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Tom Parr (University of Warwick)
Tom Parr (University of Warwick) “Should We Eliminate the Child Penalty?“ Thursday, 17 September at 16:00 (Live on MS Teams; use this link to join the meeting) In recent years, labour market economists have learned a great deal about the extent, causes, and consequences of the child penalty — a term that refers to caregivers’ lower earnings in comparison…
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CEPPA 3rd Annual Graduate Conference — Postponed
FeaturedEdgecliffe 104Applications are now open for the 3rd Annual Graduate Conference at the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs (CEPPA) at the University of 58³Ô¹Ï. The conference seeks to provide a platform for early career researchers working in moral and political philosophy to discuss their work in a collaborative and friendly environment. Submissions should…
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Medieval Logic Seminar (no meeting)
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Metaphysics and Logic Seminar Thomas Randriamahazaka Title: A Neo-Meinongian Logic Based on Lambda-Abstraction
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58³Ô¹Ï, United KingdomAbstract: Meinong’s object theory is thought by many to be inconsistent (or even trivial). Indeed, its most straightforward formalisation in second-order logic is. However, contemporary logicians have developed more subtle formalisations of Meinong’s ideas, the so-called neo-Meinongian logics, that are provably consistent. In this talk, I review two of the main approachs, Nuclear Meinongianism and Dual Copula Meinongianism, and I develop…
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Language and Mind Seminar
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Conceptual Engineering Seminar | Kevin Scharp (58³Ô¹Ï): “What role might experimental philosophy play in conceptual engineering?”
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58³Ô¹Ï, United KingdomAbstract. — Conceptual engineering (CE) is the area of philosophy dedicated to assessing and improving our representational devices. Experimental philosophy (XPhi) focuses on using techniques from experimental psychology and cognitive science to investigate traditional philosophical problems and methods. It has seemed to many that XPhi could play an important role in CE projects, and various…
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Super Special Seminar tba
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58³Ô¹Ï, United Kingdom -
Epistemology Seminar: Paolo Savino (TBD)
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58³Ô¹Ï, United Kingdom -
CEPPA Works-in-Progress Talk – Julia Driver (UT Austin and 58³Ô¹Ï)
Title: ‘Blame and the Suberogatory’ Abstract: In this paper the claim that some actions are blameworthy even if they are not wrong is defended. Suberogatory actions, which generally involve people standing on their rights in ways that display inadequate quality of the will, are examples. I defend this claim against a strategy of assimilating these…