Talk: The Precautionary Approach and the Role of Scientists in Environmental...
Philosophy Seminar Series: 18 January 2011, 2-3:45pm, Philosophy Resource Room; Speaker: Jan Sprenger, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Tilburg University; Moderator: Dr. Tang Weng Hong Abstract: The...
View ArticleTalk: No-Alternative Arguments, by Stephan Hartmann (12 April 2011)
Philosophy Seminar Series: 12 April 2011, 2-3:45pm, Philosophy Resource Room; Speaker: Stephen Hartmann, Chair in Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, Director of the Tilburg Center for Logic and...
View ArticleGaining Access: Indirect Measurement in Planetary Astronomy and Geophysics,...
Philosophy Seminar Series: 8 Sept 2011, 2-4pm, Philosophy Resource Room; Speaker: Teru Miyake, Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, NTU; Moderator: Dr. Ben Blumson Abstract:...
View ArticleExplanation and gravity, by Lina Jansson (29 Sept 2011)
Philosophy Seminar Series: 29 Sept 2011, 2-4pm, Philosophy Resource Room; Speaker: Lina Jansson, Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, NTU; Moderator: Dr. Ben Blumson Abstract:...
View Article“Passions and Punctilios: Models, Methods and Understanding in Physical...
Public Talk: 1 Mar 2012, 2-4pm, AS7 Executive Seminar Room; Speaker: Dr. Grant Fisher, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science and Affiliate Professor in the Graduate School of Science and...
View Article“Personal and Sub-Personal” by Hong Yu Wong (26 Sept)
It has been argued that personal level explanations are independent and autonomous from sub-personal level explanations (McDowell 1994, Hornsby 2000). These claims of autonomy have come under pressure...
View Article“Why We Are Probably Not Living in a Computer Simulation” by Preston Greene...
Nick Bostrom’s simulation argument shows that if we believe that civilizations like ours tend to eventually run many simulations of their past history, then we should be nearly certain that we are...
View Article“Moderately Naturalistic Metaphysics” by Tuomas Tahko (20 Feb)
The paper discusses different approaches to metaphysics and defends a specific, non-deflationary approach that nevertheless qualifies as scientifically-grounded and, consequently, as acceptable from...
View Article“How Predictive Brains Might Distinguish Between Appearance and Reality” by...
In philosophy, the problem of appearance and reality is the problem of saying why the appearance of an object to us gives us information about the way the object really is, even though the same object...
View Article“Are humans rational or irrational?” by Sara Thokozani Kamwendo (31 Mar)
Ms. Sara Thokozani Kamwendo will be exploring the question “Are humans rational or irrational?”, surveying the history of recent developments in the study of human cognition leading to the field of...
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