Seminars
PoSeT G runs a monthly online seminar with the aim of creating a place of encounter for philosophers of set theory and set-theorists. We want to foster interaction and cooperation between the two disciplines as we think they can both benefit from each other.Â
If you would like to attend the seminar, please subscribe to our mailing list or send us an email [poset.group@gmail.com].
OCTOBER: Monday 14th
Luca Incurvati (Amsterdam)
Title: Conceptual engineering and conceptual genealogy: sets vs properties
Abstract: I will start by clarifying the extent to which the defence of the iterative conception in Incurvati 2020 is compatible with pluralism. The idea is that some conceptions are better than others for certain goals. The approach is functionalist about concepts: sharpenings of concepts are selected on the basis of how well they fullfill a certain function. I will then move on to discuss the case of objectified properties. I will again start from a functionalist approach and take as a starting point the expressive function of objectified-property talk. I will then report work in progress on a theory of objectified properties which is motivated by the functionalist approach and takes the meaning of objectified-property talk to be completely explained in terms of its inferential relation to property talk. I will discuss formal and philosophical aspects of the theory, in particular its relationship with Maddy's work on classes and the question of realism about objectified properties.
Time: 4:30pm CET (UTC +1)
NOVEMBER: TBA
Joan Bagaria (Barcelona)
Title: TBA
Time: 4:30pm CET (UTC +1)
DECEMBER: TBA
Chris Scambler (Oxford)
Title: TBA
Time: 4:30pm CET (UTC +1)
TIME ZONES
All seminars take place at 4:30pm CET (UTC +1, Rome, Vienna, Oslo), here's the conversion with some other time zones:
London (UTC + 0): 5:30pm
New York (UTC -5): 10:30am
Chicago (UTC -6): 09:30am
Los Angeles (UTC -8): 7:30am
Singapore (UTC +8): 10:30pm
Tokyo (UTC +9): 11:30pm
Sydney (UTC +10): 00:30am