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SUMMARY:Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Catharine Diehl (Leiden University)
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Modal Disunity of Metaphysical Truths \nAbstract: Systematicity has good claim to being a theoretical virtue: that is\, for candidate theories T1 and T2\, if the statements of T1 are more unified than those of T2\, T1 is ceteris paribus to be preferred to T2. One regard in which a theory might be more unified than another is if its claims all have the same modal status. It seems to have an even greater degree of unity if the claims of the theory are characteristic of that modality (in a sense to be explained) and if the modality is a highly natural one. For instance\, it is plausible that all the laws of perfected physical science are physically necessary\, that these laws are characteristic of the modality of physical necessity\, and that physical necessity is at least a reasonably natural modality. Jonathan Schaffer has argued that something similar is the case for metaphysics: the metaphysical truths are metaphysical laws and are all metaphysically necessary (Schaffer\, 2010). Furthermore\, the truths of metaphysics are characteristic of metaphysical modality and metaphysical modality is highly natural. Against this\, I argue that not all the truths of metaphysics are metaphysically necessary—at least on what I claim is the most natural conception of metaphysical necessity. In particular\, I argue that we should conceive of metaphysical modality as the broadest alethic modality\, and that this modality is subject to a unified logical treatment. The modality itself is thus highly systematic\, even if the truths of metaphysics turn out to be disunified. \nPlease note that this is an online talk on Microsoft Teams which will also be live-streamed in G03 (Edgecliffe).
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/metaphysics-and-logic-seminar-10/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 and via MS Teams
CATEGORIES:Metaphysics and Logic group
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231102T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231102T120000
DTSTAMP:20230915T091550Z
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SUMMARY:Plenary Seminar: No Meeting
DESCRIPTION:We use the plenary seminar time slot on occasions when we have a meeting of wider interest to the whole Arché community.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/plenary-seminar/2023-11-02/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231102T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231102T143000
DTSTAMP:20231029T153400Z
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SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar: Catarina Dutilh Novaes (VU Amsterdam / St Andrews) "How conspiratorial beliefs spread\, and how real conspiracies are concealed"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Recent research on conspiracy theories\, in philosophy as well as in other fields\, has tended to focus on beliefs that are (from a ‘mainstream’ perspective at least) outlandish\, absurd and patently false: QAnon\, Covid-19 vaccines containing traceable microchips\, 9/11 as an ‘inside job’. What is arguably conspicuously absent in much of this literature is a parallel reflection on the existence of real conspiracies. To fill this lacuna\, I adopt an environmental epistemic perspective—where agents are considered in the broader context of epistemic environments and where attentional networks and perceptions of trustworthiness significantly influence the uptake of beliefs in an epistemic community—to explain both how conspiratorial beliefs spread and how real conspiracies can be hidden from the public. I argue that these two kinds of processes are each other’s counterparts\, structurally having much in common. In both cases\, epistemic environments can be ‘engineered’ so as to foster the spread of certain beliefs (regardless of their truth or plausibility)\, or alternatively so as to hide certain facts that conspirators do not want to become widely known.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/epistemology-seminar-6-5/
LOCATION:Online via Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231107T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231107T140000
DTSTAMP:20231102T090144Z
CREATED:20231102T085812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231102T090144Z
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SUMMARY:Language and Mind Seminar: Reading Session 3
DESCRIPTION:Our last reading session is to read Chapter 7 and 8 of Williamson’s book\, Vagueness (Williamson\, 1994). Sabina will be leading the discussion on Chapter 7 and Victor will be on Chapter 8.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/language-and-mind-seminar-19/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 and via MS Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231107T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231107T170000
DTSTAMP:20241102T125629Z
CREATED:20230926T092457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241102T125629Z
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SUMMARY:FPST Seminar: Emilia Wilson (Cardiff) - in-person
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Role of ‘Topic’ in Demographic Generalisations & Algorithmic (In)justice \n\nAbstract: Representations of the world sometimes seem both accurate and objectionable\, as in the case of many demographic generalisations. For example: (i) women are more caring than men; (ii) Black Americans are eight times more likely to have homicide convictions than white Americans; and (iii) women are underrepresented in STEM because they don’t apply. While there is a kernel of truth in these statements\, they are also prejudicial. The apparent tension between their ethical and epistemic evaluation is especially pressing in light of growing use of predictive algorithms. I aim to develop a novel account how these statements may be both morally and epistemically flawed by utilising work on ‘topic’ and Questions-Under-Discussion from linguistics and philosophy. By examining how the same informational contents may be structured differently – with respect to attention\, relevance\, and inquiry – we can uncover subtle yet significant epistemic flaws in putatively accurate statements. This offers a unified theoretical basis for evaluating these statements and predictions\, with the consequence that the moral and epistemic evaluation of an algorithm cannot be isolated from its implementation.\n 
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/fpst-seminar-3/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231107T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231107T170000
DTSTAMP:20231105T194553Z
CREATED:20231105T194552Z
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SUMMARY:FPST Seminar: Patrick Winther-Larsen (St-Andrews)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Vulnerability and Exposure: On Untimely Blame and Public Blame \nContent warning: certain sensitive subjects\, including serious illness\, bereavrment\, and sexual harassment\, will be (briefly) referenced in this talk. Though I don’t plan on giving any detailed examples\, some might nonetheless find this distressing. \nAbstract: For this work-in-progress talk\, I will explore the idea that blame can be expressed (i) at the ‘wrong’ time and/or (ii) at the ‘wrong’ place. In essence\, I’ll consider two possible procedural norms of blame. \nWith respect to (i)\, I give an account of ‘untimely blame’\, on which an instance of blame can be ‘untimely’ if the blamer fails to take into account the vulnerability of the wrongdoer (i.e.\, the target of blame). Less abstractly\, consider cases where an agent has committed a wrongdoing\, and is thus blameworthy\, but they receive bad medical news or suffer a bereavement sometime following the relevant wrongdoing. In light of their vulnerability\, it may sometimes be inappropriate to blame them while they are in this state\, which may in some cases be permanent. \nWith respect to (ii)\, I consider ‘public blame’\, that is\, instances where blame is expressed before an ‘audience’ (paradigmatically\, third parties)\, and may or may not be expressed in the presence of the relevant perpetrator. This includes online blaming\, which is standardly taken to be problematic on the grounds that the audience might ‘pile on’ and thus render blame disproportionate. Against others\, I will suggest that ‘exposing’ someone to an audience\, and thus rendering them vulnerable to their blame\, is itself sometimes objectionable\, regardless of whether the audience joins in.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/fpst-seminar-6/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T180000
DTSTAMP:20231106T112840Z
CREATED:20231005T120602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T112840Z
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SUMMARY:Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Daniel Nolan (University of Nortre Dame)
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Hyperintensional Mind \nAbstract: Agents do not automatically believe all the necessary equivalents of the things they believe; and they do not always desire necessary equivalents to the same degree. Mental contents must be distinguished in a more fine-grained way (“hyperintensionally” rather than “merely intensionally”). Doing so faces a foundational challenge\, however. One influential functionalist or “analytic functionalist” picture of offers an account of the contents of agents’ attitudes in terms of agents’ behaviour across variations in possible circumstances. This “modalist” picture is usually involves a commitment to treating contents as sets of possible worlds\, sets of possible individuals\, or some sort of construction out of these. This paper will argue that a modalist approach can be attractively developed to handle a richer range of contents\, provided we equip ourselves with hyperintensional metaphysical resources. The resulting understanding suggests a picture of contents as sets of worlds rather than as structured contents\, and offers some guidance on the question of the fine-grainedness of belief and desire.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/metaphysics-and-logic-seminar-18/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 and via MS Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231109T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231109T120000
DTSTAMP:20230915T091550Z
CREATED:20230829T094510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T091550Z
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SUMMARY:Plenary Seminar: No Meeting
DESCRIPTION:We use the plenary seminar time slot on occasions when we have a meeting of wider interest to the whole Arché community.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/plenary-seminar/2023-11-09/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231109T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231109T173000
DTSTAMP:20231103T150005Z
CREATED:20230912T135408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T150005Z
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SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar: Lara Buchak (Princeton) (co-hosted with CEPPA) "Faith\, Authority\, and Epistemic Communities"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: I argue that it can be rational to defer to an authority about what to believe or what to do even when doing so goes against one’s own reasoning. Indeed\, such deference is rational in typical cases in which individuals treat others as authorities: for example\, experts in a domain\, interpersonal advisors\, and religious traditions. I explain the interplay between authority\, reason\, and disagreement\, and how rational faith gives rise to epistemic communities and governs their encounters with each other.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/epistemology-seminar-6-6/
LOCATION:Online Meeting via Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231113T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231113T110000
DTSTAMP:20231105T211905Z
CREATED:20230829T092626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231105T211905Z
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SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar: Ralph Strode\, Treatise on Consequences
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/medieval-logic-seminar-4-2/2023-11-13/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231114T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231114T140000
DTSTAMP:20231103T224443Z
CREATED:20231103T160426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T224443Z
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SUMMARY:Language and Mind Seminar: Yair Pinto (University of Amsterdam)
DESCRIPTION:Title: The grounding problem in language and reality \nAbstract: Philosophy of language has long struggled with the symbol-grounding problem of meaning. If symbols are only defined relationally\, that is\, in terms of each other\, then how do they ever mean something? Learning that ∫ connects ∩ to ₺ seems to say little about the meaning of ∫\, ∩ and ₺. \nA similar grounding problem exists for algorithms. Searle highlighted this in the Chinese Room thought experiment. Computationally transforming meaningless input (0’s and 1’s) into meaningless output (other 0’s and 1’s) seems insufficient to generate meaning. \nFor both symbols and algorithms it could be argued that consciousness is needed to infuse grounding into the system. Recent evidence suggests that these issues may not be entirely philosophical. Surprisingly\, in the context of quantum physics\, it has recently been shown that the description of unmeasured reality always requires complex numbers – complex numbers contain the square root of -1 and must be transformed to become a real number. Yet\, observables\, such as mass\, charge and position\, can be described entirely with real numbers. This suggests that unobserved reality is “pre-real” and needs the infusion of an observation to become actual. \nIn the current talk I will discuss how the seemingly unrelated grounding problems between language\, algorithms and reality may\, in fact\, be related. Moreover\, I will outline how this may lead to testable predictions in these domains. This may have empirical consequences for the seemingly unrelated fields of quantum physics and large language models. \nBio: Yair Pinto is an assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Amsterdam with a background in Physics (MSc) and Cognitive Psychology (PhD). He has received several high-profile grants both European (a Dutch Rubicon grant\, a European Marie-Curie grant) and American (a large Templeton grant). He has published his work in many prestigious journals\, among them JEP:General\, Psychological Science and Brain. His main interests are visual perception\, consciousness\, split-brain patients and free will.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/language-and-mind-seminar-20/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 and via MS Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231114T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231114T170000
DTSTAMP:20231112T145436Z
CREATED:20231112T145436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231112T145436Z
UID:10018662-1699974000-1699981200@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:FPST Seminar: Emilia Wilson (St Andrews)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Activist Slogans and ‘Reframing the Debate’ \nAbstract: This talk will examine the role of slogans in social justice movements and how we should understand their meaning. Social justice movements often utilise slogans and claims which putatively clash with received common sense. One way of understanding these claims is as what Cantalamessa terms ‘conceptual activism’: the role of claims like ‘disability pride’ is to challenge and destabilise the hegemonic common sense\, for strategic political ends\, rather than to be descriptively accurate. On such views\, these campaigns have pragmatic political goals rather than epistemic/descriptive goals. I will argue against these views. Drawing on analyses of ideology as both epistemically and politically pernicious\, I contend that such campaigns have both political and epistemic aims. I aim to show that this better captures the role of these slogans by attending to historical case studies. 
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/fpst-seminar-7/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T173000
DTSTAMP:20231109T130746Z
CREATED:20230913T113400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T130746Z
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SUMMARY:Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Peter Hylton (Boston University and University of Illinois\, Chicago)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Carnap on Metaphysics\, Before and After 1932: The Importance of Tolerance \nAbstract: Late in 1932\, Carnap accepts the Principle of Tolerance. This makes a fundamental difference to his philosophy\, although that is not always readily apparent in his writings. The present paper illustrates this claim by examining his opposition to metaphysics. It discusses his pre-1932 rejection of metaphysics and emphasizes the idea that that rejection is based on assumptions which might themselves be thought of as metaphysical. Accepting the Principle of Tolerance enables Carnap to avoid those assumptions\, but it also undercuts the basis of Carnap’s earlier opposition to metaphysics. The rest of the paper considers how\, and to what extent\, the post-1932 Carnap can give a rationale for opposing metaphysics. \nPlease note that this is an online talk on Microsoft Teams which will also be live-streamed in G03 (Edgecliffe).
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/metaphysics-and-logic-seminar-12/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 and via MS Teams
CATEGORIES:Metaphysics and Logic group
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T120000
DTSTAMP:20231209T164308Z
CREATED:20230919T152919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231209T164308Z
UID:10018682-1700128800-1700136000@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Arché Plenary Seminar: Dr Sara Uckelman (Durham) Why the History of Logic [and Philosophy!] Should Matter to  Modern Logicians [and Philosophers!]
DESCRIPTION:Title: Why the History of Logic [and Philosophy!] Should Matter to Modern Logicians [and Philosophers!]Abstract: The starting point of this talk is the present-day state of logic\, a field which is ever expanding and becoming more inclusive and yet which still presents systemic barriers of access to certain groups of people.  As logicians [and philosophers!] we think there is value in the study and practice of logic [and philosophy!]\, so patterns of exclusion should concern us\, in two ways: \n\nWhere did these exclusionary structures come from?\nWhat can we do to get rid of them?\n\nA lot of work has been done in philosophy on the latter question\, as witnessed by important work done in canon-revision.  But the former question is much less often discussed\, and yet\, in the context of logic at least\, is crucially important to understanding where we are today and how we got here: How logic\, or the lack thereof\, is the tool by which exclusion and inclusion can be and has been performed.  Only by looking at historical answers to “who gets to have access to logic and why” can we fully understand where we are at today.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/plenary-seminar-2/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Plenary session
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen Read":MAILTO:arche@st-andrews.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T143000
DTSTAMP:20231112T181943Z
CREATED:20230912T135439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231112T181943Z
UID:10018704-1700139600-1700145000@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar: Discussion group led by Patrick Winther-Larsen (St Andrews)
DESCRIPTION:We will be reading excerpts from José Medina’s The Epistemology of Protest (2023).
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/epistemology-seminar-6-7/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 and via MS Teams
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231120T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231120T110000
DTSTAMP:20231105T211905Z
CREATED:20230829T092626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231105T211905Z
UID:10018731-1700472600-1700478000@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar: Ralph Strode\, Treatise on Consequences
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/medieval-logic-seminar-4-2/2023-11-20/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231121T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231121T170000
DTSTAMP:20231118T211434Z
CREATED:20231114T161733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231118T211434Z
UID:10018663-1700578800-1700586000@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:FPST Seminar - Edgar Phillips (St. Andrews)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Philosophical foundations for radical love \nAbstract: Much recent philosophical work on love seeks to understand it as a fitting response to the value of those we love\, with such accounts typically being articulated in terms of ‘reasons for love’. Debates in this area have been animated by a couple of challenges: first\, to explain the way in which the loved one is unique or irreplaceable to the lover; second\, to explain love’s ‘selectivity’\, that is the fact that people typically love only a relatively very few people\, specifically people to whom they are interpersonally connected in certain distinctive kinds of ways. These challenges are interconnected\, because the value that makes individuals irreplaceable is\, plausibly\, one that every human being possesses just as such; this makes it difficult to explain love’s selectivity in a way that vindicates it\, that is to say\, that reveals it as an aspect of love’s proper responsiveness to its reasons. In this talk\, I first bring out some (largely implicit) assumptions that frame this debate. I then sketch (and I mean sketch) a way in which we might resolve these tensions if we are prepared to question some of those assumptions. On the view I will outline\, the irreplaceability of individuals is intimately connected to their very individuality and hence their particularity. I suggest that this idea cannot readily be accommodated within a reasons framework without distortion. I also make a suggestion as to how the selectivity of love might be explained consistently with this idea. Significantly\, the explanation is not vindicatory\, and raises the possibility that we might try to be more loving than we ordinarily are\, as well as questions about what this might mean.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/fpst-seminar-8/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231121T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231121T190000
DTSTAMP:20231115T105911Z
CREATED:20231110T130638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T105911Z
UID:10018649-1700586000-1700593200@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Language and Mind Seminar: Takashi Yagisawa (California State University\, Northridge)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Ontology of Some Philosophy \nAbstract: \nWhen philosophers discuss philosophical views\, theories\, or arguments\, their discussion is often not metaphysically innocent. Given certain substantial but widely accepted assumptions concerning relativization of truth\, the worlds framework\, and understanding ontological issues in terms of domains of discourse (see Three Insights below)\, it can be argued that the extent of ontological involvement of some philosophical discussion is considerable. In particular\, philosophical discussion concerning modal metaphysics frequently makes the discussants incur non-trivial ontological commitments. \nThree Insights: \n(1) It is useful to relativize the notion of truth for many philosophical purposes; a sentence is true or false at a truth-relativizer. \n(2) The framework of worlds\, including both possible worlds and impossible worlds\, gives us truth-relativizers for the purposes of explicating the truth conditions of many important kinds of sentences\, in particular\, counterfactual conditional sentences. \n(3) Ontological matters should be understood as matters pertaining to the domain of discourse associated with quantification. \nSupposition-Based Argument: \n“You assert P. Suppose you are right and P is true. Then Q follows. But Q is false. So\, P is false and you are not right”. \nClaim: \nThree Insights + Supposition-Based Argument ⇨ a potentially endless sequence of ever-expanding ontological commitments.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/language-and-mind-seminar-22/
LOCATION:Online Meeting via Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231122T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231122T180000
DTSTAMP:20231120T103155Z
CREATED:20230913T113514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T103155Z
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SUMMARY:Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Giulia Schirripa (University of St Andrews and University of Stirling)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Vague Mereology and Supervaluationism \nAbstract: What is the referent of ‘Mt Everest’\, ‘Edinburgh’\, and even of ‘Meta’ and ‘Mark Zuckerberg’? Like dust\, vagueness ‘gets into everything’ (Dummett\, 1995\, p. 207) but\, unlike dust\, it is often taken to be only a semantic phenomenon. Standard supervaluationist accounts explain failures of reference fixing by appealing to semantic indecision\, whereas friends of vague objects urge that vagueness is\, at least in some cases\, in the world. While the existence of vague objects might well be (and has been) defended on independent grounds\, the first aim of this talk is to show that ontological vagueness might arise out of semantic indecision in compositional matters. The second aim is to discuss a novel possible direction to look at when dealing with onto-mereological vagueness. While retaining a supervaluationist gist\, the proposal is to take precisifications to be ontological rather than semantic and investigate what Classical Extensional Mereology (CEM) looks like in a precisificational dimension.  \nPlease note that the Metaphysics and Logic Seminar is starting one hour later than usual this week.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/metaphysics-and-logic-seminar-13/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 and via MS Teams
CATEGORIES:Metaphysics and Logic group
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231123T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231123T120000
DTSTAMP:20230915T091550Z
CREATED:20230829T094510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T091550Z
UID:10018691-1700733600-1700740800@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Plenary Seminar: No Meeting
DESCRIPTION:We use the plenary seminar time slot on occasions when we have a meeting of wider interest to the whole Arché community.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/plenary-seminar/2023-11-23/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231123T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231123T143000
DTSTAMP:20231118T142734Z
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SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar: Discussion group led by Katharina Bernhard
DESCRIPTION:We will be reading Z. Quanbeck & A. Worsnip’s “A Permissivist Alternative to Encroachment\,” Philosophers’ Imprint (forthcoming).
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/epistemology-seminar-6-13/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03 and via MS Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231127T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231127T110000
DTSTAMP:20231105T211905Z
CREATED:20230829T092626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231105T211905Z
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SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar: Ralph Strode\, Treatise on Consequences
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/medieval-logic-seminar-4-2/2023-11-27/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231128T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231128T140000
DTSTAMP:20231124T090207Z
CREATED:20231124T090147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231124T090207Z
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SUMMARY:Language and Mind Seminar: No meeting
DESCRIPTION:There is no meeting this week.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/language-and-mind-seminar-23/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231128T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231128T170000
DTSTAMP:20231127T162448Z
CREATED:20231114T161823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231127T162448Z
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SUMMARY:FPST Seminar - Megan Rawson (Liverpool)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Understanding the Metaphysics of Pregnancy and its Implications \nAbstract: Around the world\, many countries have legislation in place which limits access to reproductive rights. Philosophically\, ethically\, legally and socially\, people and institutions seemed to have implicitly accepted that a foetus and its gestational carrier are separate entities. Colloquially termed the ‘bun in the oven’ view\, this is also known as the container model of pregnancy and has historical roots in medieval conceptions of pregnancy and maternal agency. It forms the foundation of many of our attitudes towards reproductive rights in the modern world. It is my belief\, however\, that the container model of pregnancy is mistaken. I intend to show the ways in which our metaphysical understandings of pregnancy are mistaken\, and how an alternative metaphysical understanding of pregnancy\, which takes into account the physiological truths of the pregnant experience\, will have an impact on our conceptions of reproductive ethics. \nIn 2019\, Elselijn Kinma wrote a paper entitled Were You a Part of Your Mother? in which she argues that foetuses and gestators are metaphysical parts of each other. This is known as the parthood model of pregnancy. I will argue that this metaphysical understanding of pregnancy is much more in line with biological truths about pregnancy\, such as the symbiotic relationship present between foetuses and gestators\, which seems harder to reconcile with the idea of metaphysical separation.   \nMy talk will explore these metaphysical models in depth\, while recognising that this is not a binary conversation\, and that other alternative metaphysical solutions may be viable. My goal\, however\, is to show how conversations on reproductive ethics change when we consider pregnancy from a parthood perspective\, rather than mere containment. I shall discuss  the ethical literature on reproductive rights\, particularly considering topics such as abortion and surrogacy\, as well as reproductive technologies of the future\, and show the extent to which the container model of pregnancy has permeated all sides of these debates.  
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/fpst-seminar-9/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T150000
DTSTAMP:20231127T171805Z
CREATED:20231127T101944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231127T171805Z
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SUMMARY:Starting a Step Back: The Relevance of Systemic Functional Linguistics to Metaphysics Amie Thomasson (Dartmouth)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/starting-a-step-back-the-relevance-of-systemic-functional-linguistics-to-metaphysics-amie-thomasson-dartmouth/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe 104\, University of St Andrews\, St Andrews\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T170000
DTSTAMP:20231109T130605Z
CREATED:20230913T113648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T130605Z
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SUMMARY:Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: NO MEETING
DESCRIPTION:No Metaphysics and Logic Seminar this week due to a conference.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/metaphysics-and-logic-seminar-14/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231203
DTSTAMP:20231209T164228Z
CREATED:20231103T112422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231209T164228Z
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SUMMARY:Neutrality and Neutralism Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Neutrality and Neutralism Workshop \nArché Research Centre\, University of St Andrews \nNovember 30th – December 1st 2023. \nVenue: School II\, United College\, St Salvator’s Quad\, St Andrews\, KY169AL \nSCHEDULE: \nDay One: \n9.15 – 10.45: Amie Thomasson: Deflationism as a path to Neutralism and Conceptual Engineering. \n11 – 12.30: Theron Pummer: Impartiality in Ethics. \n12.45 – 2.15: Jade Fletcher: Title tbc. \n14.30: Buffet Lunch for speakers and attendees. \n15.30 – 17.00: Patrick Greenough: From Minimalism to Neutralism. \n17.30: Workshop Reception (Edgecliffe) \n20.00-23.00: Workshop Dinner. \n  \nDay Two: \n9.15 – 10.45: Kristie Miller: Title tbc. \n11 – 12.30: Justin D’Ambrosio: Natural Language without Ontological Commitments. \n12.45 – 2.15: Luca Stroppa: Neutral Lives\, and How to Rank Them. \n14.30: Buffet Lunch for speakers and attendees. \n15.30 – 17.00: Josh Dever: On Saying the Same Thing (Without Saying the Same Things). \n17.30: After Workshop Gathering. \nSponsors: The Scots Philosophical Association and the Arché Research Centre
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/neutrality-and-neutralism-workshop/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe 104\, United College\, St Salvator's Quad\, St Andrews\, KY169AL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231130T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231130T120000
DTSTAMP:20230915T091550Z
CREATED:20230829T094510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T091550Z
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SUMMARY:Plenary Seminar: No Meeting
DESCRIPTION:We use the plenary seminar time slot on occasions when we have a meeting of wider interest to the whole Arché community.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/plenary-seminar/2023-11-30/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231130T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231130T143000
DTSTAMP:20231126T233247Z
CREATED:20230912T135508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231126T233247Z
UID:10018706-1701349200-1701354600@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar: Amiya Hashkes (St Andrews) "Understanding Responsible Belief"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: I’ll be sharing some of the work in progress on my dissertation\, where I inquire about the relationship between understanding and responsible belief. Drawing on parallels from moral responsibility\, I suggest that epistemic responsibility requires a certain minimal level of understanding of the reasons for a belief as a condition for properly accepting it. I’ll sketch out an early conception of how I view this relationship between understanding and belief and offer a couple of arguments in its favor.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/epistemology-seminar-6-8/
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