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M-Phi: March 2015
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A blog dedicated to mathematical philosophy. Friday, 27 March 2015. On Quine's Arguments Against QML, Part 2: The problem of "quantifying in". The first of the two problems we look at is related to the problem of ‘quantifying in’. Versions of this argument can be found in [1,2,3]. Quine points out that modal contexts are intensional. 3) The number of planets = 9. 4) L¬∀x¬(x 7). 5) ¬∀x¬L(x 7). Necessarily all elms are deciduous. All the trees in my yard are elms. The number of planets = 9. Pages 139–...
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M-Phi: Problems with reductio proofs: "jumping to conclusions"
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A blog dedicated to mathematical philosophy. Wednesday, 15 July 2015. Problems with reductio proofs: "jumping to conclusions". By Catarina Dutilh Novaes. This is the third installment of my series of posts on reductio ad absurdum arguments from a dialogical perspective. Here is Part I. And here is Part II. In this post I discuss issues pertaining specifically to the last step in a reductio argument, namely that of going from reaching absurdity to concluding the contradictory of the initial hypothesis.
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M-Phi: CFP: SoTFoM III and The Hyperuniverse Programme, Vienna, September 21-23, 2015.
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A blog dedicated to mathematical philosophy. Wednesday, 20 May 2015. CFP: SoTFoM III and The Hyperuniverse Programme, Vienna, September 21-23, 2015. The Hyperuniverse Programme, launched in 2012, and currently pursued within a Templeton-funded research project at the Kurt Gödel Research Center in Vienna, aims to identify and philosophically motivate the adoption of new set-theoretic axioms. T Arrigoni (Bruno Kessler Foundation). I Jané (Barcelona) [TBC]. 8211; new set-theoretic axioms. 8211; forms of jus...
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M-Phi: Problems with reductio proofs: assuming the impossible
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A blog dedicated to mathematical philosophy. Tuesday, 14 July 2015. Problems with reductio proofs: assuming the impossible. By Catarina Dutilh Novaes. This is a series of posts with sections of the paper on reductio ad absurdum from a dialogical perspective that I am working on right now. This is Part II, here is Part I. In this post I discuss issues in connection with the first step in a reductio argument, that of assuming the impossible. I) Assuming the initial hypothesis. For our purposes, it may be u...
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dilekhuseyinzadegan | Hesperus is Bosphorus
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A group blog by philosophers in and from Turkey. Two-Day Conference on Neurology, Philosophy of Biology, and Artificial Intelligence, organized by Koç University Philosophy Department (Venue: Beyoglu – RCAC). Leave a comment ». Speakers include but are not limited to: Bernard Stiegler (Université de Technologie Compiègne), Alva Noë (University of California, Berkeley), Barry Smith (University of London), and Güven Güzeldere (Harvard University). 945-11.45 First Session. Venue: Research Center for Anatoli...
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World Refugee Day event at Koç, 20 June. | Hesperus is Bosphorus
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A group blog by philosophers in and from Turkey. World Refugee Day event at Koç, 20 June. Leave a comment ». On Saturday, June 20th. In the occasion of the World Refugee Day , the Migration Center Mirekoç , Koç University will hold a special event PhotoShow and Documentary Premiere to critically engage with Turkey, EU and other States and main actors’ responses to the Syrian refugee crises. Whose responsibility is it to help them? What rights do they have? Photoshow: “N-either Refugees, N-or Guests...
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davidbutorac | Hesperus is Bosphorus
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A group blog by philosophers in and from Turkey. Commentating as Philosophy and the Abrahamic Interpreters. Leave a comment ». 8220;Commentating as Philosophy and the Abrahamic Interpreters” started today at Sismanoglio Megaro (Istiklal Cd), continues at Heybeliada on Thursday, and then back to SM for Friday and Saturday. All welcome! July 2, 2014 at 11:01 pm. CFP: Commentating as Philosophy and the Abrahamic Interpreter,s July 2-5, 2014, Istanbul. Leave a comment ». Call extended to March 14, 2014*.
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CfP: Political Philosophy and Wittgenstein (in Turkish) 15 Oct 2015 | Hesperus is Bosphorus
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A group blog by philosophers in and from Turkey. CfP: Political Philosophy and Wittgenstein (in Turkish) 15 Oct 2015. Leave a comment ». Istanbul University Arts and Humanities Faculty. Philosophy Department – Political Philosophy Days I. Political Philosophy and Wittgenstein. Invitation esp. for junior scholars who have written a PhD thesis, paper, or book on Wittgenstein’s political philosophy, to submit a title and abstract (400-500 words) by 15 Aug. 2015. For original information (in Turkish), click.
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Eleanor Bisbee, early analytic philosopher from Istanbul. | Hesperus is Bosphorus
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A group blog by philosophers in and from Turkey. Eleanor Bisbee, early analytic philosopher from Istanbul. Leave a comment ». Feminist History of Philosophy. A colleague in Boğazici, Istanbul, alerted me to the fact that an early American analytic philosopher once worked there. In 1942, she returned to the US and wrote s everal books on Turkish politics. Until her death in 1956. Her papers including correspondence are hosted at the Hoover Institution Archives in Stanford, California. Their webpage. It�...
