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Recent Work in Decision Theory and Epistemology Workshop @ Philosophy Hall rm 716
Recent Work in Decision Theory and Epistemology Workshop @ Philosophy Hall rm 716
Mar 3 all-day
Speakers: Jennifer Carr (University of California, San Diego) Ryan Doody (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Harvey Lederman (Princeton University) Chris Meacham (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Organizer: Melissa Fusco (Columbia University) 9:30 – 10:00 Breakfast (716 Philosophy Hall) SESSION I Chair: Melissa Fusco 10:00 – 11:30 Jennifer Carr: “Can Accuracy Motivate Modesty?” 11:30 – 11:45 Coffee Break I SESSION II Chair: Jessica John Collins 11:45 – 1:15 Ryan Doody: “Hard Choices Made Harder” 1:15 – 2:30 Lunch[...]
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6:00 pm Making Our Thoughts Clear: The Role of Language in the Pursuit of Self-Knowledge – Eli Alshanetsky (Stanford) @ Orozco Room, A712
Making Our Thoughts Clear: The Role of Language in the Pursuit of Self-Knowledge – Eli Alshanetsky (Stanford) @ Orozco Room, A712
Feb 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
We often make our thoughts clear to ourselves in the process of putting them into words. In this lecture I introduce a new puzzle about this process—one that’s reminiscent of the famous paradox about inquiry in Plato’s Meno. The puzzle is that, on the one hand, coming to know what we’re thinking seems to require finding words that would express our thought; yet, on the other hand, finding such words seems to require already knowing[...]
5:30 pm Epistemology and Ethics Workshop @ Plaza View Room, 12th Flr, Lowenstein
Epistemology and Ethics Workshop @ Plaza View Room, 12th Flr, Lowenstein
Feb 27 @ 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
The Epistemology and Ethics group is composed of faculty and graduate students at Fordham and other nearby universities. Papers are read in advance, so the majority of the time is devoted to questions and discussion. If interested in attending, email dheney[at]fordham[dot]edu. September 19th  Kate Manne (Cornell) October 17th  Sandy Goldberg (Northwestern) November 14th  Eden Lin (Ohio State) February 27th  Nathan Ballantyne (Fordham) March 20th  Sophie Horowitz (UMass, Amherst) April 24th  Nomy Arpaly (Brown)