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Are delusions pathological beliefs? Lisa Bortolotti (University of Birmingham) 27 May 2022, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) | Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: For many philosophers, delusions are pathological beliefs, due to their being both harmful and caused by a dysfunction. In this talk, I put pressure on the account of delusions […]
Read more Seminar Series in Analytic Philosophy 2021-22, Session 29
On Wednesday 25 May Vera Matarese (University of Bern) will give a talk titled “Quantum Fictionalism”. The series of online seminars is organized in the context of the activities of the LanCog Research Group at the Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon, and will focus on the foundations of quantum and spacetime […]
Read more Lisbon Philosophy of Physics Seminars: Vera Matarese (25 May on Zoom)
Frank Ruda University of Dundee On the Concept of Prehistory, if it is one 24 May 2022, 17h00 (Lisbon Summer Time — GMT+1) Sala Mattos Romão (Room C201.J – Department of Philosophy) | School of Arts and Humanities – University of Lisbon Abstract Capitalism seems to have changed everything. It established a fundamentally new […]
Read more Praxis Seminar: Research Colloquium in Practical Philosophy 2021/22, Session 21
Frames affecting central debates within analytic philosophy of language Zsófia Zvolenszky (Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös Univesity) 20 May 2022, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) | Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: The cognitive linguist George Lakoff focuses on frames affecting political discourse: when tax cuts were labelled “tax relief”, a frame was invoked […]
Read more Seminar Series in Analytic Philosophy 2021-22, Session 28
Robustness and evolution in climate models: some notes Luís Estevinha Rodrigues (Federal University of Ceará) 23 May 2022, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) | Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report on climate change (late 2021, early 2022) submits an even grimmer picture of the current anthropogenic global warming […]
Read more Seminar Series in Analytic Philosophy 2021-22, Extra Session 2
Epistemic trespassing and epistemic free-riding Luís Estevinha Rodrigues (Federal University of Ceará) 20 May 2022, 11:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) | Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: Experts and non-experts become epistemic trespassers by making judgments about issues belonging to scientific fields where they lack competence, evidence, or both (Ballantyne 2019; DiPaolo 2021). […]
Read more Seminar Series in Analytic Philosophy 2021-22, Extra Session 1
On Wednesday, 18 May, Baptiste Le Bihan (University of Geneva) will give a talk titled “Composing and Causing Spacetime in Quantum Gravity” (abstract below). The series of online seminars is organized in the context of the activities of the LanCog Research Group at the Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon, and will […]
Read more Lisbon Philosophy of Physics Seminars: Baptiste Le Bihan (18 May on Zoom)
Moirika Reker Praxis-CFUL, University of Lisbon Em torno da Filosofia do Jardim em Rosario Assunto, ou o jardim, sempre! 17 May 2022, 17h00 (Lisbon Summer Time — GMT+1) Sala Mattos Romão (Room C201.J – Department of Philosophy) | School of Arts and Humanities – University of Lisbon Abstract Ao longo de cerca de meio […]
Read more Praxis Seminar: Research Colloquium in Practical Philosophy 2021/22, Session 20
On Wednesday, 11 May, Antonio Vassallo (Warsaw University of Technology) and Pedro Naranjo (Warsaw University of Technology) will give a talk titled “A Proposal for a Metaphysics of Self-Subsisting Structures” (abstract below). The series of online seminars is organized in the context of the activities of the LanCog Research Group at the Centre of […]
Read more Lisbon Philosophy of Physics Seminars: Vassallo & Naranjo (11 May on Zoom)
Justified belief for Gnostics Julien Dutant (King’s College London) 13 May 2022, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) | Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: According the Lockean view, it is justified to believe P iff it’s rational to have a high credence in P. A theory of degrees of justification fits this view […]
Read more Seminar Series in Analytic Philosophy 2021-22, Session 27