Metaphysics of Mind Workshop
There are various recent theories of what is the relationship between the mental and the physical (such as grounding theories and panpsychism). This workshop is an opportunity to explore new…
There are various recent theories of what is the relationship between the mental and the physical (such as grounding theories and panpsychism). This workshop is an opportunity to explore new…
Title: ‘How to Be a Clever Contextualist’ Abstract: This talk defends a contextualist theory of knowledge ascriptions. I argue that in some sentences, the implicit argument of knows is bound…
Abstract: This talk defends a contextualist theory of knowledge ascriptions. I argue that in some sentences, the implicit argument of knows is bound by a quantifier. The natural readings of…
Title: CONVERSE PREDICATES AND THE INTERPRETATION OF SECOND ORDER QUANTIFICATION ABSTRACT: In this paper I argue that we cannot interpret second-order quantification as quantification over properties and relations. My argument…
Abstract. Conceptual 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…
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