Jussi Haukioja (NTNU): From Reference to Essence
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Causal theories of reference for natural kind terms are widely agreed to play a central role in arguments for the claim that theoretical identity statements such as “Water is H2O” are necessary, if true. However, there is also fairly wide-spread agreement, due to the arguments of Nathan Salmon (in…
ANU Gender Institute Public Lecture: Our bodies, whose property
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The first in the Gender Institute 2014 Public Lecture Series, Feminist Theory Now, will be presented by Professor Anne Phillips from the London School of Economics. Light refreshments will be served following this lecture - please RSVP for catering purposes via Eventbrite …
Ole Koksvik (Bergen): Three Models of Phenomenal Unity
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There is something it is like to have a headache – the experience of having a headache has a certain phenomenal character. There is also something it is like to be you overall as you’re having it, your overall conscious experience (at a time) also has a phenomenal character. The ‘local’ phenomenal…
Drew Khlentzos (UNE): IF and the Myth of Semantic Transparency
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Everything we know about the human mind tells us that cognition is selective and subject to various biases. Why then think that our semantic intuitions have been spared? In this talk I argue that they haven’t — not only is it possible that we might process certain concepts incorrectly, there are…