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SUMMARY:Language and Mind Seminar | Savvas Ioannou
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URL:/philevents/event/language-and-mind-seminar-26/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar
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SUMMARY:Conceptual Engineering Seminar | Amie Thomasson (Dartmouth): “How should we think about linguistic function?”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract. — Talk of function often plays a central role in work on conceptual engineering. An appeal to functions can provide much needed standards for evaluating and constructing concepts\, according to how well they fulfill their functions\, and whether those functions are desirable. However\, there has also been a great deal of skepticism about the idea that words or concepts have identifiable functions. Herman Cappelen has gone so far as to argue that the only functions one can identify are ‘disquotationally’ specified: that the function of the concept F is to pick out the Fs. We can\, however\, turn to work in empirical linguistics for help in understanding and identifying linguistic functions. I will argue that work in Systemic Functional Linguistics sheds new light on how we should think about function in language\, what the functions of certain philosophically interesting terms are\, and why the thought that linguistic functions can only be specified disquotationally would lead us badly astray. \n\nZoom meeting ID: 857 3025 53 80\nZoom password: ACEW20 (Invite link)
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LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conceptual Engineering Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201202T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201202T170000
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SUMMARY:Metaphysics of Mind Workshop
DESCRIPTION:There are various recent theories of what is the relationship between the mental and the physical (such as grounding theories and panpsychism). This workshop is an opportunity to explore new theories and arguments concerning the metaphysics of the mind. This could be about mental properties in general or a specific kind of mental properties (e.g.\, phenomenal properties or propositional attitudes). Some relevant questions are: Are mental properties and physical properties identical? If they are distinct\, what’s the relationship between them? What considerations can help us decide between different metaphysical theories about the mind? Is the explanatory gap a problem for physicalism? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each theory? \n  \nSchedule: \n9:45 – 10:00 Coffee \n10:00 – 11:00 Speaker 1 Daniel Stoljar (ANU): Structuralism and the Problem of Consciousness \n11:00 – 11:15 Break \n11:15 – 12:15 Speaker 2 Umut Baysan (Oxford): The Causal Argument for Russellian Panpsychism \n12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Break \n13:15 – 14:15 Speaker 3 Andreas Elpidorou (Louisville): Physicalism\, for the Scientifically Minded \n14:15 – 14:30 Break \n14:30 – 15:30 Speaker 4 Barbara Montero (CUNY): Goodbye Supervenience \n15:30 – 15:45 Break \n15:45 – 16:45 Speaker 5 Jessica Wilson (Toronto): Identity and Relative Fundamentality \n  \n40 minutes talk\, 20 minutes Q&A. \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84542362878?pwd=Um5wRVJRbVcyUzZRTUt0SDFCS004dz09 \nMeeting ID: 845 4236 2878\nPasscode: MOMW2020 \n  \nFor more info\, contact: si24@st-andrews.ac.uk \n  \nDavid Stoljar (ANU) \nTitle:  Structuralism and the Problem of Consciousness\nAbstract:  Structuralist approaches to physical properties have played a big role in philosophical discussions of consciousness in recent years\, mainly through the development of what has come to be called “Russellian monism”—an approach in philosophy of mind that is exciting because of its promise to move us beyond the dualist-physicalist standoff. In the first part of this talk\, I will set out Russellian monism\, explaining its differences and similarities to various nearby views. In the second part\, I will raise some questions about what a structuralist approach to physical properties could amount to in the context of debates about consciousness. \n  \nUmut Baysan (Oxford) \nTitle: The Causal Argument for Russellian Panpsychism \nAbstract: According to Russellian panpsychism\, the fundamental categorical properties that ground dispositional properties and conscious experiences of ordinary creatures like us are phenomenal properties. Its proponents admit that this claim is highly counterintuitive because it implies that phenomenal consciousness is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of reality. However\, they argue that the counter-intuitiveness of Russellian panpsychism can be overcome because it is uniquely well-suited to integrate consciousness in the causal order and hence explain mental causation. If this argument is correct\, then Russellian panpsychism is more credible than its rivals\, in particular than traditional forms of dualism\, as dualist theories allegedly face insurmountable difficulties with regards to mental causation. In this paper\, I argue that in explaining mental causation\, the superiority of Russellian panpsychism over dualism is illusory. This is because\, first\, the problems that dualism faces regarding mental causation are not as serious as they appear to be. More specifically\, neither accepting epiphenomenalism nor denying the causal closure of the physical is as problematic as some implications of Russellian panpsychism. And\, second\, Russellian panpsychism’s explanation of mental causation leaves much to be desired. There may be other considerations in favour of Russellian panpsychism\, but explaining mental causation is not one. \n  \nAndreas Elpidorou (Louisville) \nTitle: Physicalism\, for the Scientifically Minded \nAbstract: Within recent philosophy of science\, something like a consensus has emerged: explanations in the life sciences\, and specifically those in neuroscience\, are such that describe mechanisms. Call this popular view of explanation “New Mechanism.” The talk will examine the ontological commitments of New Mechanism and will argue that it is compatible with both physicalist and anti-physicalist conceptions of our world. As such\, physicalists attracted to New Mechanism are faced with a choice. They can either make New Mechanism more metaphysically stringent by adding metaphysical requirements that ought to be met in order for a phenomenon to be mechanistically explained or they can adopt a new form of physicalism that is friendly to New Mechanism. The talk takes the latter option. It presents and defends a new physicalism that suits the needs of New Mechanists who are also physicalists. \n  \nBarbara Montero (CUNY) \nTitle: Goodbye Supervenience \nAbstract: According to Daniel Stoljar (2001)\, “physicalists may differ from one another in many ways\, but all of them must at least hold supervenience physicalism.” But why must a physicalist be a supervenience physicalist? Here\, I hope to free physicalism from its supervenience shackles\, arguing that physicalism need not imply that mental properties (or any other higher level properties\, for that matter) supervene either logically or metaphysically on fundamental physical properties. \n  \nJessica Wilson (Toronto) \nTitle: Identity and Relative Fundamentality \nAbstract: Reductive physicalists think that mental states are type- or token-identical to physical states\, and they moreover think that mental states are less fundamental than physical states. This combination of views poses a puzzle: given Leibniz’s Law\, how can there be a difference in relative fundamentality as among identical states or other goings-on? In this talk\, I canvas certain suggestions\, and offer my own account of how to make sense of reductive physicalism and other identity theories. \n  \nTalks\, but not the Q&A\, will be recorded.
URL:/philevents/event/metaphysics-of-mind-workshop/
LOCATION:A virtual workshop by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Moral Philosophy Reading Group
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URL:/philevents/event/moral-philosophy-reading-group-52/
ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Sachs":MAILTO:bas7@st-andrews.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201202T140000
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SUMMARY:Feminist Philosophy & Social Theory Seminar
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/philevents/event/feminist-philosophy-social-theory-seminar-11/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201202T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201202T190000
DTSTAMP:20201202T004637Z
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SUMMARY:Breanne Fahs (Arizona State University)
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URL:/philevents/event/breanne-fahs-arizona-state-university/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201203T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201203T120000
DTSTAMP:20201203T170533Z
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SUMMARY:Super Special Seminar tba
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/philevents/event/super-special-seminar-tba-16/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Super Special Seminar series
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201203T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201203T173000
DTSTAMP:20201203T180037Z
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SUMMARY:ECT/CEPPA Talk – Sarah Moss (University of Michigan)
DESCRIPTION:Title: ‘How to Be a Clever Contextualist’ \nAbstract: This talk defends a contextualist theory of ‘knowledge’ ascriptions. I argue that in some sentences\, the implicit argument of ‘knows’ is bound by a quantifier. The natural readings of these sentences can be generated by contextualist theories\, but not by competing interest-relative theories of knowledge. In addition\, I argue that the contextualist can explain distinctive patterns in our judgments about sentences in which ‘knows’ is embedded under change-of-state verbs. Along the way\, I argue that the most common definitions of ‘encroachment’ and ‘interest relativity’ are seriously flawed. \nMoss – Handout
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ORGANIZER;CN="Nick Kuespert":MAILTO:nk94@st-andrews.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201203T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201203T180000
DTSTAMP:20201203T170533Z
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SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar (joint with CEPPA!): Sarah Moss (UMich) “How to Be a Clever Contextualist”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: This talk defends a contextualist theory of ‘knowledge’ ascriptions. I argue that in some sentences\, the implicit argument of ‘knows’ is bound by a quantifier. The natural readings of these sentences can be generated by contextualist theories\, but not by competing interest-relative theories of knowledge. In addition\, I argue that the contextualist can explain distinctive patterns in our judgments about sentences in which ‘knows’ is embedded under change-of-state verbs. Along the way\, I argue that the most common definitions of ‘encroachment’ and ‘interest relativity’ are seriously flawed.
URL:/philevents/event/epistemology-seminar-tba-11/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Epistemology Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201204T091500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201204T104500
DTSTAMP:20201204T171715Z
CREATED:20200819T112951Z
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SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar: John Dumbleton on Insolubles (NB meeting at earlier time because of Michael Beaney talk)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/philevents/event/medieval-logic-seminar-tba-12/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Medieval Logic Research Group
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201207T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201207T170000
DTSTAMP:20201207T172121Z
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SUMMARY:Metaphysics and Logic Seminar Fraser Macbride
DESCRIPTION:Title: CONVERSE PREDICATES AND THE INTERPRETATION OF SECOND ORDER QUANTIFICATION  \n ABSTRACT: In this paper I argue that we cannot interpret second-order quantification as quantification over properties and relations. My argument forges a hitherto unexplored connection between debates typically conducted independently\, one metaphysical\, about whether there are converse relations\, the other logical\, about the interpretation of second-order quantifiers. I begin from the semantics of converse predicates. Either we suppose that pairs of mutually converse predicates co-refer or they do not. If we suppose they do co-refer\, I argue that we lack an understanding of the relevant class of higher-order predicates which are required for second-order quantification over a domain of relations to make sense. If we suppose they don’t co-refer but pick out distinct converse relations then I argue that even if we do understand the relevant class of higher-order predicates enough to make sense of quantification over relations\, we do so only at great theoretical cost. Either way\, I conclude that second-order quantification should not be interpreted as quantification over properties and relations.
URL:/philevents/event/metaphysics-and-logic-seminar-tba-13/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Metaphysics and Logic group
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201208T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201208T140000
DTSTAMP:20201208T173013Z
CREATED:20200819T112951Z
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SUMMARY:Language and Mind Seminar | Lixiao Lin
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/philevents/event/language-and-mind-seminar-27/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201208T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201208T170000
DTSTAMP:20201208T173013Z
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SUMMARY:Conceptual Engineering Seminar | Hans-Johann Glock (Zurich): “Conceptual engineering and conceptual analysis: Some conceptual connections”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract. — Conceptual engineering is often presented as radically opposed and as superseding conceptual analysis. Prima facie\, however\, improving conceptual schemes in a controlled and fruitful way presupposes an understanding of the conceptual status quo. Consequently the condemnation of conceptual analysis by conceptual engineers constitutes a paradox that needs to be taken far more seriously than has been the case. One reason why the paradox has escaped notice is even more paradoxical: leading conceptual engineers like Cappelen do not believe in the existence of concepts\, let alone in the possibility of changing them. By employing the tools of conceptual analysis\, this article will show that this is not a tenable position. At the minimum\, the projects trading under the name of conceptual engineering must aim at improving the way we categorize and reason about phenomena\, rather than altering our specific beliefs and theories (as in scientific theory-formation). And this presupposes a semantic self-understanding of the kind provided by a conceptual analysis that is both connective and impure: it elucidates concepts not in isolation\, but through their interconnections and their applications outside of philosophy.  My arguments for this conclusion will rely on a loosely speaking pragmatist semantics. Yet this does not constitute a petitio principii\, since that semantics captures the established notions of meaning and understanding that are presupposed even in semantic revisionism. \n\nZoom meeting ID: 857 3025 53 80\nZoom password: ACEW20 (Invite link)
URL:/philevents/event/conceptual-engineering-seminar-tba-13/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conceptual Engineering Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201209T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201209T160000
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SUMMARY:Ásta (San Francisco State University)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/philevents/event/asta-san-francisco-state-university/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201213
DTSTAMP:20201210T173149Z
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SUMMARY:Open Online Workshop: The Implementation Challenge for Conceptual Engineering (ICCE)
DESCRIPTION:  \nCONCEPTUAL ENGINEERING is an exciting new movement in analytic philosophy that focuses on assessing and improving our conceptual schemes and repertoires. The ICCE Open Online Workshop takes the next step and addresses the issue of how to implement on the ground the ameliorative strategies that conceptual engineers may have come to advocate for. To date\, the implementation challenge for conceptual engineering has been formulated (Cappelen and Plunkett 2020\, Deutsch 2020)\, but never specifically addressed\, except in a couple of very recent or forthcoming works (Fischer 2020\, Koch forthcoming\, Machery forthcoming). By systematically investigating its ramifications\, the workshop aims to contribute to a better understanding of what conceptual engineering practically amounts to as a method to apply to specific case study. \n  \nINVITED SPEAKERS\n\nElizabeth Cantalamessa (University of Miami)\nDownload OOW-ICCE20 Poster\n\nAlison Duncan Kerr (University of 58łÔčÏ)\nEugen Fischer (University of East Anglia)\nManuel Gustavo Isaac (Swiss NSF/University of 58łÔčÏ)\nKatharine Jenkins (University of Glasgow)\nZoĂ« Johnson King (University of Southern California)\nSteffen Koch (Ruhr-University Bochum)\nMark Pinder (Open University)\nAnuj Puri (University of 58łÔčÏ)\nCat Saint-Croix (University of Minnesota)\nMona Simion (University of Glasgow)\nRachel Sterken (Hong Kong University)\n\n  \n  \nFORMAT\nThe OOW-ICCE will run over two days\, divided into four sessions. Each session will include three 45-minute talks\, including 20 mins for the Q&A\, plus a final 30-minute round table. \n\nSession 1: Thursday 10th December | 09.45 – 13.00 (UK Time) [Chair: M.G. Isaac]\nSession 2: Thursday 10th December | 15.00 – 18.00 (UK Time) [Chair: A. Duncan Kerr]\nSession 3: Friday 11th December | 09.00 – 12.00 (UK Time) [Chair: S. Koch]\nSession 3: Friday 11th December | 14.00 – 17.00 (UK Time) [Chair: M. Simion]\n\n  \nONLINE ACCESS\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 873 6777 1133\nZoom Password: ICCE20 (Invite link)\nACE YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2KmatAi964jqA6gTSm7wbQ\n\n\n  \nPROGRAMME\n\n\n\n\nUK Time\nThursday 10 December\nUK Time\nFriday 11 December\n\n\n\n09:45 – 10.00\nOpening session\n\n\n\n\n  \nAM\n10.00 – 10.45\nMona Simion\n09.00 – 09.45\nRachel Sterken\n\n\n10.45 – 11.30\nSteffen Koch\n09.45 – 10.30\nAnuj Puri\n\n\n11.30 – 11.45\nBreak\n10.30 – 10.45\nBreak\n\n\n11.45 – 12.30\nManuel Gustavo Isaac\n10.45 – 11.30\nEugen Fischer\n\n\n12.30 – 12.55\nRound table 1\n11.30 – 12.00\nRound table 3\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nPM\n15.00 – 15.45\nMark Pinder\n14.00 – 14.45\nAlison Duncan Kerr\n\n\n15.45 – 16.30\nKatharine Jenkins\n14.45 – 15.30\nElizabeth Cantalamessa\n\n\n16.30 – 16.45\nBreak\n15.30 – 15.45\nBreak\n\n\n16.45 – 17.30\nZoĂ« Johnson King\n15.45 – 16.30\nCatharine Saint-Croix\n\n\n17.30 – 18.00\nRound table 2\n16.30 – 17.00\nRound table 4\n\n\n\n\n  \nABSTRACTS\n#01 | Mona Simion (University of Glasgow): “Conceptual Functions in Conceptual Engineering” — There’s been a lot of function-talk in conceptual engineering. Many people think conceptual functions exist\, that they are a varied bunch\, and that they can do a lot of good work for us:  that they can help with topic preservation; that they can be normative difference makers; that they can help with the implementation challenge; finally\, that they can serve to legitimise the field altogether. I am myself a staunch defender of functions in all walks of philosophical life. In this talk\, though\, I argue that things are not as bright as it’s been assumed when it comes to what functions can do for us in conceptual engineering: we need to tread carefully with functions. \n#02 | Steffen Koch (Ruhr-University Bochum): “Why Terminology Matters. Conceptual Engineering Meets Psycholinguistics” — Conceptual engineering is an activity that involves assessing and improving our representational devices. Theories of conceptual engineering aim to provide a better understanding of the motivations and the processes involved in conceptual engineering\, and to offer guidelines for its successful implementation. Many philosophers active in debates about conceptual engineering believe that conceptual engineering targets linguistic items as well as their meanings or the concepts they express. For this reason\, it is common practice to build one’s theory about conceptual engineering on standard metasemantic views developed by philosophers of language. However\, as I aim to argue in this talk\, the picture of language and communication that emerges from such views comes with idealizations and abstractions that ultimately stand in the way of understanding the activity of conceptual engineering and of pursuing it efficiently. To overcome these shortcomings\, I urge conceptual engineers to augment their theories by relevant empirical research done in disciplines like psycholinguistics and linguistics. This talk goes a step in this direction by demonstrating the relevance of well researched biases concerning word-processing and word-learning to the overall motivation and the implementation of conceptual engineering projects. \n#03 | Manuel Gustavo Isaac (Swiss NSF/University of 58łÔčÏ): “Reshaping the World: An Empirical Method for Applied Conceptual Engineering (EMFACE)” — Conceptual engineering is a groundbreaking programme in philosophy that focuses on how to best assess and improve our concepts. Yet\, it still lacks an actionable framework in order for its case studies to be run effectively. And without such implementation strategy\, it will never live up to its proclaimed ambitions: Changing people’s minds and the narratives that shape our world so as to make tangible differences in the face of the big issues of our times. The rationale for the EMFACE Project is to overcome this applied knowledge gap. Its overall goal is to make conceptual engineering an effective tool to achieve real-world changes with measurable impact. This talk outlines the EMFACE Project with a focus on its theoretical and applied objectives. \n#04 | Mark Pinder (Open University): “How Challenging is the Implementation Challenge?” — Various recent discussions of the implementation challenge start with assumptions about the kind of linguistic mechanisms that underpin conceptual engineering. However\, in this talk\, I approach the issue from the opposite direction. I consider three kinds of projects that might invoke conceptual engineering\, and look for linguistic mechanisms that make each of those projects implementable. I close by considering\, in each case\, how challenging implementation is. \n#05 | Katharine Jenkins (University of Glasgow): “Dangerous Talk: Gender Kinds\, Trans Oppression\, and Covert Exercitives” — Some gender theorists advocate what I will term ‘the metaphysical constraint’: the claim that the correct account of the ontology of gender kinds must entail that all trans people are members of the gender(s) they identify as\, and that no trans people are members of a gender other than the gender(s) they identify as. However\, recent work on the way that social categories can be oppressive in and of themselves fatally undermines the main arguments for accepting the metaphysical constraint. I will argue that\, although we should reject the metaphysical constraint\, articulating theories that contravene the metaphysical constraint is liable to cause harm. One way this can happen is through the covert activation of social norms via a type of speech act which Mary Kate McGowan terms ‘covert exercitives’. This gives rise to a puzzling difficulty for gender theorists concerning whether and how to talk about gender kinds that may be trans-exclusionary. \n#06 | ZoĂ« Johnson King (University of Southern California): “Reluctant Heroes” — This is a short case study of an attempt at conceptual engineering that took place over the Summer of 2020: the attempt to stretch the concept HERO by applying it to essential workers. This attempt was moderately successful\, in that the term ‘hero’ did come to be widely applied to essential workers. But it was only moderately successful; there was a lot of pushback\, mostly from the very individuals to whom the term was being newly applied. I think that some ideas from the philosophical literatures on virtue and motivation — especially the ideas of supererogation and of volitional necessity — can help us to understand both the nature of this attempted change to our concept and the rationale behind the resistance to it. \n#07 | Rachel Sterken (Hong Kong University): “Generics and Metalinguistic Negotiation” [Joint work w/ David Plunkett and Tim Sundell] — In recent work\, two of us (Plunkett and Sundell) have developed the idea that some disputes are “metalinguistic negotiations”. In a metalinguistic negotiation\, speakers disagree about normative issues concerning language\, such as issues about what a given word should mean in the relevant context\, or which of a range of related concepts a word should express. It’s perfectly possible for speakers to communicate such disagreements explicitly\, by saying things like “we should use language in such-and-such a way” or “we should use term X to express such-and-such concept”. In a metalinguistic negotiation\, by contrast\, speakers argue about such issues implicitly. They do so via competing “metalinguistic” usages of terms\, wherein speakers seem to use (rather than mention) words to communicate views about the very words they are using. In this paper\, we consider how this picture of metalinguistic negotiation interacts with a particular class of disputes that has received significant philosophical attention in recent years: namely\, disputes involving generics. We argue that some disputes involving generics are best thought of as metalinguistic negotiations\, and that these cases can be illuminating in the context of the more general literature on generics. Part of the aim of this paper is simply to put these cases on the table\, and highlight the need for a theory of generics to account for them. We have three additional\, more ambitious goals as well. The first is to argue that a particular theory of generics does the best job of accounting for these cases – namely\, the sort of “contextualism” about generics that one of us (Sterken) has developed in other work – in combination with the tools we get from the other two of us (Plunkett and Sundell) about metalinguistic negotiation. Second\, we argue that this result helps bolster the overall case for the importance of the idea of metalinguistic negotiation as a tool within philosophy of language. Third\, we argue that our discussion has some interesting upshots for philosophical methodology\, stemming from the fact that significant parts of philosophical discourse involve generics. Finally\, we conclude with some reflections on what our discussion means for normative issues in “conceptual ethics” and “conceptual engineering” about the use of generics\, such as normative arguments for or against the use of generics in different contexts. \n#08 | Anuj Puri (University of 58łÔčÏ): “Conceptually Engineering Privacy” —  In the age of Big Data Analytics and Covid-19 Apps\, the conventional individualistic conception of privacy that was designed to safeguard a person from unwarranted social interference is incapable of protecting her autonomy and identity when she is being targeted on the basis of her interdependent social and algorithmic group affiliations.  In order to overcome these limitations\, I develop a framework for group right to privacy\, which is based on privacy as a social value.  \n#09 | Eugen Fischer (University of East Anglia): “What Can Humpty Dumpty Do? An Empirical Answer to Alice’s Question” — This talk empirically raises and examines the question of ‘conceptual control’. Conceptual engineering frequently involves giving new senses to familiar words\, through normative explanations. Such efforts enhance\, rather than reduce\, our ability to reason properly\, only if we are able to abide by the relevant explanations\, in language comprehension and verbal reasoning. This talk draws on findings from psycholinguistics and experimental philosophy\, to examine to what extent we possess such ‘conceptual control’ over new senses. \n#10 | Alison Duncan Kerr (University of 58łÔčÏ): “After ‘Sex’” — The received way of differentiating sex and gender is to understand gender as a social construct and sex as a biological property. I aim only to address a tiny but significant slice of this literature—how to define ‘sex’ (and related sex terms like ‘male’\, ‘female’\, ‘intersex’\, and any other sex category terms that might be affected by a definition of ‘sex’). I aim to undermine this picture of one’s sex as an objective biological property of a person. In addition\, I argue that the concept of sex is defective. Biologists have long known that there is no single such thing as biological sex. Instead\, there is a mishmash of five overlapping criteria for sex\, and they often do not agree. Feminist theorists need to recognize this scientific result and then engage in the conceptual engineering conversation about which concept or concepts of sex are the best ones for use\, which seems fairly urgent given the political climate. However\, any conceptual engineering proposal for ‘sex’ is going to encounter what is known as the implementation challenge: how best to get people to make the recommended change. I argue that an emphasis on deferral to experts\, which is familiar from semantic externalism\, is a good solution to the implementation challenge for this project. Nonetheless\, there are worries about the compatibility of semantic externalism and conceptual engineering\, and I offer a reply to these. \n#11 | Elizabeth Cantalamessa (University of Miami): “Conceptual Pluralism and the Implementation Challenge: Lessons from the Disability Rights Movement” — In this paper I argue that conceptual engineers should also be conceptual pluralists. I’ll first show how the collective actions of the Disability Rights Movement and Disability Studies’ scholars have been essential in engineering the concept ‘disability’ from a purely medical diagnosis to a multifaceted social and political identity. My argument is motivated by the actual change we can observe in various legal communities regarding disability concepts and laws. The shift in legal communities from deferring to doctors under the medical model of disability to deferring to people with disabilities under the social model of disability\, should be understood as a real-time instance of conceptual engineering. I’ll conclude by giving a general outline of the features that enabled the successful (but in no way complete) implementation of revisionary disability concepts and suggest that conceptual engineers have good reasons to prefer conceptual pluralism. \n#12 | Catharine Saint-Croix (University of Minnesota): “When is the Implementation Challenge? Field Notes from the Engineering of Sexual Orientation“. — We tend to assume that the implementation challenge for conceptual engineering comes after the engineering. We do the careful design work\, refining a concept until it meets the needs we’ve identified\, and once that work is complete\, we set out to implement change. But\, this siloed description oversimplifies. To see this\, we look to academic and popular efforts in the conceptual engineering of sexual orientation. As we’ll see\, there are two clusters of simplification. First\, the conceptual schemes designed in these efforts depend on the contexts in which they are to be offered. Bluntly put\, Tumblr and the GOP are not uniform with respect to their ability to adopt new and improved conceptual schemes\, especially in this case. Second\, the connection between the intended and actual consequences of adopting a proposed scheme is tenuous at best. This is clear from the distance between proposed conceptual schemes for meeting the same goals and the disagreement between the goals to be met by strikingly similar conceptual schemes. From these observations\, I argue that we ought to be pluralistic about conceptual orientation\, at least in our experimentation and iteration across communities\, and that the implementation challenge should be understood as part of the design process — we cannot design concepts unmoored from contexts. \nORGANISER\nDr. Manuel Gustavo Isaac // SNSF-PM2018 Fellow @ ARCHÉ Philosophical Research Centre
URL:/philevents/event/open-online-workshop-the-implementation-challenge-for-conceptual-engineering-oow-icce/
LOCATION:A virtual workshop by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T120000
DTSTAMP:20200819T112952Z
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SUMMARY:Super Special Seminar tba
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URL:/philevents/event/super-special-seminar-tba-17/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Super Special Seminar series
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T143000
DTSTAMP:20201210T173149Z
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SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar. Emilia Wilson: “The Dual Erasure of Epistemic Labour”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: In this presentation I will discuss epistemic labour\, which I characterise as labour one performs in their capacity as an epistemic agent. There is growing interest in a category of domestic labour frequently termed ‘emotional labour’. I show that this labour is\, in fact\, a primarily form of epistemic labour. I argue that domestic epistemic labour is the target of dual erasure. Firstly\, as invisible domestic labour\, it is underrecognized and undervalued. Secondly\, even when domestic epistemic labour is recognised as labour\, it is typically not recognised as epistemic due to women’s epistemic marginalisation. The use of ‘emotional labour’ to describe domestic epistemic labour\, though it attempts to address the first layer of erasure\, perpetuates the sexist stereotypes which underpin women’s epistemic labour – thus entrenching the second layer of erasure. I end by offering some speculative remarks about other instances of feminised epistemic labour.
URL:/philevents/event/epistemology-seminar-tba-12/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Epistemology Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T173000
DTSTAMP:20201210T181458Z
CREATED:20200819T154331Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk – Elizabeth Harman (Princeton University)
DESCRIPTION:Title: ‘Does Morality Speak within the Realm of the Morally Permissible?’ \nAbstract: You hear that your next-door neighbor Alicia is sick with COVID-19. You’re new to the neighborhood and haven’t met Alicia yet. You’re overwhelmed with working from home and overseeing your kids’ remote schooling. You could reach out to Alicia and ask whether she needs someone to pick up medicine or groceries for her; that would be a nice thing to do. Morality doesn’t require you to do it\, and you know that. You think it over. “I don’t have to offer to help\, but I should\,” you think\, and you are right. You offer to help. \nThis could be a true story. Sometimes\, there is a way that you could help someone; you don’t have to help; but all things considered\, you should help. This means that morality speaks within the realm of the morally permissible. Moral reasons can win out within the realm of the morally permissible to settle that you should do something morally good that you don’t have to do. Sometimes\, a supererogatory action should be done. If one fails to act\, then one makes a moral mistake that isn’t morally wrong: it turns out that some moral mistakes are not morally wrong. \nI will argue for this view and then discuss an objection from multiply satisfiable moral requirements. Sometimes you don’t have to do a particular thing because it is just one way of fulfilling a moral requirement; there are other ways you could also fulfill that requirement. This appears to be something that you should do that you don’t have to do. But doing it is not supererogatory—it’s just a way of fulfilling a moral requirement. The objection holds that the cases I use to argue for my view all involve multiply satisfiable moral requirements\, such as the general moral obligation to help some people sometimes. I pursue two lines of response to the objection: the more concessive line of response concedes that my argument needs to be revised in light of the objection\, but shows that this can be done; the less concessive line of response holds that my original argument survives the objection. \nHarman 58łÔčÏ Talk Handout December 2020
URL:/philevents/event/ceppa-talk-elizabeth-harman-princeton-university/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201211T121500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201211T134500
DTSTAMP:20201211T173247Z
CREATED:20200819T112953Z
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SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar (NB later meeting time because of workshop)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/philevents/event/medieval-logic-seminar-tba-13/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Medieval Logic Research Group
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201214T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201214T170000
DTSTAMP:20201214T174743Z
CREATED:20200819T112954Z
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SUMMARY:Metaphysics and Logic Seminar Maya Eddon Title: The Humean Objection to unHumean Laws
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The denial of necessary connections between distinct existences is generally taken to be at the heart of Humanism\, and any philosophical account that requires necessary connections is rejected on the grounds that it violates Hume’s dictum.  In this paper\, I focus on Armstrong’s account of lawhood.  Lewis objects to Armstrong’s account on Humean grounds – the account requires necessary connections of the sort the Humean renounces. But the Humean rejection of Armstrong’s account is not so straightforward.  I discuss several different ways one can understand the Humean denial of necessary connections\, and argue that there is no plausible understanding that will yield the result that Armstrong’s account – and other alleged “unHumean” accounts – employs necessary connections.  So perhaps the denial of necessary connections is not as close to the heart of the Humeanism as we sometimes think.
URL:/philevents/event/metaphysics-and-logic-seminar-tba-14/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Metaphysics and Logic group
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201215T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201215T140000
DTSTAMP:20201215T174612Z
CREATED:20200819T112954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T174612Z
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SUMMARY:Language and Mind Seminar | Tom Kaspers
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/philevents/event/language-and-mind-seminar-28/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201215T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201215T170000
DTSTAMP:20201215T174613Z
CREATED:20200819T112954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T174613Z
UID:10001099-1608044400-1608051600@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Conceptual Engineering Seminar | Manuel Gustavo Isaac (SNSF/58łÔčÏ): “Reshaping the world: An empirical method for applied conceptual engineering”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract. — Conceptual engineering is a groundbreaking programme in philosophy that focuses on how to best assess and improve our concepts. Yet\, it still lacks an operational framework in order for its case studies to be run effectively. And without such implementation strategy\, it will never live up to its proclaimed ambitions: Changing people’s minds and the narratives that shape our world so as to make tangible differences in the face of the big issues of our times. The rationale for the EMFACE Project is to overcome this applied knowledge gap. Its overall goal is to make conceptual engineering an effective tool to achieve real-world changes with measurable impact. This talk outlines the EMFACE Project with a focus on its theoretical and applied objectives. \n\nZoom meeting ID: 857 3025 53 80\nZoom password: ACEW20 (Invite link)
URL:/philevents/event/conceptual-engineering-seminar-tba-14/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conceptual Engineering Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201217T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201217T120000
DTSTAMP:20201217T174615Z
CREATED:20200819T112955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T174615Z
UID:10001100-1608199200-1608206400@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Super Special Seminar tba
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/philevents/event/super-special-seminar-tba-18/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Super Special Seminar series
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201217T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201217T143000
DTSTAMP:20201217T174615Z
CREATED:20200819T112955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T174615Z
UID:10001101-1608210000-1608215400@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar — no seminar (enjoy the break)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/philevents/event/epistemology-seminar-tba-13/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Epistemology Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201218T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201218T114500
DTSTAMP:20201218T174705Z
CREATED:20200819T112956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201218T174705Z
UID:10001102-1608286500-1608291900@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar: John Dumbleton on Insolubles
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/philevents/event/medieval-logic-seminar-tba-14/
LOCATION:A virtual seminar by Zoom\, The University\, 58łÔčÏ\, KY16 9L\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Medieval Logic Research Group
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