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Seminar Series in Analytic Philosophy

Occipital and left temporal instantaneous amplitude and frequency oscillations correlated with access and phenomenal consciousness 8 June 2018, 16:00 Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: Given the hard problem of consciousness (Chalmers, 1995) there are no brain electrophysiological correlates of the subjective experience (the felt quality of redness or […]

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Eylem Özaltun Koç University Action Awareness as the Source of Flexibility in Skillful Copings 1 June 2018, 16:00 Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: As observed by Descartes, human action is distinctive for the wide range and specificity of skills we display. Many of these skills are highly flexible, […]

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Monika Betzler University of Munich Inverse Akrasia: A Case for Reasoning about One’s Emotions 25 May 2018, 16:00 Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: So-called “inverse akrasia” is meant to describe cases in which an agent acts against her better judgment out of an emotion. Such cases of akrasia […]

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Yonatan Shemmer University of Sheffield Subjectivists May Disagree 18 May 2018, 16:00 Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: Subjectivists, it is often said, cannot account for disagreement since on their view apparently conflicting moral judgments turn out to be compatible reports of the different beliefs of the speakers about […]

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Alan Hájek Australian National University Ω 11 May 2018, 16:00 Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: Probability theory is the dominant approach to modeling uncertainty. We begin with a set of possibilities or outcomes, usually designated ‘Ω’. We then assign probabilities—real numbers between 0 and 1 inclusive—to subsets of […]

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Filippo Ferrari University of Bonn How to Disagree with the Agnostic 4 May 2018, 16:00 Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: In this paper I aim to offer a positive reply to the following question: Can the agnostic — i.e. someone who suspends judgement about whether a certain proposition […]

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Luís Estevinha Rodrigues Federal University of Ceará & LanCog Belief-Basing, Epistemic Justification and Luck 27 April 2018, 16:00 Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: Bondy & Pritchard (2016, henceforth B&P) claim to have discovered a novel kind of harmful epistemic luck that can explain improper belief-basing. They call it […]

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Elia Zardini LANCOG University of Lisbon Generalised Tarski’s Thesis Hits Substructure 20 April 2018, 16:00 Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: At the core of JC Beall and Greg Restall’s brand of logical pluralism is “Generalised Tarski’s Thesis”, according to which a relation of logical consequence is characterised by […]

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