Erick Llamas (ANU): "The Realiser-realiser Identity Theory of Mind"
Seminar
In this talk I will present a new kind of identity theory of mind that I call the realiser-realiser identity theory. Roughly put, the view holds that for any mental property M there is a physical property P such that the realiser of M is identical with the realiser of P. I will argue that this…
Marco Meyer (York): Fake News, Conspiracy, and Intellectual Virtue
Seminar
Recent work in virtue epistemology has suggested that conspiracy theorists suffer from intellectual vices. I present new evidence from survey experiments measuring intellectual virtue and the readiness of people to buy into conspiracy theories and their ability to spot fake news. I focus on three…
Sophia Moreau (UToronto): Discrimination and the Relevance of Deliberative Freedom
Seminar
Abstract: This talk is based on one chapter of my forthcoming book, Faces of Inequality: A Theory of Wrongful Discrimination. The book as a whole defends a pluralist theory of when and why discrimination is wrong: I argue that there are a number of different reasons why discrimination…
Anandi Hattiangadi (Stockholm University): Semantic Supervenience and Haecceitism
Seminar
Abstract: This paper takes issue with the widely held view that semantic properties supervene on some class of non-semantic properties. The focus here is on singular thoughts and utterances of sentences involving proper names, such as ‘Socrates’, or demonstratives, such as ‘that’. First, it is…
Experimental Philosophy and Normativity Workshop
Workshop
PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE Monday 22 July 2019 9:15 -‐ 9:30 Welcome & Introduction 9:30 -‐ 10:30 Talk 1: Matthew Kopec (ANU) "Cooperating with future generations” 10:30 -‐ 10:50 Coffee Break 10:50 -‐ 11:50 Talk 2: Mark Alfano (Delft/ACU) "Social Network Epistemology" 11:50 -‐ 12:50 Lunch…
2019 Jack Smart Lecture - Frances Kamm: Parfit on the Irrelevance of Deontological Distictions
Lecture
Professor Frances Kamm (Henry Rutgers University Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University) Abstract: In the last part of volume 3 of his On What Matters Derek Parfit argues against the moral relevance of such deontological distinctions as harming versus not aiding, harming persons as a mere…
Jennifer Nagel: The Epistemic Backchannel
Seminar
In the regular flow of human conversation, we send many signals to each other about what we do and do not know. This talk examines what sociologists call “the epistemic backchannel”, with an eye to understanding its purpose and its impact on communication. Empirical work on representations of the…