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Mind and Language Seminar 4:00 pm
Mind and Language Seminar @ NYU Philosophy Dept. rm 202
May 1 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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Our topic for Spring 2018 will be Formal Frameworks for Semantics and Pragmatics. We’ll be investigating a range of questions in semantics and/or pragmatics which involve or are relevant to the choice between different kinds of overall structure for theories in these areas. In most sessions, the members of the seminar will receive a week in advance, copies of recent work, or work in progress from a thinker at another university. After reading this work,[...]
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Rutgers Epistemology Conference 2019
Rutgers Epistemology Conference 2019 @ Hyatt Regency, Conference rm. BC
May 3 – May 4 all-day
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The REC is a pre-read conference. The papers will be made available on April 15. Friday, May 3, 2019 1:30 – 3:15 pm     Alex Byrne (MIT)     Chair: TBD Coffee Break 3:45 – 5:30 pm     Susanna Rinard (Harvard)     Chair: TBD Dinner 7:30 – 9:15 pm     Jonathan Kvanvig (Washington University St Louis)     Chair: TBD Reception 9:30 – 11:00 PM Saturday, May 4, 2019 9:30 – 11:15 am     Anil Gupta (University[...]
The Ethics of Donor Conception
The Ethics of Donor Conception @ Kimmel Center, Room 802
May 3 – May 4 all-day
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There are no reliable statistics on how many children are created in the United States from donated gametes. The CDC, which collects statistics on in vitro fertilization, reported that roughly 9,000 children were born from IVF with donated eggs in 2015. But according to the Donor Sibling, Registry, a survey of such parents found that 40% of those responding were never asked to report the birth of their child. And most births from donated sperm[...]
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Workshop on Consciousness, Memory, and the Freudian Unconscious
Workshop on Consciousness, Memory, and the Freudian Unconscious @ NYU Philosophy Dept. rm 202
May 4 all-day
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Program details forthcoming.
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Conference in Honor of Jerry Fodor
Conference in Honor of Jerry Fodor @ Academic Building, Room 1180, Rutgers
May 16 – May 17 all-day
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Thursday, May 16th 9:00-9:30 am Breakfast (Provided) 9:30-9:45 am Opening Remarks, James Swenson, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs 9:45-10:45 am Session 1 – Tom Bever, “Foundational cognitive science themes that Jerry explored” 10:45-11:00 am Coffee Break 11:00 am – Noon Session 2 – Rochel Gelman, “Innate learning and beyond: The case of number” Noon – 2:30 pm Lunch (Not provided, see below for options) 2:30-3:30 pm Session 3 – Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, “What Jerry and I got right[...]
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