LanCog Seminar 2011-12

Session 12
11th of May 2012,
16:00
Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia da  FLUL).
Discussion of Tim Campbell and Jeff McMahan, "Animalism and the varieties of conjoined twinning". Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (2010)31:285-301.

Session 11
4th of May 2012
16:00, Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia da FLUL).
Talk by Eduardo Castro (UBI and LanCog)
Induction, Laws of  Nature and Necessity
What is the best explanation of our observed  regularities, such as all observed ravens are black? In this paper,two potential competing explanations on laws of nature are discussed: timeless necessity and a new brand of necessity – Beebee’s temporal necessity. It will be defended 
that timeless necessity constitutes a better explanation of our observed regularities than does temporal necessity and, thus, inductive scepticism will
be overcome.

Session 10
20th of April 2012
16:00, Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia da FLUL).
Discussion of F. Recanati “Singular Thought: In Defence of Acquaintance”, in Robin Jeshion (ed), New Essays on Singular Thought, OUP, 2010,
pp. 141-189.

Session 9
13th of April 2012
16:00, Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia da FLUL).
Discussion of F. Recanati “Singular Thought: In Defence of Acquaintance”, in Robin Jeshion (ed), New Essays on Singular Thought, OUP, 2010,
pp. 141-189.

Session 8
30 March 2012
16:00, Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia da FLUL).
Discussion of Schnieder, B. & von Solodkoff, T. (2009). “In Defence of Fictional Realism”, The Philosophical Quarterly, 59: 138–149.

Session 7
16 March 2012
16:00, Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia da FLUL).
Discussion of Schnieder, B. & von Solodkoff, T. (2009). “In Defence of Fictional Realism”, The Philosophical Quarterly, 59: 138–149.

Session 6
24 February 2012
16:00, Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia da FLUL).
Discussion of Everett, A. (2005).  “Against Fictional Realism”, Journal of Philosophy, 102: 624–649

Session 5
17 February 2012
16:00, Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia da FLUL).
Discussion of Saul Kripke "Frege’s Theory of Sense and Reference", THEORIA, 2008, 74, p. 207, ff.

Session 3
20 January 2012
16:00, Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia da FLUL).
Discussion of Saul Kripke "Frege’s Theory of Sense and Reference",THEORIA, 2008, 74, p. 195 ff.

Session 2
21 October 2012
16:00, Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia da FLUL).
Discussão de Saul Kripke "Frege’s Theory of Sense and Reference",THEORIA, 2008, 74,  181–218.

Session 1
23 September 2011
16:00, Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia da FLUL).
Discussão de Saul Kripke "Frege’s Theory of Sense and Reference", THEORIA, 2008, 74, 181–218.