Language and Mind Seminar: Takashi Yagisawa (California State University, Northridge)
Online Meeting via TeamsMetaphysics and Logic Seminar: Giulia Schirripa (University of 58吃瓜 and University of Stirling)
Edgecliffe G03 and via MS TeamsWeek of Events
Monday, November 20, 2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
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November 21, 2023 -Language and Mind Seminar:
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November 21, 2023 -FPST Seminar
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November 21, 2023 -FPST Seminar – Edgar Phillips (St. Andrews)
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November 21, 2023 -Language and Mind Seminar: Takashi Yagisawa (California State University, Northridge)
FPST Seminar – Edgar Phillips (St. Andrews)
Title: Philosophical foundations for radical love Abstract: Much recent philosophical work on love seeks to understand it as a fitting response to the value of those we love, with such accounts typically being articulated in terms of 鈥榬easons for love鈥�. Debates in this area have been animated by a couple of challenges: first, to explain…
Language and Mind Seminar: Takashi Yagisawa (California State University, Northridge)
Title: Ontology of Some Philosophy Abstract: When philosophers discuss philosophical views, theories, or arguments, their discussion is often not metaphysically innocent. Given certain substantial but widely accepted assumptions concerning relativization of truth, the worlds framework, and understanding ontological issues in terms of domains of discourse (see Three Insights below), it can be argued that the…
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
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November 22, 2023 -Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Giulia Schirripa (University of 58吃瓜 and University of Stirling)
Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Giulia Schirripa (University of 58吃瓜 and University of Stirling)
Title: Vague Mereology and Supervaluationism Abstract: What is the referent of 鈥楳t Everest鈥�, 鈥楨dinburgh鈥�, and even of 鈥楳eta鈥� and 鈥楳ark Zuckerberg鈥�? Like dust, vagueness 鈥榞ets into everything鈥� (Dummett, 1995, p. 207) but, unlike dust, it is often taken to be only a semantic phenomenon. Standard supervaluationist accounts explain failures of reference fixing by appealing to…
Thursday, November 23, 2023
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November 23, 2023 -Epistemology Seminar:
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November 23, 2023 -Epistemology Seminar: Discussion group led by Katharina Bernhard
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November 23, 2023 -Moral Philosophy Reading Group
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November 23, 2023 -Moral Philosophy Reading Group
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November 23, 2023 -CEPPA Talk (in person) 鈥� Oskari Sivula (Turku)
Epistemology Seminar: Discussion group led by Katharina Bernhard
We will be reading Z. Quanbeck & A. Worsnip’s 鈥淎 Permissivist Alternative to Encroachment,鈥� Philosophers鈥� Imprint (forthcoming).
Moral Philosophy Reading Group
Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
Moral Philosophy Reading Group
This week we will discuss Guy Kahane‘s article ‘Our Cosmic Insignificance‘ Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
CEPPA Talk (in person) 鈥� Oskari Sivula (Turku)
Location:聽Edgecliffe G03 Title: Is the future a utility monster? Abstract: I will revisit Nozick鈥檚 utility monster thought experiment and draw an analogy between imagined utility monsters and the long-term future. I argue that the far future can be seen as a real-life utility monster. This is the case if the three premises that form the…
Friday, November 24, 2023
No events on this day.
Saturday, November 25, 2023
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Sunday, November 26, 2023
No events on this day.