We'll have the second session of our reading meeting on 'Vagueness' (Williamson, 1994). This week we'll discuss Chapter 5. Rasmus will be leading the discussion. We'll...
Title: Grounding Gender in Gender Identity Abstract: Contra recent proposals, for instance by Dembroff (2018) and Jenkins (2023), I’ll argue for the Real Gender assumption,...
Title: The Modal Disunity of Metaphysical Truths Abstract: Systematicity has good claim to being a theoretical virtue: that is, for candidate theories T1 and T2,...
Abstract: Recent research on conspiracy theories, in philosophy as well as in other fields, has tended to focus on beliefs that are (from a ‘mainstream’ perspective...
Our last reading session is to read Chapter 7 and 8 of Williamson's book, Vagueness (Williamson, 1994). Sabina will be leading the discussion on Chapter 7 and Victor will be on Chapter...
Title: The Role of 'Topic' in Demographic Generalisations & Algorithmic (In)justice Abstract: Representations of the world sometimes seem both accurate and objectionable, as in the case...
Title: Vulnerability and Exposure: On Untimely Blame and Public Blame Content warning: certain sensitive subjects, including serious illness, bereavrment, and sexual harassment, will be (briefly) referenced...
Title: The Hyperintensional Mind Abstract: Agents do not automatically believe all the necessary equivalents of the things they believe; and they do not always desire...
Title: The grounding problem in language and reality Abstract: Philosophy of language has long struggled with the symbol-grounding problem of meaning. If symbols are only...
Title: Activist Slogans and 'Reframing the Debate' Abstract: This talk will examine the role of slogans in social justice movements and how we should understand...
Title: Carnap on Metaphysics, Before and After 1932: The Importance of Tolerance Abstract: Late in 1932, Carnap accepts the Principle of Tolerance. This makes a fundamental...
Title: Philosophical foundations for radical love Abstract: Much recent philosophical work on love seeks to understand it as a fitting response to the value of...
Title: Ontology of Some Philosophy Abstract: When philosophers discuss philosophical views, theories, or arguments, their discussion is often not metaphysically innocent. Given certain substantial but...
Title: Vague Mereology and Supervaluationism Abstract: What is the referent of ‘Mt Everest’, ‘Edinburgh’, and even of ‘Meta’ and ‘Mark Zuckerberg’? Like dust, vagueness ‘gets...
Title: Understanding the Metaphysics of Pregnancy and its Implications Abstract: Around the world, many countries have legislation in place which limits access to reproductive rights....
Neutrality and Neutralism Workshop Arché Research Centre, University of St Andrews November 30th – December 1st 2023. Venue: School II, United College, St Salvator's Quad,...
Abstract: I’ll be sharing some of the work in progress on my dissertation, where I inquire about the relationship between understanding and responsible belief. Drawing...