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...
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...
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...
This week, Franz Berto is giving a talk introducing the logic of conceivability, after which we'll decide the texts we'll work on this semester. Franz...
Abstract Williamson (1998; 2002; 2013) defended a version of necessitism according to which necessarily, absolutely every possible object necessarily exists. Although this thesis might appear...