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Metaphors and Models: The Neuroscience of Comparison – Seminars in Society and Neuroscience
@ Faculty House, Columbia U
Metaphors and Models: The Neuroscience of Comparison – Seminars in Society and Neuroscience
@ Faculty House, Columbia U
Nov 20 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
This event explores the conceptual force of metaphors in neuroscience. How do metaphors shape how we think and communicate? How are they represented in the brain? To answer these questions, this event engages with the everyday persistence of these rhetorical tools by examining scientific studies of metaphor use and metaphors in scientific discourse. Featuring perspectives from neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, and philosophy, our speakers probe the distinction between metaphors and models that emerge from thinking[...]
4:15 pm
Rivalry between logics from a pluralist perspective, Erik Stei, Bonn
@ CUNY Grad Center, rm 3209
Rivalry between logics from a pluralist perspective, Erik Stei, Bonn
@ CUNY Grad Center, rm 3209
Nov 20 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Logical pluralism is commonly described as the view that there is more than one correct logic. It has been claimed that, in order for that view to be interesting, there has to be at least a potential for rivalry between the correct logics (e.g., in Field 2009, Priest 2006, Read 2006, Russell 2008). In this talk, I explore how the relevant notions of rivalry and correctness could be combined when relying on a semantic conception[...]
6:30 pm
Egotism from Westboro to the Klan – Tracy Llanera (Macquarie & UConn)
@ CUNY Grad Center, rm 5489
Egotism from Westboro to the Klan – Tracy Llanera (Macquarie & UConn)
@ CUNY Grad Center, rm 5489
Nov 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Tracy Llanera (Macquarie University, Australia & University of Connecticut Humanities Institute) Egotism from Westboro to the Klan Presented by New York Society for Women in Philosophy
6:30 pm
Philosophy of Language Workshop
@ NYU Philosophy Dept. rm 302
Philosophy of Language Workshop
@ NYU Philosophy Dept. rm 302
Nov 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
We’re a community of philosophers of language centered in New York City. We have a meeting each week at which a speaker presents a piece of their own work relating to the philosophy of language. During the Fall of 2017, we’ll meet at NYU (5 Washington Place, Room 302) on Monday evenings from 6:30 until 8:30. Please see our schedule of speakers below. Anyone with an interest in philosophy of language is welcome! 11 Sept[...]
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