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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251215T130000
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UID:10019436-1765803600-1765810800@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Unity Seminar: Christopher Masterman "How to Explain Composition"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: It is commonplace to think that composition is explained by relations—what I call the relational idea. Many argue that taking this seriously requires rejecting the idea that classical mereology—the most well-known formal theory of parthood—tells us anything important about the nature of composites. In this paper\, I have two aims. First\, I want to explore the extent to which we can take the relational idea seriously without abandoning classical mereology completely. Second\, I want to motivate an interest in a neglected question about composition\, which asks how relations figure in explanations of composition. I argue that by taking this question seriously\, we can better understand the extent to which the relational idea is in tension with classical mereology.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/unity-seminar-25-14/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Unity Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251023T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251023T120000
DTSTAMP:20250930T152053Z
CREATED:20250427T083559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T152053Z
UID:10019405-1761213600-1761220800@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Plenary Seminar: Pree Jareonsettasin (Cambridge)\, 'Bradwardinian modal contextualism to the rescue'
DESCRIPTION:TITLE: ‘Bradwardinian modal contextualism to the rescue: reconciling divine determinism with creaturely freedom by distinguishing sorts of contingency’. \nABSTRACT: \nIs man free in a world created by God and over which God exercises providence? The fourteenth-century logician-mathematician-theologian Thomas Bradwardine has\, for seven centuries\, been accused of having sacrificed human freedom on the altar of divine providence. He argued that every event occurs\, by unstoppable divine will\, of necessity. Yet he is committed to non-divine moral agents contingently determining their actions. His divine determinism needs a complementarily credible account of contingent action.  \nThe main aim of this paper is to expound Bradwardine’s account of (the modal notion) contingency and trace its consequences for understanding freedom of action. I first set up the reconciliation problem and show three claims: that Bradwardine \n(1)  was\, like David Lewis\, a modal contextualist\, taking the meaning of everyday modal terms to depends on an implicit context (relevant causal facts\, including facts about causal preconditions). \n(2)  defines contingency as a causal concept. Calling an action contingent relates it to its causal circumstances: E is contingent iff given the obtaining of E’s causal preconditions\, E is evitable. \n(3)  distinguishes between two (simpliciter/unrestricted and secundum-quid/restricted) types of contingency. E is contingent simpliciter iff all of E’s causal preconditions obtain and E is evitable. E is contingent secundum-quid iff some of E’s causal preconditions obtain and E is evitable. \nI argue he solves the reconciliation problem through his insight that when our actions are considered to be up to us\, we don’t consider God as their causal agent (even though He is). Accordingly\, our everyday moral-responsibility-relevant use of modal terms is implicitly indexicalised to a domain of causal facts restricted to exclude the causal fact of God’s unstoppable causation of all events. Assume that a free action won’t inevitably occur given the obtainment of its non-divine causal preconditions. It follows\, by Bradwardine’s definition of restricted contingency\, that free action is contingent secundum-quid. \nA significant upshot is that the seven-century-old accusation that Bradwardine’s commitment to theological fatalism entails an error-theoretic account of creaturely freedom is unfounded. His deterministic worldview does not entail holding a proto-Hobbesian/Calvinist/Frankfurtian view of freedom. The future is (metaphysically\, not merely phenomenologically) open\, because our fellow creatures cannot compel us to freely act.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/plenary-seminar-pree-jareonsettasin/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Medieval Logic Research Group,Plenary session,Speaker visit
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T143000
DTSTAMP:20250930T082108Z
CREATED:20250930T081246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T082108Z
UID:10019213-1760014800-1760020200@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar:
DESCRIPTION:Matthew Vermaire (St Andrews) ‘Practical Inquiry’
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/epistemology-seminar-9-6/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Epistemology Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250715T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250715T170000
DTSTAMP:20250713T214637Z
CREATED:20250701T111040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250713T214637Z
UID:10019267-1752591600-1752598800@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:FPST Seminar: Arianna Falbo (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Zetetic Exclusion: Don’t You Worry Your Pretty Little Head About It \nAbstract: Inquiry is a core part of daily life. However\, inquiring environments—the spaces where we put forth questions\, seek out answers\, and look to others for advice\, guidance\, and support—can be sites of hostility\, distrust\, and outright injustice.This talk considers the dynamics of inquiry under conditions of oppression. Scholarship on epistemic injustice has drawn important attention to how prejudice can prevent one from being appropriately recognized as a credible source of knowledge. However\, discussions of epistemic injustice have tended to overlook inquiry and the influence of prejudice in shaping the conditions under which knowledge is acquired in the first place. We will examine cases of zetetic exclusion: situations where only select members of society have meaningful access to investigate and to learn about important subjects. This gate-keeping of knowledge and information\, I argue\, constitutes a distinctive form of zetetic injustice that is not easily captured by standard accounts of epistemic injustice. Reflecting on these cases helps to reveal important dimensions of epistemic injustice\, especially how one’s capacity to learn\, and to pursue knowledge and other epistemic good\, may be undermined due to prejudice and asymmetric relations of power.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/fpst-seminar-14-5/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250714T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250714T140000
DTSTAMP:20250527T073157Z
CREATED:20250521T211018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250527T073157Z
UID:10019370-1752494400-1752501600@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Unity Seminar: Cancelled
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/unity-seminar-24/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Unity Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250709T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250709T170000
DTSTAMP:20250701T123333Z
CREATED:20250701T112024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250701T123333Z
UID:10019295-1752073200-1752080400@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Metaphysics and Logic Seminar:
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/metaphysics-and-logic-seminar-22-13/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Metaphysics and Logic group
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250703T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250703T120000
DTSTAMP:20250527T073909Z
CREATED:20240530T092754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250527T073909Z
UID:10019309-1751536800-1751544000@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Plenary Seminar:
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/plenary-seminar-6/2025-07-03/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Plenary session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250630T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250630T170000
DTSTAMP:20250630T075647Z
CREATED:20250630T075647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T075647Z
UID:10019281-1751295600-1751302800@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:WIKI Seminar:
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Aybüke Özgün (ILLC\, University of Amsterdam) \nTitle: Rethinking Logics of Imagination \nDate: 30 June 2025 \nTime: 15:00 – 17:00 UK time \nLocation: Edgecliffe 104 and Teams \nYou can join online via Teams. \n 
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/wiki-seminar-2-2/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:WIKI Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250626T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250626T143000
DTSTAMP:20250422T083600Z
CREATED:20250422T082717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T083600Z
UID:10019322-1750942800-1750948200@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar:
DESCRIPTION:Zoe Johnson-King (Harvard) TBA
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/epistemology-seminar-10-2-10/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Epistemology Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250511
DTSTAMP:20250807T133711Z
CREATED:20250217T094725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250807T133711Z
UID:10019385-1746781200-1746867599@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:ECT Knowledge and Society workshop
DESCRIPTION:ECT are holding a 1 day workshop on the 9th May. \n \nSpeakers include: Peter Graham (U California Riverside)\, Amiya Hashkes (St Andrews)\, Jesper Kallestrup (Aberdeen)\, Jack Lyons (Glasgow) and Lara Scheibli (St Andrews). \n \nVenue: The Philosophy Department\, Room G03\, Edgecliffe\, The Scores\, St Andrews. (With G01 for catering) \n \nEvent Organiser: Jessica Brown \n \nTimetable (G01 for Catering): \n9:30   – 10:00 tea and coffee \n10:00 – 11:00 Jesper Kallestrup (Aberdeen) \n11:15 – 12:15 Amiya Hashkes (St Andrews) \n12:15 – 13:30 lunch \n13:30 – 14:30 Lara Schiebli (St Andrews) \n14:45 – 15:45 Jack Lyons (Glasgow) \n15:45 – 16:00 tea and coffee \n16:00 – 17:00 Peter Graham (UC Riverside) \nOrganiser: Prof Jessica Brown jab30@st-andrews.ac.uk \nThis free hybrid event is primarily aimed at local St Andrews philosophers who don’t need to register. Any non-local wishing to attend should contact the organiser to check if they can attend/or to get the online teams link. There would be no fees/registration but they would need to make their own arrangements including for meals.  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/ect-1-day-workshop-knowledge-and-society/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241218T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241218T170000
DTSTAMP:20241102T151321Z
CREATED:20240530T072650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241102T151321Z
UID:10019185-1734534000-1734541200@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Metaphysics and Logic Seminar:
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/metaphysics-and-logic-seminar-21/2024-12-18/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Metaphysics and Logic group
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241217T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241217T170000
DTSTAMP:20241115T140215Z
CREATED:20240530T072146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241115T140215Z
UID:10019171-1734447600-1734454800@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:FPST Seminar: Anne Eaton (UIC) - Online
DESCRIPTION:Title: Beyond Speech: Pictures and Oppression \nAbstract: Philosophical work on oppressive forms of expression strongly tends to give verbal and written linguistic expression pride of place. When it comes to pictures\, there is a tendency to either treat them as if they were language – one sees this in feminist work on pornography – or worse\, to ignore pictures altogether when the topic at hand least typically pictorial or typically has a significant pictorial dimension – one sees this in Jason Stanley’s work on propaganda. \nAgainst this linguisticism\, I argue that central and influential forms of oppressive “speech” are in fact pictorial and that to understand how they do their oppressive work\, we must approach pictures as pictures rather than as forms of spoken or written language. In this paper\, I first examine one glaring case of linguisticism\, then say something about what I think is going on here\, and finally briefly examine examples of oppressive pictures and give the outlines of an explanation of how they do their oppressive work. \nPlease note that I will be discussing pictures that glorify and eroticize rape\, and pictures that mock\, shame\, and demean Black persons. I will also mention pictures of lynchings. I will also briefly show some of these pictures\, though not the lynching pictures. I will not leave any pictures up for long because they are triggering or otherwise injurious for many of us. That\, after all\, is part of the point of this paper. I will give warning before I show or mention these pictures.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/fpst-seminar-13/2024-12-17/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241216T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241216T140000
DTSTAMP:20241203T144751Z
CREATED:20240912T141746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241203T144751Z
UID:10019355-1734350400-1734357600@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Unity Seminar: No Session
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/unity-seminar-14/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Unity Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241213T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241213T173000
DTSTAMP:20241212T221120Z
CREATED:20241104T131006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241212T221120Z
UID:10019379-1734082200-1734111000@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:All Arché Research Day (Winter 2024)
DESCRIPTION:This Friday\, the Arché term wraps up with another all-day all-Arché get-together\, featuring research presentations from Sabina Domínguez Parrado\, Lara Scheibli\, Stephen Read\, and Franz Berto\, and five-minute lightning talks from brave presenters including Jessica Brown\, Simon Prosser\, Christopher Masterman\, and more. \nWe’ll be in G03 from 9:30am. \n9:45: Stephen Read (Insolubles in Fourteenth-Century Logic\, or: What Have I Been Doing For The Last Seven Years) \n10:45: Coffee Break \n11:15: Lightning Talks: Simon Prosser (Mental Hypertime)\, Jessica Brown (Defending Epistemology)\, Sophie Nagler (Two logicians walk into a bar… A talk of misunderstandings)\, … \n11:45: Sabina Domínguez Parrado (The Semantic Motivation for Logical Pluralism) \n1:00: Lunch Break \n2:00: Franz Berto (From the Gospel According to David Lewis: Counterfactuals\, §3.2 — and Beyond) \n3:00: Coffee Break \n3:15: Lightning Talks: Christopher Masterman (Explaining Composition)\, Greg Restall (What Can We Mean?)\, … \n3:45: Lara Scheibli (Why Professors Should Not Sleep With Their Students – The Epistemology of Consent and Professor-Student Sex) \nAll of the presentations are in-person. The Teams link is provided for Arché Members who are not able to attend in person.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/all-arche-research-day-2/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241031T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241031T120000
DTSTAMP:20241029T111542Z
CREATED:20241009T132357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T111542Z
UID:10019190-1730372400-1730376000@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Arché Staff/Student Organisational Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Every semester\, we hold an all-of-Arché Staff/Student organisational meeting for everyone to attend. Tea/Coffee will be available. Agenda TBC
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/plenary-seminar-5-3/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241015T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241015T140000
DTSTAMP:20241009T130244Z
CREATED:20241009T130210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241009T130244Z
UID:10019120-1728993600-1729000800@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Language and Mind seminar: Brice Bantegnie
DESCRIPTION:Title: It’s personal and it’s fine \nAbstract: Believing is something that one does\, or so one might say. Seeing as well. Detecting the edges of objects is not. Believing is a personal state. Seeing as well. Detecting is a sub-personal event or process. The personal/sub-personal distinction is intuitive. In recent papers\, some have argued that it is problematic. I argue that it is not. Two criticisms are that it is not principled (cf. Mason Westfall) and that it potentially stifles the work of cognitive scientists by misdescribing their practices (cf. Robert Rupert.) The personal/sub-personal distinction\, as applied to states\, is a special case of a distinction between the state something is in and the states its parts are in. Further commitments are not necessary and only come down the line. As a consequence\, one can both take it that there is such a distinction in cognitive science and that it puts no external constraint on the activity of cognitive scientists
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/language-and-mind-seminar-34-2/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240702T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240702T170000
DTSTAMP:20240701T101531Z
CREATED:20240408T103032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240701T101531Z
UID:10018997-1719932400-1719939600@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:CANCELLED FPST Seminar - Clare Chambers (Cambridge)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Respect\, Religion\, and Feminism: Political Liberalism as Feminist Liberalism?\nAbstract: This chapter considers whether political liberalism\, specifically\, can be used for feminist ends. There is significant disagreement among feminists and liberals about the compatibility between their two doctrines. Political liberalism is vulnerable to particular criticism from feminists\, who argue that its restricted form of equality is insufficient. In contrast\, Lori Watson and Christie Hartley argue that political liberalism can and must be feminist. This chapter raises three areas of disagreement with Watson and Hartley’s incisive account of feminist political liberalism. First\, the chapter argues that an appeal to a comprehensive doctrine can be compatible with respecting others\, if that appeal is to the value of equality. Second\, the chapter takes issue with Watson and Hartley’s defence of religious exemptions to equality law. Third\, the chapter argues that political liberalism can be compatible with feminism\, but that it is not itself adequately feminist. The chapter concludes that political liberalism is not enough for feminists.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/fpst-seminar-12-10/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240627T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240627T143000
DTSTAMP:20240624T103556Z
CREATED:20240320T133438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240624T103556Z
UID:10018784-1719493200-1719498600@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Epistemology Seminar: Matt McGrath (Washington University in St Louis)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Matt McGrath (Washington University in St Louis) \nShould have Known and Epistemically Appropriate Belief\nSometimes people don’t know things they should have known. For instance\, cardiologists should know about recent major developments that bear on their practice; if they don’t know\, they should have. Can what a person should have known matter to what they’re epistemically appropriate to believe? Call the view that it can “should-have-known impurism.” If the cardiologist believes the usual treatment for a certain type of heart disease is best but should have known that an alternative treatment outperformed it in a recent large study\, it seems the cardiologist isn’t believing as she should. In this paper\, I dig into the reasoning behind or suggested by intuitions like this. Once we locate this reasoning\, we can probe its structure\, assess its quality\, and explore variations of it\, along with its relation to intuitions on the opposing “purist” side. In the end\, I argue that we can capture what the impurist gets right without accepting impurism. This is important because\, as I argue\, impurism faces serious problems.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/epistemology-seminar-7-8/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Epistemology Seminar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240606T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240606T173000
DTSTAMP:20240603T100818Z
CREATED:20240603T100739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240603T100818Z
UID:10019340-1717689600-1717695000@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:FPST x CEPPA - Sophie Grace Chappell 'Trans figured' book launch.
DESCRIPTION:Sophie Grace Chappell will present her new book Trans Figured: On Being a Transgender Person in a Cisgender World – followed by bubbles to celebrate!
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/fpst-x-ceppa-sophie-grace-chappell-trans-figured-book-launch/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231212T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231212T170000
DTSTAMP:20231211T132258Z
CREATED:20231211T132257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231211T132258Z
UID:10018666-1702393200-1702400400@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:FPST Seminar - Emma Holmes (St Andrews & Stirling)
DESCRIPTION:This week will be a reading group on Gayle Rubin’s ‘Thinking sex’
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/fpst-seminar-11-2/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231211T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231211T110000
DTSTAMP:20231105T211905Z
CREATED:20230829T092626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231105T211905Z
UID:10018734-1702287000-1702292400@www.st-andrews.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Medieval Logic Seminar: Ralph Strode\, Treatise on Consequences
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/medieval-logic-seminar-4-2/2023-12-11/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230824
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230826
DTSTAMP:20231103T112902Z
CREATED:20230425T101803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T112902Z
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SUMMARY:2nd Scottish Epistemology Early Career Researchers (SEECRs) Pre-Read Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Scottish Epistemology Early Career Researchers (SEECRs) group is holding a workshop for papers in any area of epistemology\, authored by postgraduate students and self-identified early career researchers based in\, or with research links to\, Scotland. \nThe workshop will take place at the University of St. Andrews on the 24th August 2023. \n  \nThe aim of the workshop is to share cutting-edge research and facilitate the exchange of ideas among early career epistemologists in Scotland\, as well as to provide early career epistemologists with detailed feedback on their work in a supportive and constructive environment. \nFive papers will be selected to be pre-read and discussed at the workshop with a group of other postgraduate students and early career researchers based in Scotland. Each paper will receive a response from a member of SEECRs who works on the same or a similar research topic. \nConference Venue: G03\, Edgecliffe\, St Andrews (coffee breaks and lunch in G01). \nFormat: In person. \nInfo: fja4@st-andrews.ac.uk. \nProgramme (Time Zone: GMT) \n10:30 – 11:00  Registration and Coffee\n11:00 – 12:00  Giada Fratantonio (Glasgow)—“Knowledge-first Evidentialism” \nRespondent: Fred Andersen (St Andrews) \n12:05 – 13:05  James Shearer (St Andrews)—“If You’re So Rational\, Why Don’t You Have Any Friends?” \nRespondent: Tim Kearl (Glasgow) \n13:05 – 14:05    Lunch \n14:05 -15:05  Oscar A. Piedrahita (Glasgow)—”In what sense is ignorance a failure” \nRespondent: Cian Brennan (Glasgow) \n15:10-16:10    Ísak Ólafsson (Glasgow)—”The Limits of Epistemic Gatekeeping” \nRespondent: Edoardo Cavasin (Aberdeen) \n16:10 – 16:30 Coffee Break \n16:30-17:30    ”Katharina Bernhard (St Andrews)—“Inductive Risk Decisions\, Jamesian Lockean thresholds\, and the Ethical Limits of Epistemic Permissivism” \nRespondent: Petronella Randell (St Andrews) \n18:30 Dinner (at the Adamson)
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/2nd-scottish-epistemology-early-career-researchers-seecrs-pre-read-workshop/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Masterclass on Synthetic Philosophy
DESCRIPTION:Three-session masterclass delivered online by Arché Professorial Fellow Catarina Dutilh Novaes\, via Teams and in Edgecliffe\, Room G03 on (UK time zone): \nApril 12 10:30am-12noon   \nApril 19 10:30am-12noon   \nApril 26 10:30am-12noon   \nThis 3-session masterclass will introduce an approach in philosophy that is now known as ‘synthetic philosophy’: “the enterprise of bringing together insights\, knowledge\, and arguments from the special sciences with the aim to offer a theoretically (reasonably) unified\, coherent account of complex systems and connect these to a wider culture or other philosophical projects (or both).” (Schliesser\, 2019) It is related to\, but interestingly different from\, naturalism in philosophy and empirically-informed philosophy. Current practitioners of synthetic philosophy include Daniel Dennett\, Kim Sterelny and Peter Godfrey-Smith. With the growing fragmentation of scientific knowledge into hyperspecialized disciplines\, there is much need for over-arching\, comprehensive perspectives that provide unified accounts of complex phenomena drawing on various disciplines\, and philosophy is arguably ideally placed for this purpose. \nSession 1: What is synthetic philosophy?   \nGeneral presentation\, historical precedents\, contrast with other styles of philosophy. \nSession 2: The dialogical roots of deduction as an example of synthetic philosophy  \nPresentation of the book The Dialogical Roots of Deduction as a project of synthetic philosophy. \nSession 3: How to design a synthetic philosophy research program  \nPractical discussion of how to design and carry out a research program\, focusing on methodological considerations. \nThis masterclass is open to non-St Andrews research postgrads as well – for info and the link to the online meeting\, e-mail Viviane Fairbank vf45@st-andrews.ac.uk.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/masterclass-on-synthetic-philosophy-2/2023-04-26/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Conference,Workshops
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DTSTAMP:20230403T093207Z
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SUMMARY:Language and Mind Seminar: Ryan Miller (University of Geneva) Lexical Negotiators
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Nearly every aspect of words is subject to alteration: pronunciation\, spelling\, part of speech\, and definition. These aspects are often altered intentionally\, yet speakers can err in each of them when using words. Using the semantics of ‘equality’ and ‘equity’ as an example\, this paper resolves the puzzle by suggesting that such alterations are negotiated between speaker and audience\, and introduces a formal framework from financial theory governing those negotiations. The model suggests that successful lexical negotiations are constrained by transaction costs\, which implies that some conceptual engineering projects (like Haslanger’s revision of the word ‘woman’) are likely to fail even though the semantic revision of ‘equality’ and ‘equity’ was largely successful.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/language-and-mind-seminar-10-3/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230328T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230328T140000
DTSTAMP:20230403T091300Z
CREATED:20230403T091058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T091300Z
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SUMMARY:Language and Mind Seminar: Edgar Phillips Making Sense of Intelligibility
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: It’s not uncommon in contemporary philosophical work on desire\, emotions\, intentional action\, rational attitudes and the like to speak of a distinctive form of ‘intelligibility’ that characterises instances of these phenomena\, at least when things are going as they should. Often this is contrasted with a correlative form of ‘unintelligibility’ that may be on display when things go as they shouldn’t. Usually some bit of philosophical theory then comes in to explain what makes the difference\, and the intelligible–unintelligible contrast is thus used to support the relevant bit of theory. This paper raises some questions about the philosophical uses of ‘intelligibility’ and makes a start at addressing them. I distinguish two different ways of drawing an intelligible–unintelligible contrast\, corresponding to (something like) two senses of ‘intelligible’. This raises a question as to whether arguments of the sort just described might be equivocating\, at least in some cases. I end by discussing one way in which the two senses of intelligibility could be connected in the specific case of intentional action\, and raise some doubts about the extent to which this connection will generalise.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/language-and-mind-seminar-10-2/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230323
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230325
DTSTAMP:20230403T091814Z
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SUMMARY:Sandy Goldberg Day
DESCRIPTION:Sandy Goldberg is a Chester D.Tripp Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University\, and a professorial fellow at the University of St Andrews. He works in the areas of Epistemology\, Philosophy of Language\, and Philosophy of Mind. His recent research focuses on the social dimensions of knowledge and the informational responsibilities of citizens. \nSCHEDULE: \nIn the morning\, Sandy will give a presentation for students and postgraduates in philosophy on PhD programs and the philosophy job market in the United States. Afterward\, a few postgraduates will present their current research in epistemology\, philosophy of language\, and philosophy of mind. \n9:30–10:30 Sandy Goldberg ‘Information Session on Academic Philosophy in the United States’ \nBreak \n11:00–12:00 Katharina Bernhard ‘Inductive Risk Decision-Making Maximizes Expected Accuracy’ \nInductive Risk requires scientists (qua scientists) to weigh the risks of error when believing or disbelieving a scientific claim. This activity requires of scientists to consider practical or social utilities and decide whether the probability of a claim’s truth is high enough to warrant belief (or low enough for disbelief) in light of those utilities. I will show that weighing the risks of error in Inductive Risk decisions can be understood as a genuine epistemic activity that – under appropriate formal constraints – can maximize (expected) accuracy. To that end\, I will introduce the “Jamesian-Lockean threshold model” (echoing “generalized Lockeanism”\, Dorst 2019). This model embeds Lockeanism (“believe p iff you have sufficient credence in it”)\, and Jamesian epistemic goals (“belief truly!” and “avoid error!”) in a framework of expected epistemic utility. It allows to determine a proposition- and context-dependent credal threshold for epistemically rational belief and disbelief. The Jamesian-Lockean threshold model entails a specific type of permissivism for rational belief. What singles out Inductive Risk decisions as a special kind of Jamesian-Lockean belief formation is how this permissivism is (or ought to be) dealt with in scientific inquiry. \n12:00–13:00 Nathan Bray ‘Religious Disagreement and Divine Psychology’ \nThe argument that religious peer disagreement should lead to moderation of one’s theistic views has been subject to objections that rely on appeals to divine psychology\, such as Moon’s (2021) argument. However\, such objections are suspect because humans\, as finite beings\, are not well-equipped to determine what God or the Holy Spirit would do. Relying on these appeals weakens the argument and risks resurrecting the logical problem of evil that skeptical theism has seemingly resolved. Theists\, including Alvin Plantinga\, should be accountable for making similar moves in their arguments. I conclude that most responses to this argument are examples of appeals to divine psychology\, thereby diminishing their strength. \n Break \n14:00–15:00 Viviane Fairbank ‘How Journalists Know: A Case Study in Epistemic Justification’ \nA subset of applied epistemology\, the epistemology of journalism investigates how journalists know what they know\, and in what that knowledge consists. In this talk\, I apply an epistemological analysis to the methods used by journalists to report on and verify the facts they publish; I am interested in the journalistic practices that make a fact into a journalistic fact. Based on the literature in contemporary journalism studies\, I argue that journalists are epistemic agents of a distinctive kind because of the importance they place on testimonial knowledge and on justification as verification. This makes them a particularly interesting case study for philosophers interested in developing a non-ideal epistemology of testimony—where non-ideal epistemology is epistemology that is grounded in our everyday\, “real-world” knowledge practices\, including the acknowledgment of structural injustices and oppression. As proof of concept\, I present three case studies from contemporary journalism\, each of which serves to elucidate the norms of journalistic verification. The main takeaways are that (good) journalists subscribe to a well-defined practice of “responsible communication”; they distinguish between different kinds of facts based on what kind of verification should be expected for them; and they rely on a notion of authority that is fact- and source-sensitive. \n15:00–16:00 Francisca Silva ‘(In a Sense) Yes and (In a Different Sense) No’ \nThere are conversational contexts where we are confronted with yes-or-no questions for which neither option seems entirely right but where we are inclined to answer instead with “Yes and no” where this does not commit us with true contradictions for we are\, as we say\, talking “in different senses”. In this talk I aim to present a model for what goes on in such conversational contexts in terms of speakers taking the inquirers to have posed a defective question which is ambiguous between two non-defective questions that the speaker could appropriately answer with “Yes” and “No”\, respectively. From this model we can derive a method to determine what concepts can be employed to ask what adequate questions. \n16:00–17:00 Daniel Garibay Garcia ‘Authority and Group Assertion’  \nRecently there is a lot of interest in collective phenomena; group assertion among those. In everyday conversations\, it is very common that we attribute assertions not to individuals but to institutions\, governments\, companies\, research groups\,  etc. For example\, when the U.K. government says “Shortages are not related to Brexit” through a spokesperson\, or a research team publishes an article stating “Microplastics have been found in human bloodstream”. In this work\, I offer an account of group assertion. Utterances of sentences and expressions are paradigmatically performed by individuals\, then there is an interesting question about if assertions can be attributed to groups (and not just to individuals) and when. I aim to provide an account that distinguishes between group and individual assertions (meaning assertions that belong to individuals). I expect my account to inform us about the nature of group assertion as a speech act and its relation to individual assertion. In my account\, group assertion requires a special kind of authority: the authority to assert on behalf of a group. An assertion is a group assertion if the individual(s) performing the utterance have the authority to assert for it. To argue that my account is better than previous accounts\, I present a case of group assertion that I hold other accounts can’t explain. This is the case of what I call “individualistic collaborative assertions”. I also discuss relevant details about the concept of authority that other accounts that speak of authority in relation to group assertion have overlooked. \n  \nThe event is hosted by the Arché Philosophical Research Centre Epistemology: Current Themes.
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/sandy-goldberg-day/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Conference,Speaker visit
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221220T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221220T140000
DTSTAMP:20220925T101514Z
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SUMMARY:Language and Mind Seminar
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/language-and-mind-seminar-10-2022-12-06-2022-12-20/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Language and Mind Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221219T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221219T170000
DTSTAMP:20221019T223824Z
CREATED:20220707T115344Z
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SUMMARY:Metaphysics and Logic Seminar
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URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/metaphysics-and-logic-seminar-2-2022-09-19-2022-10-17/2022-12-19/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Metaphysics and Logic group
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221215T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221215T120000
DTSTAMP:20221019T145458Z
CREATED:20220707T120351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T145458Z
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SUMMARY:Super Special Seminar
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/super-special-seminar-7/2022-12-15/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Super Special Seminar series
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221214T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221214T180000
DTSTAMP:20221019T145518Z
CREATED:20220707T120014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T145518Z
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SUMMARY:Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory  Seminar
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URL:https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/feminist-philosophy-and-social-theory-seminar/2022-12-14/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03
CATEGORIES:Philosophy & Social Theory Arché Seminar
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