Wide Scope Philosopy Podcast - Episode 4
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Joshua Spencer - A New Counterexample to Principles of Alternative Possibilities (Young Philosophers Research Talk)
I just posted Joshua Spencer’s research talk titled “A New Counterexample to Principles of Alternative Possibilities.” Check it out. Aside: This is by far the fastest, I’ve been able to get these talks up (thanks Flip HD).
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Joshua Spencer - Time Travel and Freewill (Young Philosophers Intro Talk)
I just posted Joshua Spencer’s intro level talk Time Travel and Freewill. Check it out. Spencer kicked off our 2009-2010 Young Philosophers Lecture Series. I’ll post Spencer’s research talk “A New Counterexample to Principles of Alternative Possibilities” by sometime tomorrow. Also note that we have four excellent speakers
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Multiple Universe Response to the Fine-Tuning Argument
I want to talk about the multiple universe response to the Fine-Tuning Argument. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the fine-tuning argument here is a one-page handout that I give my students when we talk about it. It doesn’t contain all of the details of the argument, but it should give you the [...]
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Wide Scope Philosophy Podcast - Episode 3
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Wide Scope Philosophy Podcast - Episode 2
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“Believe That” and “Believe In”
I’m attracted to a traditional account of the semantics of belief reports which holds that the semantic content of a belief report of the form ‘S believes that P’ is a two-place relation that holds between a person and a proposition. I’m curious about other common phrases in English that (a) use the word ‘believe’, [...]
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Neil Feit to Give Hagan Lecture This Thursday
This is a heads up for readers in the area. Our philosophy department chair, Neil Feit, is the 2009 Hagan award recipient, and he will be presenting a talk titled “Mental Representation and the Self” this Thursday at 4PM in McEwen Hall Room 209. Here’s the an excerpt of the press release from SUNY Fredonia.
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“What Are Seemings?” Accepted for Publication!
My paper “What Are Seemings?” was just accepted for publication at Ratio! Here’s a link to the paper. I still have to make the style changes and add acknowledgements, but nothing of substance will be changed. Here’s the abstract. What Are Seemings? Abstract We are all familiar with the phenomenon of a proposition seeming true. [...]
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