Title: Composition as Identity defeats an Ethical Objection to Four-Dimensionalism Abstract: Johnston, Olson, and Taylor have argued against four-dimensionalism on the grounds that it commits us to the existence of…
For our second session on the theme of ‘Dangerous Speech, Free Speech and Cancel Culture’ Nick Allen will be giving a presentation titled ‘Context-Collapsed Contributory Injustice: the Dangers of Misappropriating…
Moral Philosophy Reading Group Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week, chosen by a different member each time. Day/time: Wednesdays 3pm to 4pm on Teams. Organizer: Theron…
Abstract: An a priori lie is a lie that conflicts with an a priori truth. Rather sportingly, the liar leaves himself open to refutation by armchair methods such as calculation.…
Title: Justice Before Role Obligations Abstract: Many believe that agents in the justice system are morally constrained to follow certain assigned roles, understood as excluding the exercise of moral judgement:…
Title:聽Worlds: Possible and Impossible Abstract: In this talk, I鈥檒l reflect on the role of worlds鈥攂oth possible worlds and impossible worlds鈥攂oth in the聽semantics of various kinds of languages and logics, and…
In Defence of Individual Rationality: Common-sense (or folk) psychology holds that (generally) we do what we do for the reasons we have. This common-sense approach is embodied in claims…
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