• CEPPA Talk (in person) – Helen Frowe (Stockholm)

    Edgecliffe G03

    Title: The Permissibility of Collective Defence Agreements Abstract: Collective defence agreements (CDAs), of the sort that exist between, for example, NATO members, EU members, and African Union members, are a prime example of a prominent deterrence mechanism. They promise a degree of assistance that will make it almost impossible for an adversary to win an…

  • Language and Mind seminar: Haoxu Wang (University of 58³Ô¹Ï)

    Edgecliffe G03 and via MS Teams

    Title: Can a Russellian Monist Be a Genuine Physicalist? Abstract: Currently, Russellian Monism is a cutting-edge theory in the discussion of phenomenal consciousness. It has the potential to retain the advantages of both narrow physicalism and narrow dualism by locating phenomenal consciousness in a fundamentally unified universe, having it play essential causal roles in the physical…

  • FPST Seminar – Sebastián Stuart (St. Andrews)

    Edgecliffe G03

    Title: grounding metaphysics on Reddit posts, a work in progress. Abstract: In this presentation I will be walking us through the methodological challenges I face in writing the second chapter of my thesis. Broadly, my thesis is an attempt to ameliorate the concept of ‘gender dysphoria’. The first chapter argued that the current mainstream construals of gender…

  • Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Roy Sorensen (UT Austin and University of 58³Ô¹Ï)

    Edgecliffe G03 and via MS Teams

    Title: Seeing Holes-without seeing what they are holes in Abstract: Peering down into a tall box, you see a ring. The ring is removed. To your surprise this uncovers a second duplicate ring. Did you see the hole of the bottom ring before you saw the bottom ring? Each answer is backed by good reasons.…

  • Epistemology Seminar: Carlotta Pavese (Cornell University)

    Edgecliffe G03

    Speaker: Carlotta Pavese (Cornell University) Are there essentially intentional actions? A long tradition in action theory holds that there are such things as essentially intentional actions—actions that are intentional whenever performed (Anscombe, Davidson, Bennett, Turri, etc). In my talk, I argue that the existence of essentially intentional action is a philosophical myth and that this…

  • Moral Philosophy Reading Group

    Edgecliffe G03

      Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact: ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk