In this session, Mandik will expand on his idea that persons are abstract things. To do this, he will discuss recent philosophical issues about personal identity, mind-uploading, and whether you could upload your mind to a piece of technology and survive.
5/6 – Philosophy in the Library: Rivka Weinberg, “Ultimate Meaning: We Don’t Have it, We Can’t Get it, and We Should be Very, Very Sad” @ the Dweck Center // 7:30 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
Philosophical Linguistics and Linguistical Philosophy (PhLiP) 8 will take place November 9-12, 2023 at the Tarrytown Estate in Westchester, NY.
Program Committee
Kai von Fintel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chris Kennedy, University of Chicago
Karen Lewis, Barnard College/Columbia University
Una Stojnić, Princeton University