Dear all, REMINDER: Tomorrow, at the SMG we will have Dr. Alex Jackson, from Boise State University, presenting a talk entitled ‘Vagueness, Relativism, and Realism’ (abstract below). As usual it will be from 4.30 to 6.00pm in the Philosophy Faculty Board Room. The talk should last about 45 minutes followed by questions and discussion. All graduate students are welcome. This will be the final meeting for the term. Talks resume on the 23rd of January.
A full list of speakers for Lent term is available here: https://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/seminars-phil/SMG Abstract: Some questions lack objectively correct answers because they are infected with relativity or vagueness. How are we to understand these phenomena? I start with naïve but attractive characterizations of relativism about deliciousness and of three ways that vagueness manifests. These naïve characterizations have something in common: they evaluate occurrent propositional attitudes along a particular normative dimension. What view emerges if we take these claims at face value? I argue that we arrive at quasi-realism about all subject-matters infected by a measure of relativity or vagueness. Moreover, the most principled view in the vicinity is quasi-realism about all but the metaphysically fundamental facts. I hope to see you there! Nathan Hawkins PhD student in Philosophy Cambridge University _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
