Is Understanding a Source of Epistemic Justification? Célia Teixeira (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) 12 June 2026, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: The claim that understanding is a source of epistemic justification has been closely tied to the debate about […]
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Common Knowledge and Publicity Sena Bozdag (University of Bayreuth) 5 June 2026, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: We study the relation between common knowledge and publicity, i.e. that certain events or facts are ”out in the open”, or ”public” in a […]
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Abstraction Principles and Part-Whole: a Retrospective Survey Paolo Mancosu (University of California, Berkeley) 29 May 2026, 17:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: In this talk, I will give a survey of my work on the interaction between abstraction principles in neologicism and […]
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X Is Essentially F Anna Marmodoro (Saint Louis University) 22 May 2026, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: In this paper I argue against the view that essences are related to the things that have them, as properties that things cannot lose […]
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The Difference Semantics for Conditionals Hannes Leitgeb (University of Munich) 15 May 2026, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: In my talk I will present a new semantics for conditionals according to which “if A then B“ is true in case (i) the […]
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Becoming Something Else Elia Zardini (Complutense University of Madrid) 8 May 2026, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: This paper discusses a specific puzzle of change concerning what is the case in the result of change, as when e.g. a lump of clay […]
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Concept Learning As Opening a Mental File Nico Orlandi (University of California, Santa Cruz) 24 April 2026, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: Standard accounts of concepts in philosophy and in cognitive psychology hold that we learn a target concept by learning […]
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24-25 September 2026 School of Arts and Humanities University of Lisbon Speakers: Katherine Puddifoot (University of Durham) Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern University) Lauren Leydon-Hardy (Amherst College) Carolina Flores (LanCog) Giada Fratantonio (LanCog) Eleonora Volta (NOVA) Rebecca Buxton (University of Bristol) Organizer: Giada Fratantonio (LanCog, University of Lisbon) This event is funded by Portuguese national […]
22-24 June 2026 Room A201 Anfiteatro III School of Arts and Humanities University of Lisbon The 2026 LanCog Summer Metaphysics Workshop will be an intensive, three day workshop on metaphysics, and will feature leading scholars from around the world. Attendance is open to all who are interested, but anyone who is planning to attend […]