7 events found.
Conceptual Engineering Seminar | Kevin Scharp (58吃瓜): “What role might experimental philosophy play in conceptual engineering?”
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜
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No events scheduled for 25th September 2020.
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Week of Events
Monday, September 21, 2020
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September 21, 2020 -Metaphysics and Logic Seminar Thomas Randriamahazaka Title: A Neo-Meinongian Logic Based on Lambda-Abstraction
Metaphysics and Logic Seminar Thomas Randriamahazaka Title: A Neo-Meinongian Logic Based on Lambda-Abstraction
Abstract: Meinong’s object theory is thought by many to be inconsistent聽(or even trivial). Indeed, its most straightforward formalisation in聽second-order logic is. However, contemporary logicians have developed聽more subtle formalisations of Meinong’s ideas, the so-called聽neo-Meinongian logics, that are provably consistent. In this talk, I聽review two of the main approachs, Nuclear Meinongianism and Dual Copula聽Meinongianism, and I develop…
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
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September 22, 2020 -Language and Mind Seminar
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September 22, 2020 -Conceptual Engineering Seminar | Kevin Scharp (58吃瓜): “What role might experimental philosophy play in conceptual engineering?”
Conceptual Engineering Seminar | Kevin Scharp (58吃瓜): “What role might experimental philosophy play in conceptual engineering?”
Abstract. 鈥� Conceptual engineering (CE) is the area of philosophy dedicated to assessing and improving our representational devices. Experimental philosophy (XPhi) focuses on using techniques from experimental psychology and cognitive science to investigate traditional philosophical problems and methods. It has seemed to many that XPhi could play an important role in CE projects, and various…
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Thursday, September 24, 2020
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September 24, 2020 -Super Special Seminar tba
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September 24, 2020 -Epistemology Seminar: Paolo Savino (TBD)
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September 24, 2020 -CEPPA Works-in-Progress Talk – Julia Driver (UT Austin and 58吃瓜)
CEPPA Works-in-Progress Talk – Julia Driver (UT Austin and 58吃瓜)
Title: ‘Blame and the Suberogatory’ Abstract: In this paper the claim that some actions are blameworthy even if they are not wrong is defended. Suberogatory actions, which generally involve people standing on their rights in ways that display inadequate quality of the will, are examples. I defend this claim against a strategy of assimilating these…
Friday, September 25, 2020
Saturday, September 26, 2020
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Sunday, September 27, 2020
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