Abstract: The denial of necessary connections between distinct existences is generally taken to be at the heart of Humanism, and any philosophical account that requires...
Abstract: In this presentation I will discuss epistemic labour, which I characterise as labour one performs in their capacity as an epistemic agent. There is...
https://youtu.be/nNNifR4xf44 Abstract. — Conceptual engineering is often presented as radically opposed and as superseding conceptual analysis. Prima facie, however, improving conceptual schemes in a controlled and...
Title: CONVERSE PREDICATES AND THE INTERPRETATION OF SECOND ORDER QUANTIFICATION ABSTRACT: In this paper I argue that we cannot interpret second-order quantification as quantification over...
Abstract: This talk defends a contextualist theory of ‘knowledge’ ascriptions. I argue that in some sentences, the implicit argument of ‘knows’ is bound by a...
https://youtu.be/Ww-0_fP5Jj0 Abstract. — Talk of function often plays a central role in work on conceptual engineering. An appeal to functions can provide much needed standards...