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The Nature of Representation. David Papineau (King’s College London & CUNY) 6:30 pm
The Nature of Representation. David Papineau (King’s College London & CUNY) @ CUNY Grad Center, rm 5307
Mar 3 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Teleosemantics analyses representation in terms of evolutionary history. A standard objection is that swampman’s lack of evolutionary history doesn’t stop him representing. I have responded that teleosematics is an a posteriori thesis and so no more threatened by imaginary swampmen than water = H2O is threatened by XYZ. Peter Schulte has retorted that H2O may be the essence of water but evolutionary history isn’t the essence of representation. This talk will argue that, on a[...]
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Cognitive Science Speaker Series 1:00 pm
Cognitive Science Speaker Series @ CUNY Grad Center, 7102
Mar 6 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2/7: Uriah Kriegel Philosophy, Rice University 2/21: Megan Peters Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine 2/28: Iris Berent Psychology, Northeastern University 3/6: Michael Glanzberg Philosophy, Rutgers University 3/20: Sam Coleman Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire 4/3: Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini Philosophy, Rutgers University 4/26: Nicholas Shea Institute of Philosophy, University of London Philosophy, University of Oxford 5/8: Diana Raffman Philosophy, University of Toronto
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Cancelled- The Statistical Nature of Causation. David Papineau 4:15 pm
Cancelled- The Statistical Nature of Causation. David Papineau @ CUNY Grad Center, 7395
Mar 16 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
For over a hundred years econometricians, epidemiologists, educational sociologists and other non-experimental scientists have used asymmetric correlational patterns to infer directed causal structures. It is odd, to say the least, that no philosophical theories of causation cast any light on why these techniques work. Why do the directed causal structures line up with the asymmetric correlational patterns? Judea Pearl says that the correspondence is a “gift from the gods”. Metaphysics owes us a better answer.[...]
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Cognitive Science Speaker Series 1:00 pm
Cognitive Science Speaker Series @ CUNY Grad Center, 7102
Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2/7: Uriah Kriegel Philosophy, Rice University 2/21: Megan Peters Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine 2/28: Iris Berent Psychology, Northeastern University 3/6: Michael Glanzberg Philosophy, Rutgers University 3/20: Sam Coleman Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire 4/3: Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini Philosophy, Rutgers University 4/26: Nicholas Shea Institute of Philosophy, University of London Philosophy, University of Oxford 5/8: Diana Raffman Philosophy, University of Toronto
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