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Abstract: According to a widespread view of argumentation, “the exchange of arguments improves communication by allowing messages to be transmitted even in the absence of sufficient... |
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Michael Brady (Glasgow) will give a talk on "Humility and Pride”. Abstract: Humility is held to be more valuable, more morally praiseworthy, than pride....
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https://youtu.be/nZWKepIw5iI Abstract. — In this paper I present a formal model of concept possession and use it to identify constraints that cognitively plausible processes of... |
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In philosophy, genealogical analysis corresponds to an examination of the origins of specific concepts and accompanying practices. Some of the philosophers who have engaged in... |
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Title: A Mereology of Powers? Three Ideas Abstract: There's a new kid on the block --- an upstart rival to the dominant Humean paradigm --- a dispositional... |
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Next Tuesday (5th March, 12-2pm) Torfinn Huvenes (Umeå) will give a talk on "A Puzzle about Accommodation". The talk is based on joint work-in-progress with...
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https://youtu.be/IuAq1RpDrpQ Abstract. — Nearly every fan of conceptual engineering is familiar with 'Strawson's problem'. This worry, first suggested by Strawson's critique of Carnapian explication, concerns... |
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Lara Jost will lead the discussion on Archer's & Mills' "Anger, Affective Injustice and Emotion Regulation". You can find the paper attached. Abstract: Victims...
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https://youtu.be/2vG9Lw-bOcU Abstract. — One of Herman Cappelen’s main arguments for the importance of conceptual engineering is the Master Argument, which proceeds from the claim... |
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Abstract: This talk is going to be an introduction to my book project on barriers to entailment. The book is about barrier theses, which are... |
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Amr Salih will lead the discussion on Sarah Sawyer's "Truth and Objectivity in Conceptual Engineering". The seminar will happen in Zoom. If you want to...
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https://youtu.be/Uq0ebR5ZnDI *Joint work w/ Georg Brun (University of Bern)* Abstract. — Although the idea that “true” is ambiguous has been with us at least since Tarski,... |
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Metaphysics & Logic Seminar Matteo Nizzardo: Branching Space-Time and the Identity of Indiscernibles
Metaphysics & Logic Seminar Matteo Nizzardo: Branching Space-Time and the Identity of Indiscernibles
Abstract: I will present a new counterexample to the Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles in the form of a world allowing for incompatible time-lines (or... |
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Brian Rabern (Edinburgh) will give a talk on "Against Fregean Quantification". Abstract: It is commonly held that the correct analysis of quantification was discovered only...
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https://youtu.be/fTw_fdn8HIE ***DRAFT AVAILABLE HERE*** Abstract. — What is the relevance of historical investigations for projects of conceptual engineering? In this paper, I address this question by bringing... |
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