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Methodology for the Metaphysics of Pregnancy, Suki Finn, Southampton 4:15 pm
Methodology for the Metaphysics of Pregnancy, Suki Finn, Southampton @ CUNY Grad Center, 6494
Dec 3 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
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One of the central questions in the metaphysics of pregnancy is this: Is the foetus a part of the mother? In this paper I seek not to answer this question, but rather to raise methodological concerns regarding how to approach answering it. Given the parthood relationship in question, should we be looking to mereology? Or given the biological entities in question, should we be looking to the philosophy of science, or even to biology itself?[...]
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Semantic Relationism and the Relational View of Proposition, Byeong-uk Yi (Toronto) 4:15 pm
Semantic Relationism and the Relational View of Proposition, Byeong-uk Yi (Toronto) @ CUNY Grad Center, 6494
Dec 10 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
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In Semantic Relationism, Kit Fine proposes semantic relationism, the view that semantic relationship among linguistic expressions is not reducible to their intrinsic semantic features, and combines this view with referentialism, the view that intrinsic semantic features of linguistic expressions are exhausted by their referents.  In this talk, I will point out some difficulties with his account and present a way to overcome them by taking a thorough version of semantic relationism. The Logic and Metaphysics[...]
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Rethinking Pregnancy: Two Philosophical Perspectives with Suki Finn and Jennifer Scuro 6:30 pm
Rethinking Pregnancy: Two Philosophical Perspectives with Suki Finn and Jennifer Scuro @ Martin E. Segal Theater
Dec 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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Pregnancy is something that affects all of us: Many of us are, have been, or will be, pregnant; and each and every one of us is the result of a pregnancy. But there remain deep and important questions about pregnancy that are yet to be answered. What is it to be pregnant?  How can we understand the complex relationship between the fetus and the mother?  What are the myths and assumptions that surround the phenomenon[...]
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