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SUMMARY:Global Philosophy Group Talk (Nilanjan Das\, University College London)
DESCRIPTION:The newly created Global Philosophy Research Interest Group is thrilled to welcome Nilanjan Das as its inaugural speaker. Dr. Das is a permanent lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at University College London. He completed his PhD at MIT\, was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, and taught at NYU Shanghai. His interests lie in epistemology. classical Indian philosophy in Sanskrit\, and moral philosophy. Dr. Das’s current work in epistemology focuses on topics related to knowledge\, rational defeat\, and externalist conceptions of evidence. In classical Indian philosophy\, he is at the moment primarily concerned with texts belonging to the Nyāya tradition. \nJoin the event at: \nhttps://utoronto.zoom.us/j/94784283234\n\nMeeting ID: 947 8428 3234\nPasscode: 661135 \nTalk Title\nThe KK Principle in Early Nyāya \nTalk Abstract\nEarly Nyāya epistemologists rejected the KK Principle\, i.e.\, the principle that\, if one knows that p\, then one is also in a position to know that one knows that p. But one of them\, Vācaspatimiśra (9th century CE)\, endorsed a restricted version of this principle for inferential\, and possibly also introspective\, knowledge. According to Vācaspati\, if one inferentially (or introspectively) knows that p\, then one is in a position to know that one knows that p. Vācaspati’s own commentators—Udayana (10th/11th century CE) and Vardhamāna (14th century CE)—contested this principle. In my presentation\, I will try to locate where the disagreement among these writers lies. I will also explore what this debate about the KK principle can teach us about iteration principles about knowledge and evidence. \nAbout the Global Philosophy Group\nThe Global Philosophy Research Group explores the benefits of drawing on diverse traditions of thought in approaching philosophical questions. These include novel insights into familiar problems\, new questions and research directions\, and fresh methodologies. We work to deprovincialize and decolonize all aspects of philosophy in the academy. The group currently has strengths in Sanskrit philosophy\, and Chinese philosophy\, Indian philosophy in English\, and classical Islamic philosophy.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/global-philosophy-nilanjan-das-university-college-london/
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CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George
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SUMMARY:History of Modern Philosophy Group Talk (Margaret Atherton\, UW-Milwaukee)
DESCRIPTION:The History of Philosophy Group is pleased to welcome guest speaker Margaret Atherton\, distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin\, Milwaukee. Professor Atherton’s research interests include English philosophers of the early modern period\, the work of women philosophers in the history of philosophy\, and historical issues in the philosophy of psychology. \nTo read the paper ahead of time or to receive the link for the talk\, please email Robbie Matyasi. \nTalk Title\nAgency in an Immaterialist World \nTalk Abstract\nGeorge Pitcher\, in a paper published in 1981\, “Berkeley on the Mind’s Agency\,” argued that Berkeley’s idealism made it impossible for him to convincingly offer an account of human agency\, and speculated that the only theory consistent with idealism was occasionalism. Many others have accepted this analysis. Pitcher himself noticed that occasionalism was not consistent with some of Berkeley’s other claims\, and I contend that a robust theory of agency is essential to Berkeley’s projects. In this paper\, I revisit the negative arguments against a theory of agency belonging to Berkeley and\, finding these arguments wanting\, sketch out a possible account of Berkeleian agency. \n\nAbout the History of Philosophy Group\nOne of six departmental Research Interest Groups\, the History of Philosophy Group is home to the History of Modern Philosophy Research Group\, which focuses on the period\, roughly\, from Descartes to Kant.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/history-of-modern-philosophy-margaret-atherton-2/
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CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George
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