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3 events,A series of lectures by Prof. Clare Carlisle (King鈥檚 College London) under the title Transcendence for Beginners: Life Writing and Philosophy. |
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This will be a pre-read discussion. To obtain a copy of the discussed paper, email the speaker via sen1@st-andrews.ac.uk. We ask participants to read the discussion paper ahead of the session and to prepare questions. |
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Speaker: Paul Conlan (58吃瓜) 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聽entitlement of cognitive project. Wright鈥檚 entitlement epistemology extends further, however: Wright聽(2014), suggests that the warrant for 鈥榗ornerstone鈥�…
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Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: The Continuum Argument Is Invalid Abstract: Derek Parfit argues by means of something he calls a 鈥榗ontinuum argument鈥� that a particular appealing premise in population axiology implies a conclusion that he and many others consider repugnant.聽He treats this as a paradox, and takes up the challenge of resolving it. He looks… A series of lectures by Prof. Clare Carlisle (King鈥檚 College London) under the title Transcendence for Beginners: Life Writing and Philosophy. |
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The 58吃瓜 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,…
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April 9, 3pm-5pm, St Salvator鈥檚 Quad, School II The Lecture will be followed by a wine reception in Edgecliffe. Title: Commodification and the Economics of Feminist Activism Abstract: The resurgence of feminist activism in recent years has been accompanied by the emergence of feminist commodities, some by small feminist businesses, others mass-marketed by chains, some… |
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Title: Explanations in logic Abstract: To explain phenomena in the world is a central human activity and one of the main goals of rational inquiry. There are several types of explanation: one can explain by drawing an analogy, as one can explain by dwelling on the causes (e.g. see Woodward (2004)). Amongst these different kinds… |
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The workshop ‘Proofs, Rules, and Meanings’聽is set to take place at the University of 58吃瓜 (School V, United College, and livestreamed via Microsoft Teams) on 11 and 12 April 2024. It explores the relationship between proofs, rules, and meanings through the lens of proof-theoretic semantics. This workshop features: the contemporary logical and philosophical dimensions…
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Cancelled due to conflicting event – Workshop: Proofs, Rules, and Meanings
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Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
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This week we will discuss Dale Dorsey’s article “A Perfectionist Humean Constructivism’.
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Title: The Formality of the Humean Authoritative Ought Abstract: There are different things we ought to do. There is what we ought to do insofar as we are seeking to advance our long-term interests. There is what we ought to do insofar as we are trying to do our job well. There is what we… |
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This week, we’ll have a reading session. We will read (available online): Lee, Andrew Y. (2024). Objective Phenomenology.聽Erkenntnis聽89 (3):1197鈥�1216.聽 Rasmus Overmark will lead the session.
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Title:聽Care, place, and the politics of attention Abstract:聽What does it feel like to love a place鈥攁nd to be loved by a place? What does caring for a place look like in the day-to-day? Dr聽Roxani聽Krystalli鈥檚 current research, with Dr Philipp Schulz at the University of Bremen, investigates what is political about relations and practices of love… |
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No M&L meeting because of a concurrent School Council meeting. |
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Discussion session on “Inquiring Minds Want to Improve” by Arianna Falbo Abstract: Much of the recent work on epistemology of inquiry defends two related theses. First, inquiry into a question rationally prohibits believing an answer to that question. Second, knowledge is the aim of inquiry. I develop a series of cases which indicate that inquiry…
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Title: Alethic Pluralism and the Meaning of “True” Abstract: Alethic pluralism is the view that there are many ways for truth-bearers to be true since different properties realise truth in different domains. Thus, especially in its聽strong聽version, pluralism amounts to the claim that the notion of truth we ordinarily employ is actually directly linked with a…
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Title: How to do things with 鈥榯rans鈥� Abstract:聽What is the conceptual formation聽trans, and what can it do? While transgender studies is oriented聽against providing definitive answers, the field does possess a history and聽an emergent set of critical tools, both similar to and yet divergent from the more institutionally聽embraced field of queer studies. Drawing on Susan Stryker鈥檚… |
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Title: Beliefs based on conflicting and uncertain evidence: connecting Dempster-Shafer theory and the topology of evidence Abstract: One problem to solve in the context of information fusion, decision-making, and other artificial intelligence challenges is to compute justified beliefs based on evidence. In real-life examples, this evidence may be inconsistent, incomplete, or uncertain, making the problem… |
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Speaker: Catarina Dutilh Novaes (VU Amsterdam & 58吃瓜) A Foucauldian critique of the epistemic injustice research program聽 Catarina聽Dutilh Novaes (joint work with Merel Talbi and Solmu Anttila) Since the publication of Fricker鈥檚 groundbreaking聽Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing聽(2007), vibrant debates on the complex relations between knowledge, ethics and power have ensued, arguably…
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Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
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This week we will meet to discuss Joel Joseph‘s work-in-progress paper聽‘The Problem of Secondary Permissibility’ (email jj73@st-andrews.ac.uk for a copy of the paper) Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
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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… |
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Title:聽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…
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Title:聽grounding metaphysics on Reddit posts, a work in progress. Abstract:聽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 鈥榞ender dysphoria鈥�. The first chapter argued that the current mainstream construals of gender… |
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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.… |
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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鈥攁ctions 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…
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Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
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This talk is part of our series on Climate Ethics. Title: Ethical births, ethical deaths: Climate anxiety in Britain through the life course Abstract: This paper is based on anthropological research conducted with climate activists on the topic of climate anxiety in Britain. Drawing on themes of kinship and its relationship to mental health and… |
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