Metaphysical Indeterminacy of Causal Relations: the Case of the Quantum Switch Laurie Letertre (University of Munich) 19 December 2025, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: It is often assumed that, if c causes e, then it is determinate that c causes e. […]
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Deflationism: From Semantics to Ontology Thomas Schindler (University of Amsterdam) 12 December 2025, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: I present a deflationary account of abstract objects, focusing on numbers and properties. This account can be seen as a natural extension of […]
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“A Goblin Walking Quietly Over the Universe”: Artifactual Events and Musical Experience Simon Evnine (University of Miami) 5 December 2025, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: In this paper, I take my account of the making of artifactual objects and see whether […]
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Some Problems of Normal Form in Logical Metainferentialism Bogdan Dicher (University of the Witwatersrand) 28 November 2025, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: In “Logical Metainferentialism” (Ergo, forthcoming), Dicher and Paoli develop a theory of harmony for metainferential calculi in the FDE […]
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Prime Numbers and Periodical Cicadas: The Case for Mathematical Platonism? Luca Caiti (LanCog, University of Lisbon) 21 November 2025, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: In his “Are There Genuine Mathematical Explanations of Physical Phenomena?” (2005), Alan Baker proposed an indispensable mathematical […]
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Some Problems of Normal Form in Logical Metainferentialism Bogdan Dicher (University of the Witwatersrand) 28 November 2025, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: In “Logical Metainferentialism” (Ergo, forthcoming), Dicher and Paoli develop a theory of harmony for metainferential calculi in the […]
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Against Norms of Knowledge David Papipneau (King’s College London) 14 November 2025, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: Intuitive support for norms of knowledge (governing assertion, belief and action) comes largely from lottery-like cases in which high confidence is causally unconnected with […]
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What is Purely Epistemic Normativity, and Why? A Study in Wolfian Epistemology Richard Pettigrew (University of Bristol) 7 November 2025, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: What is the distinction between what we ought to believe simpliciter and what we ought to believe epistemically speaking, […]
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A Puzzle Concerning Reason and the Emotions Ram Neta (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) 31 October 2025, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: Each of the following theses enjoys some support in recent philosophical discussions: (1) emotions, like judgments and resolutions, […]
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The Overcoming of Dynamical Explanations by Geometrical Explanations in Three Scientific Revolutions Mauro Dorato (Università degli studi Roma Tre) 24 October 2025, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: According to Kuhn, scientific revolutions are characterized by a radical change in the phenomena […]
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