Abstract:聽I argue that it can be rational to defer to an authority about what to believe or what to do even when doing so goes against one鈥檚 own reasoning. Indeed, such deference is rational in typical cases in which individuals treat others as authorities: for example, experts in a domain, interpersonal advisors, and religious traditions.…
Title: The grounding problem in language and reality Abstract: Philosophy of language has long struggled with the symbol-grounding problem of meaning. If symbols are only defined relationally, that is, in terms of each other, then how do they ever mean something? Learning that 鈭� connects 鈭� to 鈧� seems to say little about the meaning…
Title: Activist Slogans and ‘Reframing the Debate’ Abstract: This talk will examine the role of slogans in social justice movements and how we should understand their meaning. Social justice movements often utilise slogans and claims which putatively clash with received common sense. One way of understanding these claims is as what Cantalamessa terms ‘conceptual activism’:…
Title:聽Carnap on Metaphysics, Before and After 1932: The Importance of Tolerance Abstract: Late in 1932, Carnap accepts the Principle of Tolerance. This makes a fundamental difference to his philosophy, although that is not always readily apparent in his writings. The present paper illustrates this claim by examining his opposition to metaphysics. It discusses his pre-1932…
We use the plenary seminar time slot on occasions when we have a meeting of wider interest to the whole Arch茅 community.
Title: Why the History of Logic Should Matter to Modern Logicians Abstract: The starting point of this talk is the present-day state of logic, a field which is ever expanding and becoming more inclusive and yet which still presents systemic barriers of access to certain groups of people.聽 As logicians we think there is value…
We will be reading excerpts from Jos茅 Medina’s聽The Epistemology of Protest聽(2023).
Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
This week we will be discussing Jacob Blumenfeld’s article ‘Climate Barbarism: Adapting to a Wrong World’ Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: Green Bioethics: Environmental Sustainability and Health Care Commentator: Joseph Millum (58吃瓜) Abstract:聽Health care is ubiquitous in the industrialized world. Yet, every medical development, technique, and procedure impacts the environment. By 2017, the National Health Service鈥檚 Health, and Social Care sectors had a carbon output (CO2) of 27.1 million tons. Carbon…