Title: Ontology of Some Philosophy Abstract: When philosophers discuss philosophical views, theories, or arguments, their discussion is often not metaphysically innocent. Given certain substantial but widely accepted assumptions concerning relativization…
Title: Vague Mereology and Supervaluationism Abstract: What is the referent of 鈥楳t Everest鈥�, 鈥楨dinburgh鈥�, and even of 鈥楳eta鈥� and 鈥楳ark Zuckerberg鈥�? Like dust, vagueness 鈥榞ets into everything鈥� (Dummett, 1995, p.…
We will be reading Z. Quanbeck & A. Worsnip’s 鈥淎 Permissivist Alternative to Encroachment,鈥� Philosophers鈥� Imprint (forthcoming).
Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
This week we will discuss Guy Kahane‘s article ‘Our Cosmic Insignificance‘ Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
Location:聽Edgecliffe G03 Title: Is the future a utility monster? Abstract: I will revisit Nozick鈥檚 utility monster thought experiment and draw an analogy between imagined utility monsters and the long-term future.…
There is no meeting this week.
Title: Understanding the Metaphysics of Pregnancy and its Implications Abstract: Around the world, many countries have legislation in place which limits access to reproductive rights. Philosophically, ethically, legally and socially,…
漏 The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013532.