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Philosophy: Wednesday 28th October 2020, 1pm: Eidos PG Seminar: Extending Lewis's proposal, because apparently even Lewis did not go far enough?!
In a 2003 paper, Lewis found a way to square truthmaking with humeanism. In the postscript to this paper, Lewis and Rosen applied this strategy to negative existential statements they found that for the most part their strategy, dubbed “the Lewis-Rosen proposal”, was successful. However, they were left with some gaps. They also suggest that their proposal would be successful with any variety of modal realism. In this talk, I argue that a particular kind of modal realism — extended modal realism — can fill the gaps in the Lewis-Rosen proposal.
Philosophy: Tuesday 27th October 2020: Moral Philosophy Seminar Series: Do academics have a duty to avoid political activism?
This is a new department seminar series which meets every two weeks to discuss a range of topics within the areas of ethics and political philosophy. This seminar series is open to Staff, Postgraduate Students and Undergraduate Students who are interested in attending as well.
(23 Oct 2020) » Philosophy: Tuesday 27th October 2020: Moral Philosophy Seminar Series: Do academics have a duty to avoid political activism?
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Faculty Events
Wednesday 28 October 2020
- Department of History: Landscape and Environment Cluster Seminar 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Prof Len Scales (Durham)
- School of Modern Languages and Cultures: Durham Online French Research Seminar 2020-2021: First MLaC Book Launch 3:00pm, via Zoom, Dr Sarah Hickmott & Professor Richard Scholar
- Music: MUSICON: small is beautiful 7:30pm, YouTube
Thursday 29 October 2020
- Department of History: Economic and Social History Research Group 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Zoom online, Harry Cross (Durham)
Friday 30 October 2020
- English Studies: Resisting White Supremacy in The Garies and their Friends 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Online (Zoom), Dr Hannah Murray (University of Liverpool)
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