The Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon (CFUL) welcomes expressions of interest from candidates who want to apply for a PhD grant (up to 4 years) funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) under the Individual Call for PhD Research Scholarships. The FCT will accept applications until 28 April […]
Jennifer Lackey Northwestern University The Epistemology of Groups 21 February 2020, 16:00 Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: Groups are often said to believe, know, and do things. For instance, we talk about the Catholic Church believing that the Pope is infallible, the U.S. government knowing that greenhouse gases […]
Paulo Faria Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Content, Context, and Logical Form 19 February 2020, 11:00 Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: Judgments about the validity of at least some elementary inferential patterns (say modus ponens) are a priori if anything is. Yet a number of empirical […]
Tamara Caraus Centre of Philosophy – University of Lisbon “Love Your Neighbour!” – A Cosmopolitan Demand? 11 February 2020, 18:00 h Room B6 – Library Building Faculty of Arts and Humanities – University of Lisbon Abstract A common critique of cosmopolitanism is that human motivational drives such as empathy or a sense of fairness […]
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Gavin Rae Complutense University of Madrid Strategies of Political Resistance: Agamben and Irigaray 4 February 2020, 18:00 h Room B6 – Library Building Faculty of Arts and Humanities – University of Lisbon Abstract This talk focuses on the thought of Giorgio Agamben and Luce Irigaray to engage with the question of political resistance. Little […]
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Simone Gozzano University of L’Aquila Phenomenal Roles 20 December 2019, 16:00 Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: I argue that phenomenal properties are dispositional in nature. To this end, I argue that these properties are individuated by their phenomenal roles, which I distinguish in internal – individuating pain per […]
Johanna Wolff King’s College London Adventures in the Metaphysics of Quantities: A Third Way Between Comparativism and Absolutism? 13 December 2019, 16:00 Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: One of the key issues in the metaphysics of quantities is the dispute between comparativists and absolutists. What is the debate […]
Sam Baron University of Western Australia Grounding vs. Causation 6 December 2019, 16:00 Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract: What is the difference between grounding and causation? A number of philosophers have advocated the temporal criterion: causation occurs across time, grounding does not. The temporal criterion has been challenged […]
Sam Baron University of Western Australia Unification and Mathematical Explanation 4 December 2019, 16:00 Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Room B? (close to the Faculty’s Library) Abstract: Mathematics clearly plays an important role in scientific explanation. Debate continues, however, over the kind of role that mathematics plays. Mathematics may be playing a ‘thick’ explanatory role, in this sense: […]