Metaphysics Seminar Matthew Green (University of 58吃瓜)
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜Week of Events
Wild Animal Ethics Conference
Monday, September 20, 2021
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September 20, 2021 -Medieval Logic Seminar: Walter Segrave, Insolubles
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September 20, 2021 -Language and Mind S1
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September 20, 2021 -Conceptual Engineering Seminar
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September 20, 2021 -Metaphysics Seminar Matthew Green (University of 58吃瓜)
Metaphysics Seminar Matthew Green (University of 58吃瓜)
Title: Relevance in the Logic of Imagination Abstract: Reality-oriented mental simulation is a kind of imagination. The working assumption is that, when trying to determine whether a match would light if struck, one initially imagines striking the match and, together with relevant beliefs imported into the imaginative scenario, mentally simulates what would happen. But what…
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
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September 21, 2021 -Language and Mind S1
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September 21, 2021 -Language & Mind Seminar: David Papineau (KCL)
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September 21, 2021 -Conceptual Engineering Seminar
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September 21, 2021 -Conceptual Engineering Seminar
Language & Mind Seminar: David Papineau (KCL)
The Causal Argument Against Representationalism The central argument against perceptual representationalism in my recent聽The Metaphysics of Sensory Experience聽was that representational聽states聽aren鈥檛 causally efficacious in the way that perceptual states are. In this talk I shall explore some further issues related to this argument, including the general question of the causal significance of representational states, and the…
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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September 22, 2021 -Moral Philosophy Reading Group
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September 22, 2021 -Philosophy and Social Theory Seminar: Emilia Wilson Dangerous Speech, Free Speech and Cancel Culture
Moral Philosophy Reading Group
Moral Philosophy Reading Group Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week, chosen by a different member each time. Day/time: Wednesdays 3pm to 4pm on Teams. Organizer: Theron Pummer (tgp4).
Philosophy and Social Theory Seminar: Emilia Wilson Dangerous Speech, Free Speech and Cancel Culture
Abstract: Toxic speech inflicts individual and group harm, damaging the social fabric upon which we all depend. To understand and combat the harms of toxic speech, philosophers can learn from epidemiology, while epidemiologists can benefit from lessons of philosophy of language. In medicine and public health, research into remedies for toxins pushes in two directions:…
Thursday, September 23, 2021
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September 23, 2021 -Super Special Seminar
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September 23, 2021 -Epistemology Seminar: Paulina Sliwa (Cambridge) “Asking the right moral questions”
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September 23, 2021 -CEPPA Talk 鈥� Lisa Herzog (University of Groningen)
Epistemology Seminar: Paulina Sliwa (Cambridge) “Asking the right moral questions”
Abstract: What is it to engage in moral inquiry? The received wisdom is that it is to answer moral questions 鈥� that is, questions about what we ought to do. Someone has moral expertise to the extent to which she is reliable at arriving at true answers to those questions. Philosophical disagreements have focused on…
CEPPA Talk 鈥� Lisa Herzog (University of Groningen)
Title: Big Data and the Risk of Misguided Responsibilization 聽 Abstract: The arrival of 鈥渂ig data鈥� promises new degrees of precision in understanding human behavior. Could it also make it possible to draw a finer line between individual choices and circumstances that operate in the background? In a culture in which individual responsibility continues to…
Friday, September 24, 2021
Saturday, September 25, 2021
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Sunday, September 26, 2021
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