7 events found.
Week of Events
May 27, 2019
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Metaphysics Seminar: Talk by Travis Manuel on ” Spacetime and Objects are not in Harmony”
Metaphysics Seminar: Talk by Travis Manuel on ” Spacetime and Objects are not in Harmony”
Abstract Spacetime has structure, and objects have structure. A collection of principles, known as harmony principles, posit that the mereologies of the two structures behave...
May 28, 2019
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Language and Mind Seminar: James Shaw (Pittsburgh) – Kripkean Necessity A Posteriori: Some Doubts
Language and Mind Seminar: James Shaw (Pittsburgh) – Kripkean Necessity A Posteriori: Some Doubts
I discuss an unusual technique for learning metaphysical necessities that I call the "Procedure of Imaginative Transfer" and note some ways it complicates Kripke's case...
May 28, 2019
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Conceptual Engineering Seminar: Talk by Ethan Landes on “Jargon”.
Conceptual Engineering Seminar: Talk by Ethan Landes on “Jargon”.
Abstract This talk will explore the causes, upsides, and drawbacks of adjusting or introducing concepts and language for the purposes of inquiry. While technical concepts...
May 29, 2019
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Epistemology Seminar: Paolo Savino, “Nonclosure and Scepticism”
Epistemology Seminar: Paolo Savino, “Nonclosure and Scepticism”
The sceptical paradox arises from the tension between three appealing claims: (1) that one cannot know the negation of a sceptical hypothesis, (2) that if...