Title: “Against ‘Good For,’ Against ‘Well-Being'” Abstract:聽This paper challenges the widely held view that 鈥榞ood for鈥�, 鈥榳ell- being鈥�, and related terms express a distinctive evaluative concept of central importance for…
Title: Logical Akrasia Abstract:聽The aim of this paper is two-fold. First, it introduces the concept logical akrasia (by analogy to epistemic akrasia). Second, it discusses how logical akrasia relates to…
Breckenridge & Magidor: ‘Arbitrary Reference’
Moral Philosophy Reading Group Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week, chosen by a different member each time. Day/time: Wednesdays 3pm to 4pm on Teams. Organizer: Theron…
Colin Troesken will lead a discussion of Anne Eaton’s paper聽鈥楢 Lady on the Street but a Freak in the Bed鈥�: On the Distinction Between Erotic Art and Pornography聽(abstract below). Please…
Abstract: In this talk I examine, and rebut, Goldberg鈥檚 (2020) arguments in favour of a conversational norm that would defeasibly entitle linguistic agents to presume that silence indicates assent (NSR).…
Title: 鈥淓pistemic Reparations and the Right to be Known鈥� Abstract: In this paper, I provide an account of the epistemic significance of the phenomenon of 鈥渂eing known鈥� and the relationship…
Abstract: In this paper, I provide an account of the epistemic significance of the phenomenon of 鈥渂eing known鈥� and the relationship it has to reparations that are distinctively epistemic. Drawing…
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