual engineers constitutes a paradox that needs to be taken far more seriously than…
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Open Online Workshop: The Implementation Challenge for Conceptual Engineering (ICCE)
A virtual workshop by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜, United KingdomCONCEPTUAL ENGINEERING聽is an exciting new movement in analytic philosophy that focuses on assessing and improving our conceptual schemes and repertoires.聽The ICCE Open Online Workshop takes the next step and addresses the issue of how to implement on the ground the ameliorative strategies that conceptual engineers may have come to advocate for. To date, the…
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Super Special Seminar tba
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Epistemology Seminar. Emilia Wilson: “The Dual Erasure of Epistemic Labour”
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜, United KingdomAbstract: In this presentation I will discuss epistemic labour, which I characterise as labour one performs in their capacity as an epistemic agent. There is growing interest in a category of domestic labour frequently termed 鈥榚motional labour鈥�. I show that this labour is, in fact, a primarily form of epistemic labour. I argue that domestic…
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CEPPA Talk – Elizabeth Harman (Princeton University)
Title: ‘Does Morality Speak within the Realm of the Morally Permissible?’ Abstract:聽You hear that your next-door neighbor Alicia is sick with COVID-19. You鈥檙e new to the neighborhood and haven鈥檛 met Alicia yet. You鈥檙e overwhelmed with working from home and overseeing your kids鈥� remote schooling. You could reach out to Alicia and ask whether she needs…
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Medieval Logic Seminar (NB later meeting time because of workshop)
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜, United Kingdom -
Metaphysics and Logic Seminar Maya Eddon Title: The Humean Objection to unHumean Laws
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜, United KingdomAbstract: The denial of necessary connections between distinct existences is generally taken to be at the heart of Humanism, and any philosophical account that requires necessary connections is rejected on the grounds that it violates Hume鈥檚 dictum. 聽In this paper, I focus on Armstrong鈥檚 account of lawhood. 聽Lewis objects to Armstrong鈥檚 account on Humean grounds…
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Language and Mind Seminar | Tom Kaspers
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Conceptual Engineering Seminar | Manuel Gustavo Isaac (SNSF/58吃瓜): “Reshaping the world: An empirical method for applied conceptual engineering鈥�
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜, United KingdomAbstract. 鈥斅燙onceptual engineering is a groundbreaking programme in philosophy that focuses on how to best assess and improve our concepts. Yet, it still lacks an operational framework in order for its case studies to be run effectively. And without such implementation strategy, it will never live up to its proclaimed ambitions: Changing people鈥檚 minds and…
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Super Special Seminar tba
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜, United Kingdom