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The Causal Structure of Reality, David Papineau (KCL)
4:30 pm
The Causal Structure of Reality, David Papineau (KCL)
@ Zoom
Mar 9 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
The current pandemic has focused attention on the techniques used by epidemiologists and other non-experimental scientists to infer causal hypotheses from correlational data. I have previously argued* that we need to explain these techniques by reducing causal relationships to dependencies in systems of structural equations with probabilistically independent exogenous variables. In this talk I shall aim to use this account to cast light on (a) single-case counterfactual dependence and actual causation, (b) the content and[...]
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Jonardon Ganeri (Toronto) Can theater teach us about what it’s like to be someone else?
7:00 pm
Jonardon Ganeri (Toronto) Can theater teach us about what it’s like to be someone else?
@ Zoom
Mar 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
How can we know what it’s like to be someone else? Classical Indian philosophers found the answer in theater, arguing that it’s not just a form of entertainment, but a source of knowledge of other minds. In this talk, I’ll explore how this theme is developed in Śrī Śaṅkuka (c. 850 CE) and examine the reasons his views were rejected in the later tradition. I’ll argue that those reasons are unsound, and that we can see why by[...]
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Olivia Branscum, “Fairness, Objectivity, and Grading Multimodal Assessments.”
4:10 pm
Olivia Branscum, “Fairness, Objectivity, and Grading Multimodal Assessments.”
@ 716 Philosophy Hall
Mar 24 @ 4:10 pm – 6:00 pm
LTF Event: Olivia Branscum,“Fairness, Objectivity, and GradingMultimodal Assessments.”
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