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Metaphysics and Logic Seminar Sara Bernstein Title: Ontological Pluralism about Non-Being
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜, United KingdomAbstract: This talk聽develops ontological pluralism about non-being, the view that there are multiple ways, kinds, or modes of non-being. I suggest that the view is both more plausible and defensible than it first seems, and that it has many useful applications across a wide variety of metaphysical and explanatory problems. After drawing out the relationship…
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Language and Mind Seminar
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜, United Kingdom -
Conceptual Engineering Seminar | David Plunkett (Dartmouth) & Tristram McPherson (Ohio State): “Conceptual ethics, metaepistemology, and the foundations of epistemic normativity”
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜, United Kingdom*** SESSION RESTRICTED TO ARCH脡 MEMBERS *** Abstract. 鈥斅燭his paper advertises the importance of distinguishing three different foundational projects concerning the epistemic, which we call normative epistemic inquiry, metaepistemic inquiry, and the conceptual ethics of epistemology. We argue that these projects can be distinguished by their contrasting constitutive success conditions. We argue further that because…
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Super Special Seminar tba
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Epistemology Seminar: Talk: Jessica Brown
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜, United Kingdom -
ECT Talk – Jessica Brown (58吃瓜)
Title: ‘Group Motivation’ Abstract: We routinely treat groups, including governments and corporations, as agents with beliefs and aims who are morally responsible for their actions. For instance, we might blame an oil company for an oil spill pointing out that they knew the risk of their profits-first policies. In this paper I discuss a key…
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CEPPA Talk – Katharine Jenkins (Glasgow)
Title: ‘How To Be a Pluralist About Gender’ Abstract: There are various of attractive accounts of gender kinds on offer (Haslanger 2012, Asta 2018), as well as accounts of the ontology of human social kinds (or social groups) more broadly (Mallon 2016, Ritchie 2020) that are much more conducive to feminist aims than a lot…
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Medieval Logic Seminar: John Dumbleton on Insolubles
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜, United Kingdom