Robert Stainton (Western University)
Activity
Title: "Anscombe and 'I' Robert J Stainton (with Andrew Botterell) Abstract: G.E.M. Anscombe appears to be one of the great philosophical minds of the 20th Century, with “The First Person” in particular being a singular contribution to analytic philosophy. In that paper, Anscombe appears to…
Edward Elliot (Leeds): Belief Barrels and Probability Orders [Note: RSSS "Thursday" seminar, but on a Tuesday]
Activity
In this paper, I will discuss comparativism, the view that comparative beliefs (e.g., being more confident that P than that Q) are more fundamental than partial beliefs (e.g., being x% confident that P). There are three parts to the paper. The first part is sympathetic: using an idea from Ramsey, I…
Shang Long Yeo (TPR): Debunking Arguments and Evidence of Epistemic Failure
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Title: Debunking Arguments and Evidence of Epistemic Failure Abstract: You have some moral beliefs. What, if anything, could you learn about the causes and counterfactual behaviour of these beliefs such that you rationally ought to reduce confidence in them, or jettison them altogether? Some…
Terry MacDonald (Melbourne): Global political legitimacy: Empowering collective agency beyond the democratic state
Activity
Legitimacy is one of the most fundamental values in contemporary political analysis, but also one of the most contested. Controversies surrounding the meaning and content of the value of legitimacy within sovereign states have been long pursued within rich traditions of liberal and democratic…
Graham Oddie (Colorado Boulder): What is so good about being happy?
Activity
Happiness and well-being have both played a rich role in the history of value theory and ethics. According to prominent versions of utilitarianism happiness and/or well-being is that which we have a moral obligation to promote or even maximize. Despite the centrality of the two concepts…
Clare Due (Pre Submission): Two Dilemmas for Linguistic Modal Conventionalism
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Linguistic modal conventionalism says that modal truth depends on conventional rules governing the use of language. Historically, this theory has its roots in the positivist position that necessity is equivalent to analyticity. Its recent proponents have focused on defending it from Quinean…
Jessica Keiser: Coordinating with Language
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Linguistic meaning is determined by use. But given the fact that any given expression can be used in a variety of ways, this claim marks where metasemantic inquiry begins rather than where it ends. It sets an agenda for the metasemantic project: to distinguish in a principled and explanatory way…