Metaphysics Seminar Lorraine Keller (Saint Joseph鈥檚 University)
A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58吃瓜Week of Events
Monday, November 22, 2021
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November 22, 2021 -Medieval Logic Seminar: Walter Segrave, Insolubles
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November 22, 2021 -Metaphysics Seminar Lorraine Keller (Saint Joseph鈥檚 University)
Metaphysics Seminar Lorraine Keller (Saint Joseph鈥檚 University)
Title: The Access Problem for Act-type Theories of Propositions Abstract: Recent work on propositions has seen the rise of act-type theories, according to which propositions are types of cognitive acts that derive their representational and truth-conditional properties from the token cognitive acts of agents. Act-type theories have been gaining traction as part of a rejection…
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
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November 23, 2021 -Language & Mind Seminar: Nick Allen (58吃瓜)
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November 23, 2021 -Conceptual Engineering Seminar – Ishani Maitra (University of Michigan)
Language & Mind Seminar: Nick Allen (58吃瓜)
Pluralist Meta-ethical Constructivism and Feminist Social Construction: Meta-ethical Constructivism holds that ethics is grounded upon shared values between agents in a society. In this sense a Constructivist thinks there are correct moral procedures dictated from the 鈥榤oral point of view鈥� (Street, 2008/2010), the following of which both gives answers to moral questions and justifies the…
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
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November 24, 2021 -Moral Philosophy Reading Group
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November 24, 2021 -Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory Seminar: Jade Fletcher
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).
Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory Seminar: Jade Fletcher
Jade Fletcher will be giving a presentation titled ‘Social Structures, Ideology and Bad Sex‘ at 4-6pm Wednesday. If you would like to attend please email Emilia Wilson (ew58@st-andrews.ac.uk) for the link. Title:聽Social Structures, Ideology, and Bad Sex Abstract:聽This paper is concerned with providing an explanatory framework for thinking about a particular type of ethically bad…
Thursday, November 25, 2021
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November 25, 2021 -Super Special Seminar
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November 25, 2021 -Epistemology Seminar: Timothy Williamson (Oxford) “Knowledge by sight and knowledge by proof”
Epistemology Seminar: Timothy Williamson (Oxford) “Knowledge by sight and knowledge by proof”
Abstract: Knowledge by sight is a standard paradigm of a posteriori knowledge. Knowledge by mathematical proof is a standard paradigm of a priori knowledge. However, I will argue that the two types of knowledge have so much in common that the a priori – a posteriori distinction cannot go very deep.
Friday, November 26, 2021
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Saturday, November 27, 2021
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Sunday, November 28, 2021
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