Dear all, REMINDER: Tomorrow, at the first meeting of the SMG in Easter term we will have Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra (Oxford University) presenting a talk entitled ‘On a certain conception of metaphysical necessity’ (abstract below). As usual it will be from 4.30 to 6pm in the Philosophy Faculty Board Room. The talk should last about 45 minutes followed by questions and discussion. All graduate students are welcome.
A full list of speakers for Lent and Easter term is available here: https://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/seminars-phil/SMG Abstract: Are the laws of ontology metaphysically contingent? I do not intend to give a full answer to this question in this paper. But I shall give a partial answer to it. In particular, Gideon Rosen (2006) has argued that there is a certain conception of metaphysical necessity, which he calls the Non-Standard conception, according to which the laws of ontology, or at least some of them, are metaphysically contingent. I shall argue that the Non-Standard conception is incoherent and, therefore, that the contingency of (any of) the laws of ontology cannot be secured through such a conception of metaphysical necessity. 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.
