Conceptual Engineering Seminar | David Plunkett (Dartmouth) & Tristram McPherson (Ohio State): “Conceptual ethics, metaepistemology, and the foundations of epistemic normativity”
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58³Ô¹ÏMedieval Logic Seminar: John Dumbleton on Insolubles
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58³Ô¹ÏWeek of Events
Monday, October 26, 2020
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October 26, 2020 -Metaphysics and Logic Seminar Sara Bernstein Title: Ontological Pluralism about Non-Being
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October 26, 2020 -Cover to Cover Reading Group (Kamm’s *Almost Over*)
Metaphysics and Logic Seminar Sara Bernstein Title: Ontological Pluralism about Non-Being
Abstract: This talk develops ontological pluralism about non-being, the view that there are multiple ways, kinds, or modes of non-being. I suggest that the view is both more plausible and defensible than it first seems, and that it has many useful applications across a wide variety of metaphysical and explanatory problems. After drawing out the relationship…
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
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October 27, 2020 -Language and Mind Seminar
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October 27, 2020 -Conceptual Engineering Seminar | David Plunkett (Dartmouth) & Tristram McPherson (Ohio State): “Conceptual ethics, metaepistemology, and the foundations of epistemic normativity”
Conceptual Engineering Seminar | David Plunkett (Dartmouth) & Tristram McPherson (Ohio State): “Conceptual ethics, metaepistemology, and the foundations of epistemic normativity”
*** SESSION RESTRICTED TO ARCHÉ MEMBERS *** Abstract. — This paper advertises the importance of distinguishing three different foundational projects concerning the epistemic, which we call normative epistemic inquiry, metaepistemic inquiry, and the conceptual ethics of epistemology. We argue that these projects can be distinguished by their contrasting constitutive success conditions. We argue further that because…
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Thursday, October 29, 2020
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October 29, 2020 -Super Special Seminar tba
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October 29, 2020 -Epistemology Seminar: Talk: Jessica Brown
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October 29, 2020 -ECT Talk – Jessica Brown (58³Ô¹Ï)
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October 29, 2020 -CEPPA Talk – Katharine Jenkins (Glasgow)
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October 29, 2020 -Katharine Jenkins (University of Nottingham)
ECT Talk – Jessica Brown (58³Ô¹Ï)
Title: ‘Group Motivation’ Abstract: We routinely treat groups, including governments and corporations, as agents with beliefs and aims who are morally responsible for their actions. For instance, we might blame an oil company for an oil spill pointing out that they knew the risk of their profits-first policies. In this paper I discuss a key…
CEPPA Talk – Katharine Jenkins (Glasgow)
Title: ‘How To Be a Pluralist About Gender’ Abstract: There are various of attractive accounts of gender kinds on offer (Haslanger 2012, Asta 2018), as well as accounts of the ontology of human social kinds (or social groups) more broadly (Mallon 2016, Ritchie 2020) that are much more conducive to feminist aims than a lot…
Friday, October 30, 2020
Saturday, October 31, 2020
No events on this day.
Sunday, November 1, 2020
No events on this day.