Mariana Teixeira Free University of Berlin Dilaceração e interesse emancipatório: O sujeito revolucionário em Lukács e na epistemologia feminista 2 November 2021, 17h00 (Lisbon Time — GMT+0) Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia)* | School of Arts and Humanities – University of Lisbon   Abstract A teoria de reificação de Georg Lukács teve uma influência […]

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When reality is confusing: Distinguishing confused perceptions from imagination Ophelia Deroy (LMU) 29 October 2021, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – GMT+1) | Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: We ordinarily track whether something is real or imagined. To explain this, philosophers and cognitive scientists posit a subjective sense of reality which ‘tags’ certain representations as […]

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Reading Group as part of Praxis-CFUL activities Working language: English Organizers: Dr. Ricardo Mendoza-Canales (rcanales [at] letras.ulisboa.pt) & Anna de Martino (demartino.anna01 [at] gmail.com) Where: Sala Pedro Hispano (Departamento de Filosofia) – School of Arts and Humanities – University of Lisbon When: Wednesdays (and a Monday), from 15h00 to 17h00 (according to the calendar below) […]

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Dirk Michael Hennrich Praxis-CFUL, University of Lisbon Da ‘metafísica vegetal’ às ‘metafísicas canibais’: Considerações sobre o pensamento selvagem October 26 2021, 17h00 (Lisbon Time – GMT+1) Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) | School of Arts and Humanities – University of Lisbon (Online streaming via Zoom only by request at praxis.cful [at] gmail.com)   Abstract […]

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Implicit knowledge: expanding the bounds of agency Arnon Cahen (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 22 October 2021, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – GMT+1) | Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: In their classic (1977), ‘Telling more than we can Know’, Nisbett and Wilson purportedly show that we are often blind to factors influencing our actions. […]

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Davide Romano recently published a new paper “The Metaphysics of Decoherence” in Erkenntnis with Antonio Vassallo. The paper is available in open access here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-021-00469-8

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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the journal Disputatio, Prof. Timothy Williamson (Oxford) gave a lecture on October 7 on “Degrees of Freedom: Is Good Philosophy Bad Science?”. The lecture was hosted by the LanCog group at the Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon. The recording of the lecture can be found here: https://youtu.be/uT-8nvRgXLc Prof Timothy Williamson also gave a second […]

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WORKSHOP New Mechanism, Reduction and Emergence in Physics, Chemistry and Biology 14-15 October 2021 | online REGISTRATION The conference will be online, on Zoom. Attendance is free. To receive the Zoom link to attend the conference, please register: https://forms.gle/Bhtyarj2WacL8UWq5 Registration closes on October 13, at 8 pm (Lisbon time, GMT+1/UTC) PROGRAMME The programme is available […]

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First Steps in the Philosophy of Paradoxicality Elia Zardini (LanCog and Universidad Complutense de Madrid) 08 October 2021, 11:00 (Lisbon Time – GMT+1) | Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: According to the traditional definition of paradoxicality, in a paradox apparently true premises apparently entail an apparently false conclusion. I argue that the traditional […]

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Federico De Matteis University of L’Aquila Inhabiting the earthquake. Corporeal resonances and spatial practices 9 November 2021, 17h00 (Lisbon Time — GMT+0) Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia)* | School of Arts and Humanities – University of Lisbon   Abstract Earthquakes, as other natural disasters, are commonly considered destructive events that instantaneously affect a certain […]

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