Sarah Jansen (Carleton College) will be giving her talk on Friday, January 15, 2016 in BUCH A201 at 4pm. TITLE: Plato and Laughing at People ABSTRACT: In the paper I explore the dialogues’ engagement with the ethics of laughing at people, arguing that, for Plato, such laughter is central to the practice (or malpractice) of reasoned […]
Peter Carruthers (University of Maryland) will be giving his talk on Friday, January 29, 2016 in BUCH A201 at 4pm. TITLE: Valence and Value ABSTRACT: Valence is a central component of all affective states, including pains, pleasures, emotions, moods, and feelings of desire. Much is now known about its causes and consequences, but important questions […]
\ The Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to the 58th Western Canadian Philosophical Association (WCPA) annual conference-cum-colloquium lecture. The keynote talk will be given by Dr. Endre Begby, Professor of Philosophy at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Endre Begby has wide-ranging interests in philosophy, but most of his work focus on issues in […]
Talk Abstract: On a Fregean view of communication, communication requires shared sense. On a Russellian view, it requires only shared reference and fulfillment of what I will call transactional requirements. My first aim is to illustrate that the Fregean view is dialectically unstable, for reasons not usually discussed. However, even among those who shy away […]
58th WCPA Conference | Philosophy Colloquium – Dr. Endre Begby: ‘Signal-to-Noise: Toward an Alternative Account of the “Fake News” Phenomenon’
Philosophy Colloquium – Dr. Rachel Goodman: ‘Shared Thought and Communication’