Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Shawn Simpson (University of Pittsburgh)
Edgecliffe G03 and via MS TeamsWeek of Events
Monday, June 24, 2024
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
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June 25, 2024 -Language and Mind seminar
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June 25, 2024 -Language and Mind seminar: No seminar
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June 25, 2024 -FPST Seminar
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June 25, 2024 -FPST Seminar – Viviane Fairbank (St. Andrews and Stirling) (online)
FPST Seminar – Viviane Fairbank (St. Andrews and Stirling) (online)
Title: Some Thoughts on Victimhood and Feminism Abstract: In her book Conflict Is Not Abuse (2016), Sarah Schulman argues that, in many domains of public and private life, false accusations of harm allow (groups of) people to conflate 鈥渃onflict,鈥� which is quotidian, and 鈥渁buse,鈥� which is more problematic but infrequent. The general tendency to mis-identify…
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
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June 26, 2024 -Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Shawn Simpson (University of Pittsburgh)
Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Shawn Simpson (University of Pittsburgh)
Title: ‘Logic and Inference in the Sender-Receiver Model’ Abstract: Logic, inference, language 鈥� somehow these are all connected. But how? One of David Lewis鈥檚 goals in his book聽Convention聽(1969)聽was to answer this question. There, he presented what is now known as the sender-receiver model of communication, and he revealed how conventionally meaningful communication might come about.…
Thursday, June 27, 2024
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June 27, 2024 -Plenary Seminar
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June 27, 2024 -Epistemology Seminar: Matt McGrath (Washington University in St Louis)
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June 27, 2024 -Unity Pre-Reading: Quasi-Analysis I
Epistemology Seminar: Matt McGrath (Washington University in St Louis)
Speaker: Matt McGrath (Washington University in St Louis) Should have Known聽and Epistemically Appropriate Belief Sometimes people don鈥檛 know things they should have known. For instance, cardiologists should know about recent major developments that bear on their practice; if they don鈥檛 know, they should have. Can what a person should have known matter to what they鈥檙e…
Unity Pre-Reading: Quasi-Analysis I
Leitgeb, Hannes (2007). A New Analysis of Quasianalysis. Journal of Philosophical Logic 36 (2):181-226. https://philpapers.org/rec/LEIANA-3
Friday, June 28, 2024
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June 28, 2024 -All Arch茅 Research Day
All Arch茅 Research Day
The All Arch茅 Research Day is a whole-of-Arch茅 get-together. It鈥檚 an opportunity to foster interaction between research streams, and to celebrate achievements from the year 2023-2024. Session 1: 10am-11am (Chair: Jessica Brown) Talk 1 Katharina Bernhard: Epistemic Projection and Inductive Risk Coffee Break: 11am-11:30am Session 2: 11:30am-1pm (Chair: Francesco Berto) Lightning talks: 11:30am-12noon (Jessica Brown,…
Saturday, June 29, 2024
No events on this day.
Sunday, June 30, 2024
No events on this day.