| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Logic & Metaphysics Workshop
4:15 pm
Logic & Metaphysics Workshop
@ CUNY Grad Center, rm 3309
May 7 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Feb 26 Martin Pleitz, Muenster Mar 5 Vera Flocke, NYU Mar 12 Roy Sorensen, WUSTL Mar 19 Alex Citkin, Private Researcher Mar 26 Chris Scambler, NYU Apr 2 SPRING RECESS. NO MEETING Apr 9 Greg Restall, Melbourne Apr 16 Daniel Nolan, Notre Dame Apr 23 Mel Fitting, CUNY Apr 30 Sungil Han, Seoul National May 7 Andreas Ditter, NYU May14 Rohit Parikh
The Reduction of Necessity to Essence – Andreas Ditter (NYU)
4:15 pm
The Reduction of Necessity to Essence – Andreas Ditter (NYU)
@ CUNY Grad Center, rm 3309
May 7 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
In ‘Essence and Modality’, Kit Fine proposes that for a proposition to be metaphysically necessary is for it to be true in virtue of the nature of all objects whatsoever. Call this view ‘Fine’s Thesis’. On its intended interpretation, the view takes for granted a notion of essence that is not analyzable in terms of metaphysical necessity. It can thus be understood as an analysis of metaphysical necessity in terms of an independently understood notion[...]
|
||||||
|
To What Extent is a Group an Individual? (Rohit Parikh)
4:15 pm
To What Extent is a Group an Individual? (Rohit Parikh)
@ CUNY Grad Center, rm 3309
May 14 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Dennett in his Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (1995) and Kinds of Minds (1996) discusses an evolutionary hierarchy of intellectual progress. He calls the hierarchy the ‘Tower of Generate-and-Test,’ where there are five kinds of creatures. These range from  ‘Darwinian creatures,’ organisms which are blindly generated and field-tested, to Popperian creatures which can make plans, to creatures like human beings who use ‘language’ to communicate with others like them. One could ask, “at what level, if any,[...]
|
||||||
|
Metaphysical Mayhem
Metaphysical Mayhem
@ Rutgers Philosophy Dept. 5th floor Seminar Rm.
May 21 – May 25 all-day
The Department’s colloquium series typically meets on Thursdays in the Seminar Room at Gateway Bldg, 106 Somerset Street, 5th Floor. 2/27/18 Goldman Lecture, 4pm 3/1/18 Mesthene Lecture, Prof. Miranda Fricker (GC-CUNY), 3:00-6:30 pm 3/22/18 RU Climate Lecture, Prof. Sally Haslanger (MIT) 3:00-5:00 pm 4/8/18 Karen Bennett (Cornell University) 4/12/18 Sanders Lecture, Prof. Linda Zagzebski (University of Oklahoma) 4/13/18 Rutgers Chinese Philosophy Conference, 9:30 am-6:30 pm 4/13-4/14/18 Marilyn McCord Adams Memorial Conference 4/14-4/15/18 Rutgers-Columbia Undergraduate Philosophy[...]
|
||||||
Subscribe to filtered calendar