Philip Ebert (University of Stirling): Varieties of Risk Pluralism (joint work 聽with N. Pedersen) The dominant approach in the literature on risk is to adopt a monist stance by taking…
聽Location: Edgecliffe G03
This week we will discuss Cora Diamond’s classic paper ‘The Difficulty of Reality’. Location: Edgecliffe G03
Title:聽The Idea of Ancestry in African Philosophy Abstract: This paper concerns itself with the rationality of belief in ancestral existence. Although belief in ancestral existence remains widespread globally, I shall…
Winter Reflectorium
Title: Beyond Speech: Pictures and Oppression Abstract: Philosophical work on oppressive forms of expression strongly tends to give verbal and written linguistic expression pride of place. When it comes to…
Title: Commitment Issues? Nominalism and the Semantics of Empty Terms (In Late-Medieval Logic) Abstract: Usually, the label “Nominalism” evokes sorne kind of ontological parsimony. Ockham’s Razor epitomizes this understanding of…
聽Location: Edgecliffe G03
We are proud to present the Fourth Session of the CEPPA Film Club. This time we will gather from 16:30 onwards to watch and Stories We Tell聽 (see trailer here).…