Is Love Rational? Sam Shpall (USYD)
Date: Tuesday, 18th of October Time: 13:00 - 14:00 Venue: W6A 107, Macquarie University ABSTRACT: The first aim of this talk is to more precisely conceptualise debates about the rational status of love. I discuss whether love is an emotion, a question about love's possible objects, and some general features of rational justifiability whose import here is sometimes ignored. I also provide a deflationary hypothesis about the roots of the dispute. The second aim is to support a version of the view that love is subject to rational evaluation. I discuss an objection based on "trading up" to new loves, as well as a worry about strange cases involving perfect duplicates of our beloveds. Time permitting, I complain that my childlessness puts me at an epistemic disadvantage, and frame some questions about illusions and love pills. Contact: Adam Hochman (adam.hoch...@mq.edu.au<mailto:adam.hoch...@mq.edu.au>) or Mike Olson (michael.ol...@mq.edu.au<mailto:michael.ol...@mq.edu.au>) A google calendar with details of other events in this series is available for viewing and subscription by following this link: https://goo.gl/56sotM --- Adam Hochman Macquarie University Research Fellow Department of Philosophy | W6A, Room 733 Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia Staff Profile | http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_philosophy/staff/adam_hochman/ Personal Website | adamhochman.com Academia.edu Page | https://mq.academia.edu/AdamHochman Philpapers Page | http://philpapers.org/profile/48626 T: +61 2 9850 8859<tel:%2B61%202%209850%206895> | arts.mq.edu.au<http://arts.mq.edu.au/><http://arts.mq.edu.au/><http://mq.edu.au/> [Macquarie University]<http://mq.edu.au/>
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