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The tragic irony of life. Renaudie Pierre Jean
6:00 pm
The tragic irony of life. Renaudie Pierre Jean
@ Wolff Conference Room, D1103
Mar 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
According to a pervasive and widespread literature, we came, whether we want it or not, to surround our existences with all sorts of narratives: retrospective interpretations of what came before us and how we were born, anticipative stories about what is to come and what we should expect, and, most of all, restless attempts to describe what our present is made of so that we know how to make sense of it. First-person narratives occupy[...]
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New York German Idealism Workshop
4:30 pm
New York German Idealism Workshop
@ New School, tba
Mar 6 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Luca Corti (University of Padua) – March 6 Amy Allen (Penn State) – March 27 Andreja Novakovic (UC Berkeley) – April 3 Alberto Siani (University of Pisa) – May 8
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Cancelled- The Statistical Nature of Causation. David Papineau
4:15 pm
Cancelled- The Statistical Nature of Causation. David Papineau
@ CUNY Grad Center, 7395
Mar 16 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
For over a hundred years econometricians, epidemiologists, educational sociologists and other non-experimental scientists have used asymmetric correlational patterns to infer directed causal structures. It is odd, to say the least, that no philosophical theories of causation cast any light on why these techniques work. Why do the directed causal structures line up with the asymmetric correlational patterns? Judea Pearl says that the correspondence is a “gift from the gods”. Metaphysics owes us a better answer.[...]
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New York German Idealism Workshop
4:30 pm
New York German Idealism Workshop
@ Columbia U, tba
Mar 27 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Luca Corti (University of Padua) – March 6 Amy Allen (Penn State) – March 27 Andreja Novakovic (UC Berkeley) – April 3 Alberto Siani (University of Pisa) – May 8
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