Title: The Experienced Present, the Strict Present, and the Passage of Time Abstract: In this talk I will outline a view according to which the experienced present is best understood as the origin of the sort of temporal point of view that we occupy when we are conscious, and our experience of the passage of…
This week we are doing a reading group on Carl Casseg氓rd and H氓kan Th枚rn Towards a Critique of the Environmental Movement. (chapter 5 of Post-Apocalyptic Environmentalism) You can download it here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-13203-2
Title: On the Plurality of Analyses: From Lewis Back to Russell and Moore Abstract: It is often argued that, amongst the various existing philosophical traditions, the one that enjoys the widest support is the analytic tradition. And, indeed, it is undoubtedly true that many philosophers would be prepared to describe themselves as ‘analytic philosophers’. Yet…
We use the plenary seminar time slot on occasions when we have a meeting of wider interest to the whole Arch茅 community.
It is a hallmark of social and psychological science that its findings should be reproducible across relevant contexts, playing a key role in showcasing the reliability of detected effects. However, following what some have called a 鈥渨atershed鈥� moment, a 鈥渃risis of confidence鈥� has befallen the discipline, with commentators zeroing in on the Reproducibility Project鈥檚 low…
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The Future of Work and Income Research Network聽 聽聽(fwistandrews@gmail.com) Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs Department of Philosophy, University of 58吃瓜 Workshop to be held in person Free to attend Confirmed Speakers: Anca Gheaus, Central Europea University Andrea Veltman, James Madison University Philippe Van Parijs, University of Leuven
Title: Motion(less) Pictures and Temporal Appearances Abstract: In this session I will present some work-in-progress which connects issues in the philosophy of mind, concerning temporal appearances, with the metaphysics of aesthetics, while also incorporating some insights regarding our use of perceptual verbs. Viewing typical moving images (i.e., animations/video recordings), we see what appears to be…
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