Week of Events
Metaphysics Seminar Sandra M. López (University of St. Andrews and University of Salamanca)
Title: Where relevance meets many-valued logic: six interesting systems and their semantics. Abstract: In my doctoral dissertation, six new 4-valued logics of interest within the...
Language & Mind Seminar: Carrie Figdor (University of Iowa)
Semantic Implications of Evolutionary Theory for Psychology Evolutionary explanations imply ontological commitment to characters. “Character” is a technical term in biology for the units that...
Conceptual Engineering Seminar: Steffen Koch (Bielefeld University) & Jakob Ohlhorst (University of Vienna) “The Mind-Expanding Powers of Conceptual Engineering”
Abstract: Conceptual engineering is the process of assessing and improving our conceptual repertoire. Some authors have claimed that introducing or revising concepts through conceptual engineering...
Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory Seminar: Emilia Wilson “Disability, Ableism & Assisted Dying”
Title: Disability, Ableism & Assisted Dying Please note that the presentation will include potentially distressing examples of medical ableism and ableist language. AbstractMy aim in this...
Epistemology Seminar: Roy Sorensen (St Andrews) “TIME TRAVELER CONFIRMS THE FIVE MINUTE HYPOTHESIS!” [Hybrid]
Abstract: Many epistemological principles are formulated temporally: a conclusion can be learned from a premise only if the premise is known before the conclusion, a belief is...
