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We will be reading through a draft of Chapters 1 and 2 of Gillian Russell’s The Metaphysics of Logic. |
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Title:聽Hope and the Powers of Shared Agency Abstract: This paper argues that Kant鈥檚 theory of radical evil exalts the powers of organized, shared and institutional, agency. In section 1, I illustrate the paradoxicality of radical evil and the novelty of Kant鈥檚 鈥渆mpowering鈥 conception focused on human agency. In section 2, I argue that radical evil… |
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Philosophy of Climate Science Workshop
Please register by 25 April at the latest聽by filling out聽this form. Registration is free, but聽spaces are limited,聽so register quickly if you want to be sure of a spot! PhiCliSci Workshop 2025 May 6 & 7 St Mary鈥檚 College, lecture room 2 (catering in Seminar Room 2) Day 1 9.00-9.20 Coffee 9.20-9.30 Workshop Welcome (Mara van… |
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Title:聽The (Aesthetic) Value of Environmental Activism Abstract: TBC Location: Edgecliffe G03 |
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ECT Knowledge and Society workshop
ECT are holding a 1 day workshop on the 9th May. Speakers include: Peter Graham (U California Riverside), Amiya Hashkes (精东传媒), Jesper Kallestrup (Aberdeen), Jack Lyons (Glasgow) and Lara Scheibli (精东传媒). Venue: The Philosophy Department, Room G03, Edgecliffe, The Scores, 精东传媒. (With G01 for catering) Event Organiser: Jessica Brown Timetable聽(G01 for Catering):… |
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鈥榃orking women鈥: Gender, work, and the politics of refusal Popular discussions about the four-day working week, quiet quitting, and the great resignation following the Covid19 pandemic indicate dissatisfaction with and changing attitudes towards contemporary waged work. And yet, waged work remains central to the construction of the aspirational, entrepreneurial, hyper-industrious woman essential for development in…
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鈥榃orking women鈥: Gender, work, and the politics of refusal Popular discussions about the four-day working week, quiet quitting, and the great resignation following the Covid19 pandemic indicate dissatisfaction with and changing attitudes towards contemporary waged work. And yet, waged work remains central to the construction of the aspirational, entrepreneurial, hyper-industrious woman essential for development in…
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Title: The Boundaries of Learning in Humans and AI Abstract: In this talk, I discuss a recent controversy in the philosophies of AI and cognitive science. The issue of ‘impossible grammars’ has some pedigree in theoretical linguistics as an offshoot of both the Universal Grammar postulate and the Principles and Parameters framework of the early…
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Title:聽Feminism and Patriarchy in the Shadow of the Cold War 聽 Abstract:聽The presentation is an extract from my new book 鈥淟urking Cold War鈥 where I make an argument about historical communion 鈥 history that matters in ways that matter. Two of the protagonists in north Italy, Giorgia and Eleonora are resigned to a life in… |
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Scottish Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy XIII
15 MAY 11.00-11.15 Welcome 11.15-12.00 Colin Chamberlain (University College London),聽Margaret Cavendish on the Oneness of Colour and Body Alexander Douglas (University of 精东传媒) 12.00-12.45 Elisabeth Thorson (Durham University),聽Philo, Right Reason, and the Power of Platonism in 17th-Century Women Philosophers 12.45-14.00 Lunch 14.00-15.00 Keynote. Ruth Boeker (University College Dublin), Astell on Self-improvement and Friendship Chair:…
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Title: Merely Imagined Moralities Abstract: Artworks and other cultural products (films, novels, operas, pop songs, etc.) often express heroic, pessimistic, melancholy, or dark ways of looking at the world (also referred to as 鈥榩erspectives鈥). Sometimes, these worldviews appear politically inflected; we may, for instance, describe a work as “feminist” or “patriotic” according to the worldview… |
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Hyperintensionality Workshop
This workshop on May 19th will coincide with Shawn Standefer鈥檚 (NTU) visit to 精东传媒. 10am鈥11:15am Shawn Standefer: On the Hyperintensionality of Relevant Logics and Some of their Rivals. 11:30am鈥12:45pm Andrew Tedder: Subalgebras are Good Models of Topic. 2:15pm鈥3:30pm Franscisca Silva (online): Logicality and Invariance of Subject Matter. 3:45pm鈥5:00pm Tore 脴gaard: subDL is Relevant. Event… |
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Abstract: The universal conception of necessity says that necessary truth is truth in all possible worlds. This idea is well studied in the context of classical possible worlds models, and there its logic is S5. The universal conception of necessity is less well studied in non-classical models, and depending on the logic may differ from… |
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Pre-Read Session: Chapter 4 Linnebo聽Thin Objects and Rayo Chapter in Ebert & Rossberg (2016) |
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40 Years after Frege’s Conception of Numbers as Objects
This is a 3x day Arche workshop. Further particulars TBC
Crispin Wright Workshop
To register for in person attendance at this workshop, please click on the following link: Select tickets 鈥 Crispin Wright Workshop 鈥 精东传媒 University – St Mary鈥檚 College: T201 鈥 Lecture Room 1 Workshop Programme: Tuesday 27 May 鈥 Vagueness 9:15 鈥 9:30 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Coffee and biscuits 9:30… |
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Sandy Goldberg (Northwestern University) ‘How to think about normative defeat: a conversational approach’ |
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