Abstract In this talk I would like to draw attention to a class of concepts, inescapable concepts, and their significance for philosophy, in particular metaphysics....
Abstract: There are strong reasons for holding that consciousness is a sharp phenomenon and that it appeared on the scene suddenly. There are also strong...
This week we'll review what's been covered so far, and discuss Yablo's Aboutness chs. 1-4.
Abstract: What is it for an expression to have a meaning in a community's language? David Lewis can be taken to argue in his “Languages...
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Abstract: In this talk, I examine the nature and role of imaginables, i.e. some kinds of impossible non-entities, in Marsilius of Inghen’s logic and natural...
Recently, some people have suggested that in order for imagination to be a useful guide to knowledge of what is possible, one has to imagine...