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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,... |
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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,... |
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We use the plenary seminar time slot on occasions when we have a meeting of wider interest to the whole Arché community. 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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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We use the plenary seminar time slot on occasions when we have a meeting of wider interest to the whole Arché community. Abstract: I argue that it can be rational to defer to an authority about what to believe or what to do even when doing so goes... |
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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... |
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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... |
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Title: Why the History of Logic Should Matter to Modern Logicians Abstract: The starting point of this talk is the present-day state of logic, a... We will be reading excerpts from José Medina's The Epistemology of Protest (2023). |
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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... |
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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... |
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We use the plenary seminar time slot on occasions when we have a meeting of wider interest to the whole Arché community. We will be reading Z. Quanbeck & A. Worsnip's “A Permissivist Alternative to Encroachment,” Philosophers’ Imprint (forthcoming). |
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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.... |
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No Metaphysics and Logic Seminar this week due to a conference. |
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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,... We use the plenary seminar time slot on occasions when we have a meeting of wider interest to the whole Arché community. 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... |
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