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Frederique de Vignemont: Bodily Immunity to Error
ABSTRACT Dr. de Vignemont’s lecture considers the question ‘Are bodily self-ascriptions immune to error through misidentification?’ According to the classic view, one cannot be mistaken about whose body part it is when experiencing them on the basis of body senses. De Vignemont considers two putative objections to this ‘bodily immunity.’ SPEAKER PROFILE Frederique de Vignemont [...]
Andrew Janiak: Three Concepts of Cause in Newton’s Thought
ABSTRACT Dr. Andrew Janiak, of Duke University, examines how Newton’s assertion that objects spread across space can interact causally is related to his endorsement of the traditional metaphysical concepts of substance and of causation. Download a copy of the lecture handout. SPEAKER PROFILE Andrew Janiak has been a Professor at Duke University since 2002. He [...]
Kyle Stanford: The Difference Between Ice Cream and Nazis: Evolution and the Emergence of Moral Objectivity
ABSTRACT Kyle Stanford delivered this lecture entitled, "The Difference Between Ice Cream and Nazis: Evolution and the Emergence of Moral Objectivity", where he examined the evolutionary function of moral projection. SPEAKER PROFILE Photo by L. Perniciaro Kyle Stanford has been a Professor in the department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the [...]