Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Justin D’Ambrosio, “The Meaning of ‘Means’”
Edgecliffe G03 and via MS Teams
Week of Events
Monday, November 24, 2025
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November 24, 2025 -Medieval Logic Seminar: Buridan’s treatise on suppositions, chapter 3
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November 24, 2025 -Unity Seminar
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November 24, 2025 -Unity Seminar: Will Moorfoot (UCL) “Morphing Ground”
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November 24, 2025 -WIKI Seminar
Unity Seminar: Will Moorfoot (UCL) “Morphing Ground”
Abstract: Grounding and causation are both determination relations. Causation is typically understood to relate events through time, such that causes determine their effects. The throwing of the rock causes the window to break. Grounding is typically understood to relate facts at a single time, such that grounds determine their groundees. The microphysical constitution of…
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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November 26, 2025 -Metaphysics and Logic Seminar
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November 26, 2025 -Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Justin D’Ambrosio, “The Meaning of ‘Means’”
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November 26, 2025 -Moral Philosophy Reading Group (MPRG)
Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Justin D’Ambrosio, “The Meaning of ‘Means’”
Abstract:Â Semantic theories are supposed to be theories of meaning, so ascriptions of meaning should play a role in guiding and constraining our semantic theories. To play this role, however, we need to know the meaning of “means” itself. In this paper I develop a semantics for the verb “means,” as it is used to specify…
Thursday, November 27, 2025
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November 27, 2025 -Plenary / Special Seminar
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November 27, 2025 -Cover-to-cover Reading Group
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November 27, 2025 -ECT Seminar
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November 27, 2025 -Film and Philosophy at CEPPA – His Girl Friday
Cover-to-cover Reading Group
This semester we are reading Finneron-Burns “What We Owe to Future People: A Contractualist Account of Intergenerational Ethics”. Organiser: Ida Miczke (izm1)
Film and Philosophy at CEPPA – His Girl Friday
We are proud to present the Tenth Session of Film and Philosophy at CEPPA (aka the CEPPA Film Club). This time we will gather from 16:30 onwards to watch and discuss His Girl Friday (see trailer here). Here is a list of suggested readings and videos. To Read: Stanley Cavell – ‘Words for a Conversation’…
Friday, November 28, 2025
No events on this day.
Saturday, November 29, 2025
No events on this day.
Sunday, November 30, 2025
No events on this day.