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Abstract Williamson (1998; 2002; 2013) defended a version of necessitism according to which necessarily, absolutely every possible object necessarily exists. Although this thesis might appear... |
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Workshop on themes from Herman Cappelen’s recent book Fixing Language. Schedule: Theme: Cappelen on Conceptual Engineering An Arché Workshop, University of St Andrews Tuesday 9th... |
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This week, Franz Berto is giving a talk introducing the logic of conceivability, after which we'll decide the texts we'll work on this semester. Franz... |
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Abstract In his Fixing Language (2018), Herman Cappelen claims that since revising and improving our concepts are important activities, being able to explain how conceptual revision is... |
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Abstract I will consider two views: metaphysical foundationalism (there are fundamental entities) and metaphysical infinitism (there are infinite chains of ontological dependence). I will talk... |
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Next Tuesday (April 16th) Derek Ball will discuss Jennifer Saul’s paper ‘Politically Significant Terms and the Philosophy of Language’ http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199855469.001.0001/acprof-9780199855469-chapter-9 As usual, the seminar...
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Abstract This talk applies the techniques of conceptual engineering to ‘beauty’ and ‘knowledge’. I show how we can assess these concepts and propose improvements. The... |
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I compare and contrast Tyler Burge’s account of epistemic warrant (“Perceptual Entitlement” 2003, “Entitlement: The Empirical Basis of Epistemic Warrant” 2019), focusing on perceptual entitlement,... |
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Savvas will lead the discussion on Thomas Kroedel’s paper ‘Dualist Mental Causation and the Exclusion Problem’. The paper can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nous.12028 As usual,... |
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Katherine Hawley will lead a discussion of Fabienne Peter's 'Epistemology of Deliberative Democracy' from the Companion to Applied Philosophy (2016). |
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This week, Franz Berto will lead discussion on Yablo's Aboutness (chs. 1-3). |
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Joan Gimeno-Simo will lead the discussion on Yalcin, Seth (2015) Semantics and metasemantics in the context of generative grammar. In Burgess, A. & Sherman, B....
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Abstract Paradigm cases of conceptual engineering involve topic preservation through semantic change. The challenge (known as Strawson's challenge) is to explain how this is possible.... |
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Relevant Alternatives and Missed Clues: Redux I construe Relevant Alternatives Theory (RAT) as an abstract combination of epistemic fallibilism and epistemic modesty, then re-evaluate the... |
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