Alethic Paradoxes and Epistemology
Seminar
Please note that this talk is moved to Lectorial 1 on the ground floor of the RSSS building. In my talk, I will introduce the Buddhist epistemological analysis of the liar paradox by situating this analysis in the context of contemporary studies of paradoxes. I will start with defining a paradox…
Magnets, How Do They Work?
Seminar
According to reference magnetism, there are facts independent from our psychology and conventions which make certain things more eligible (or magnetic) to be the targets of our thought and talk, constraining content. In this paper, we clarify how these magnets would need to work in order…
Feb 8 - TBC
Seminar
Speaker TBC 12–1PM 8 FEBRUARY 2023 Location: RSSS room 6.71 or online via this Zoom link Paper title, details for accessing the paper and session details will be circulated through the Philsoc-l mailing list, which you can subscribe to here.
Sarah McGrath (Princeton)
Seminar
Sarah McGrath (Princeton) 12–1PM 9 DECEMBER 2022 Location: RSSS room 6.71 or online via this Zoom link Paper title, details for accessing the paper and session details will be circulated through the Philsoc-l mailing list, which you can subscribe to here.
Comparativism About Instrumental Value - Dmitri Gallow (ACU)
Seminar
Speaker: Dmitri Gallow Abstract: Nihilists about instrumental value deny that choices have any objective, instrumental values. They say that there’s no fact-of-the-matter about what a choice did to help you achieve your ends. Absolutists about instrumental value say that…
Richard Moore (Warwick)
Seminar
Speaker: Richard Moore Abstract: TBC Please note that these seminars are open to the public and in person only.
Distributive Justice and the Commodification of Water - Adrian Walsh (UNE)
Seminar
Speaker: Adrian Walsh Abstract: "What should we think about commodifying the natural resource of water from the point of view of distributive justice? In many parts of the world today, processes of commodification of water resources are well under way – so much so that, in some areas, water…