Conceptual Engineering Seminar | David Ludwig (Wageningen): “The politics of conceptual engineering from a global perspective: Lessons from Latin America and West Africa”
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜Epistemology Seminar. Talk: Philip Ebert (Stirling) and Martin Smith (Edinburgh): “Varieties of Risk”
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜Week of Events
Monday, November 23, 2020
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November 23, 2020 -Metaphysics and Logic Seminar Travis Manuel
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November 23, 2020 -Cover to Cover Reading Group (Kamm’s *Almost Over*)
Metaphysics and Logic Seminar Travis Manuel
Title: “Good News for the Subregion Theory of Parthood” Abstract: The Subregion Theory of Parthood is probably the most intuitive theory of parthood. It says that whatever is exactly located at a subregion of your exact location is part of you, and nothing else is. Mutatis mutandisfor all material objects. I defend this view from…
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
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November 24, 2020 -Language and Mind Seminar | Amr Salih
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November 24, 2020 -Conceptual Engineering Seminar | David Ludwig (Wageningen): “The politics of conceptual engineering from a global perspective: Lessons from Latin America and West Africa”
Conceptual Engineering Seminar | David Ludwig (Wageningen): “The politics of conceptual engineering from a global perspective: Lessons from Latin America and West Africa”
Abstract. 鈥� This talk addresses methodological and political challenges of conceptual engineering in cross-cultural perspective. Based on four case studies of interdisciplinary (empirical and philosophical) research projects in Latin America and West Africa, the talk demonstrates the heterogeneity of epistemological and ontological perspectives of stakeholders and the often hidden politics of their inclusion/exclusion in the…
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Thursday, November 26, 2020
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November 26, 2020 -Super Special Seminar tba
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November 26, 2020 -Epistemology Seminar. Talk: Philip Ebert (Stirling) and Martin Smith (Edinburgh): “Varieties of Risk”
Epistemology Seminar. Talk: Philip Ebert (Stirling) and Martin Smith (Edinburgh): “Varieties of Risk”
Abstract: The notion of risk plays a central role in economics, finance, health, psychology, law and elsewhere, and is prevalent in managing challenges and resources in day-to-day life. In recent work, Duncan Pritchard (2015, 2016) has argued against the orthodox probabilistic conception of risk on which the risk of a hypothetical scenario is determined by…
Friday, November 27, 2020
Saturday, November 28, 2020
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Sunday, November 29, 2020
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