Metaphysics and Logic Seminar:
Pre-read session: Dorr, C. (2016), To Be F Is To Be G. Philosophical Perspectives, 30: 39-134. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpe.12079
Pre-read session: Dorr, C. (2016), To Be F Is To Be G. Philosophical Perspectives, 30: 39-134. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpe.12079
Title:  ‘What can(not) social norms do?’ Abstract: In this (very) exploratory paper I investigate the relationship between social normativity and other domains of normativity. I suggest that given a metaphysically productive relationship between pernicious social norms and ideological social construction, pernicious social norms can create ontologically oppressive kinds, and consequently this can mar some seemingly valuable features of epistemic…
Correia, Fabrice (2022). A General Theory of Location Based on the Notion of Entire Location. Journal of Philosophical Logic 51 (3):555-582. Abstract: It would be a good thing to have at our disposal a general theory of location that is neutral with respect to the view that some objects have more than one exact location, the view that…
This week the Moral Philosophy Reading Group will be discussing Kai Spiekermann’s paper ‘Irreversible Loss’. Abstract: This chapter offers three reasons for trying to avoid some irreversible losses. First, there is a prudential reason for avoiding irreversible loss in order to keep options open in the future in the face of uncertainty. Second, humans have…
 Location: Edgecliffe G03
There is no Plenary seminar on 26/09/2024
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