• Epistemology Seminar: Paul Conlan (58³Ô¹Ï)

    Edgecliffe G03

    Speaker: Paul Conlan (58³Ô¹Ï) Entitlement of Cognitive Project and The Adoption Problem Keywords: Epistemology of Logic, Entitlement Epistemology, Adoption Problem Wright (2004) argues that we are warranted in the belief that modus ponens (MPP) is valid via an entitlement of cognitive project. Wright’s entitlement epistemology extends further, however: Wright (2014), suggests that the warrant for ‘cornerstone’…

  • Unity: Project Intro

    Arché Seminar Room 17-19 College Street, 58³Ô¹Ï
  • CEPPA Talk (in person) – John Broome (Oxford)

    Edgecliffe G03

    Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: The Continuum Argument Is Invalid Abstract: Derek Parfit argues by means of something he calls a ‘continuum argument’ that a particular appealing premise in population axiology implies a conclusion that he and many others consider repugnant. He treats this as a paradox, and takes up the challenge of resolving it. He looks…

  • Second Annual 58³Ô¹Ï Institute for Gender Studies Lecture 9th April

    The 58³Ô¹Ï Institute for Gender Studies is delighted to announce that Dr Jemima Repo will be visiting this April. Dr Repo is Reader in Political and Feminist Theory at Newcastle University. She has published widely on topics across contemporary social and political theory (especially feminist theory and biopolitics), the politics of population, political economy,…