Dear all,
Just a reminder that the Serious Metaphysics Group is meeting this
morning (12th Feb) at 11am-12.30pm in the philosophy faculty board room.
Our speaker is Prof Rae Langton who will be giving a talk entitled
"Moral Realism and the Plasticity of Mind". Further details attached
below
Hope to see you there!
Best wishes,
Matthew Simpson
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[CamPhilEvents] Serious Metaphysics - 12th Feb - Prof Rae
Langton -
Moral Realism and the Plasticity of Mind
DATE:
07-02-2014 22:34
FROM:
Matthew Simpson <[email protected]>
TO:
Phil Events <[email protected]>, Phil Metaphysics
<[email protected]>
Dear all,
The next meeting of the Serious Metaphysics Group will be on Wednesday
12th Feb, 11am-12.30pm in the philosophy board room. Our speaker this
week is Prof Rae Langton who will be giving a talk entitled _Moral
Realism and the Plasticity of Mind_ (abstract below).
I hope to see many of you there.
Best wishes,
Matthew Simpson
Rae Langton - _Moral Realism and the Plasticity of Mind_
"Racists and radiologists, bigots and botanists, see the world
differently. Is that literally true? And would this projective
perception conflict with realism? Suppose perception is 'theory-laden',
shaped, penetrated and structured by antecedent cognitive, conative or
affective states of the perceiver (Siegel _et al_). Some say that would
be at odds with realism (Kant), including scientific realism (Kuhn), and
moral realism (Hume). But it's not at odds with scientific realism
(Churchland). Nor with moral realism either--not even moral realism of a
queer Platonic kind. Indeed, it might even help."
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Matthew Simpson
PhD Student in Philosophy
University of Cambridge
Mail: Robinson College, Cambridge, CB3 9AN
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