Edgecliffe G03

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  • FPST Seminar – Roxani聽Krystalli (St. Andrews)

    Edgecliffe G03

    Title:聽Care, place, and the politics of attention Abstract:聽What does it feel like to love a place鈥攁nd to be loved by a place? What does caring for a place look like in the day-to-day? Dr聽Roxani聽Krystalli鈥檚 current research, with Dr Philipp Schulz at the University of Bremen, investigates what is political about relations and practices of love…

  • CEPPA Talk (in person) – John Broome (Oxford)

    Edgecliffe G03

    Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: The Continuum Argument Is Invalid Abstract: Derek Parfit argues by means of something he calls a 鈥榗ontinuum argument鈥� that a particular appealing premise in population axiology implies a conclusion that he and many others consider repugnant.聽He treats this as a paradox, and takes up the challenge of resolving it. He looks…

  • Epistemology Seminar: Paul Conlan (精东传媒)

    Edgecliffe G03

    Speaker: Paul Conlan (精东传媒) Entitlement of Cognitive Project and The Adoption Problem Keywords: Epistemology of Logic, Entitlement Epistemology, Adoption Problem Wright (2004) argues that we are warranted in the belief that modus ponens (MPP) is valid via an聽entitlement of cognitive project. Wright鈥檚 entitlement epistemology extends further, however: Wright聽(2014), suggests that the warrant for 鈥榗ornerstone鈥�…

  • CEPPA Talk (in person) – Jonathan Birch (LSE)

    Edgecliffe G03

    Title: Debating proportionality at the edge of sentience Abstract: Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects or spiders? How do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When does a fetus in the womb start to have conscious experiences? Could there even be rudimentary feelings…