Hettleman Lecture: Matt Kotzen
Toy Lounge, Dey HallMatt Kotzen will present, “Evidence in Law and Philosophy”.
Matt Kotzen will present, “Evidence in Law and Philosophy”.
Michael Della Rocca teaches at the Department of Philosophy at Yale University. His primary interests are in early modern (17th and 18th century) philosophy, especially the rationalist philosophers Spinoza. Michael also has a significant (non-philosophical) interest in the Mets. "Tamers, Deniers, and Me" This … Read more
"Deliberation, Reasons, and Alternatives" Abstract: Many philosophers hold that normative reasons for action must be (perhaps among other things) good premises for deliberation about what to do. This opens up the possibility of arguing for certain claims about the nature … Read more
“Exiting The Consequentialist Circle: Two Senses of Bringing It About” Paul Hurley Abstract: Consequentialism is a state of affairs centered moral theory that finds support in state of affairs centered views of value, reason, action, and desire/preference. Together these views … Read more
“Why Markets Actually Require Morality to Function Efficiently Paul Hurley Abstract: "There is commonly taken to be a fundamental tension between morality and markets. The cost-effective, efficient, profit maximizing course of action and the right course of action often diverge, … Read more
"Conceptual Disagreement" Can you disagree with someone without thinking that what they say (or think) is false? As we shall see, this is not only possible but (we shall argue) quite frequent. But we will reach this conclusion only via … Read more
"What is Wrong with Lying?" Sarah Stroud: Abstract: Most of us would confidently say that lying is wrong—or, at least, that there is something wrong with lying. But what exactly is wrong with it? It turns out to be more … Read more
"How to Resist Epistemicism" According to epistemicists about vagueness, vague language has a classical, bivalent semantics. So there is a precise height which separates people who are tall from those who are not tall, though we can never know what it is. This … Read more
Join us at Gerrard Hall for an evening of food and drink, and “15 Minutes of Philosophy” with Carla Merino-Rajme, Luc Bovens, and Kyle Driggers. This is always a wonderful evening, and lots of fun for all in attendance. Refreshments … Read more
"Causation as Production and Dependence, or: A Model-Invariant Theory of Causation" Abstract: Many contemporary theories of singular causation (alternatively: token causation, or actual causation) are formulated within the framework of structural equations modelling (or causal modeling). These theories say whether … Read more