• Epistemology Seminar: Catarina Dutilh Novaes “Argumentation and a three-tiered model of epistemic exchange”

    A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58³Ô¹Ï, United Kingdom

    Abstract: Argumentation is often contrasted with testimony in that in cases of testimony, an epistemic agent (presumably) primarily evaluates the trustworthiness of the source of information (the informant), whereas in argumentation there is (presumably) primarily engagement with the content communicated. I have argued however (Dutilh Novaes 2020) that trust and trustworthiness in fact play an…

  • Conceptual Engineering Seminar | Manuel Gustavo Isaac (SNSF/58³Ô¹Ï): “The Hallmark Problem”

    A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58³Ô¹Ï, United Kingdom

    ABSTRACT. — ‘Conceptual engineering’ is the new buzzword in the world of philosophical methods. Yet, on some accounts, it is hard to see what is really new about it—if anything. The present talk tackles this hallmark problem for conceptual engineering through an analysis of the engineering process itself, taking the engineering label at face value. ZOOM INFO Meeting ID: 892 5895…

  • Metaphysics and Logic Seminar Joaquim Giannotti (University of Birmingham)

    A virtual seminar by Zoom The University, 58³Ô¹Ï, United Kingdom

    Title: Fundamentality and Humean Laws of Ground Abstract: What grounds facts of ground? Some metaphysicians invoke fundamental grounding laws to answer this question. These are general principles that link grounded facts to their grounds. The main business of this talk is to advance the debate about the metaphysics of grounding laws by exploring the prospects of a…