J.L. Dowell (Syracuse): The Linguistic Case for Expressivism Reconsidered
Other
In a series of recent papers, Yalcin considers three alleged forms of challenge data for any descriptivist view about epistemic modals, so-called ‘epistemic contradictions’, de re epistemic modals, and our conflicting judgments in eavesdropper cases. In undermining descriptivism, this data is…
Jakob Hohwy (Monash) The predictive mind and embodied cognition
Seminar
Abstract: The prediction error minimization framework for explaining mind and cognition is becoming increasingly influential. Some believe it is the perfect partner for notions of embodied cognition, some believe that it is not. I explain the framework's core aspects and chart their consequences…
Philsoc Special Session
Seminar
This will be a special session of Philsoc, for Grads and Post Docs only. There will be three presentations of very early work in progress and discussion about how to develop them.
Kim Sterelny (ANU): Norms: Cooperation, Scale and Complexity
Other
Just about everyone who works on the evolution of social or moral norms connects the evolution of norms to the distinctive character of human cooperation. More specifically, important recent work has connected the evolution of norms to the scale of human cooperative life: this idea is developed in…