Week of Events
Metaphysics Seminar: Talk by Savvas Ioannou on “Arguments for Metaphysical Foundationalism”
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...
Language and Mind Seminar: Derek Ball on Saul (2012), “Politically Significant Terms and Philosophy of Language”
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...
Conceptual Engineering Seminar: Talk by Herman Cappelen (Oslo) on “Conceptual Engineering of ‘beauty’ and ‘knowledge’ (and also a bit about Conceptual Disease Management)”
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...
Epistemology Seminar: Peter Graham (UC Riverside), “Warrant is a Good Route to Truth”
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,...