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10/1 IBACS Fall Large Seed Grant Application Deadline
IBACS Fall Large Seed Grant Application Deadline
Tuesday, October 1st, 2024All DayContact Information: More
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10/2 Brown Bag Seminar: Mitch Green and Morgan McBride
Brown Bag Seminar: Mitch Green and Morgan McBride
Wednesday, October 2nd, 202412:00 PM - Manchester HallA brown bag is a one hour, generally (though not exclusively) intra-departmental colloquium, starting with a twenty to twenty five minute talk by a faculty member or graduate student, filled from there to the end with lively questions and answers.
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10/4 ELM2 Conference Day 1
ELM2 Conference Day 1
Friday, October 4th, 2024All Day TBATBA
Contact Information:aliyar.ozercan@uconn.edu
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10/5 ELM2 Conference Day 2
ELM2 Conference Day 2
Saturday, October 5th, 2024All Day TBATBA
Contact Information:aliyar.ozercan@uconn.edu
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10/6 ELM2 Conference Day 3
ELM2 Conference Day 3
Sunday, October 6th, 20249:00 AM - 2:00 PM TBATBA
Contact Information:utku.sonsayar@uconn.edu
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10/7 SEWing Circle: Jason Tosta
SEWing Circle: Jason Tosta
Monday, October 7th, 20243:00 PM - 4:00 PM Manchester HallThe Social Epistemology Working Group (Also known as SEW or the SEWing Circle) investigates philosophical issues at the intersection of epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of technology and AI, and social and political philosophy. Activities include research presentations, reading groups, and external speakers.
Contact Information:Megha Arora (megha.arora@uconn.edu)
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10/9 Brown Bag Seminar: Ting-an Lin
Brown Bag Seminar: Ting-an Lin
Wednesday, October 9th, 2024All Day Manchester HallA brown bag is a one hour, generally (though not exclusively) intra-departmental colloquium, starting with a twenty to twenty five minute talk by a faculty member or graduate student, filled from there to the end with lively questions and answers.
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10/14 Project 2025: Authoritarian Ambition
Project 2025: Authoritarian Ambition
Monday, October 14th, 20246:00 PM - 7:30 PM Women’s CenterChris Vials, Professor and Director of American Studies, will review its key elements of Project 2025 and devote special attention to how it rationalizes authoritarianism and what that would mean for our country and our rights.
Contact Information:Kathy Fischer at kathy.fischer@uconn.edu
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10/16 Brown Bag Seminar: Ananda Griffin
Brown Bag Seminar: Ananda Griffin
Wednesday, October 16th, 202412:00 PM -A brown bag is a one hour, generally (though not exclusively) intra-departmental colloquium, starting with a twenty to twenty five minute talk by a faculty member or graduate student, filled from there to the end with lively questions and answers.
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10/23 Brown Bag Seminar: Mark Dickson
Brown Bag Seminar: Mark Dickson
Wednesday, October 23rd, 202412:00 PM -Can Trustworthiness Be a Truth Property? Addressing the Double Restriction Problem”
Abstract: Is it coherent to endorse trustworthiness as a truth property? Although certain global philosophical trustworthiness accounts of truth suggest “yes”, the Double Restriction Problem (DRP) for a trustworthiness account suggests “no”. Simply stated, DRP consists of two Restriction theses: (1) only propositions can be true in a philosophically important sense, and (2) only agents can be trustworthy in a philosophically important sense. Since no agents are propositions, these theses jointly entail that in philosophical theorizing, nothing that is true can be trustworthy—a serious challenge to the possibility of a trustworthiness theory of truth. I argue that we can give an account of truth-as-trustworthiness that rejects both alethic and fidelic Restriction theses, and which counts as philosophically viable theories of truth and trustworthiness. The surprising conclusion is that trustworthiness can count as a competitor among philosophical theories of the truth property. What remains to be seen is just how worthy of a competitor the trustworthiness theory can be.
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10/25 Logic Colloquium: Nicole Cruz (Potsdam)
Logic Colloquium: Nicole Cruz (Potsdam)
Friday, October 25th, 20242:00 PM - 3:30 PM Hybrid: SHH 110 & ZoomJoin us in the Logic Colloquium for a talk by Nicole Cruz (Potsdam)!
“Disentangling conditional dependencies”
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10/25 SEWing Circle: Dr. Arianna Falbo
SEWing Circle: Dr. Arianna Falbo
Friday, October 25th, 20244:00 PM - 6:00 PM Susan Herbst HallTitle: Inquiry and Higher-Order Evidence
Abstract: What is the epistemic significance of higher-order evidence? Recently, philosophers have defended zetetic approaches to higher-order evidence, which appeal to factors related to inquiry and deliberation. According to these views, in response to higher-order evidence – for example, when you find out that an epistemic peer or superior disagrees with you concerning the answer to a question – you should open inquiry and deliberate upon the question further. While it can often be productive to deliberate or to double-check one’s reasoning when confronted with higher-order evidence, I argue that zetetic accounts are bound to be incomplete. They are unable to explain a range of important cases. Reflecting on these cases helps to make vivid a broader lesson concerning the relationship between inquiry and epistemic normativity. Epistemology never requires us to perform specific actions, such as evidence gathering, deliberation, or double-checking, even when these acts are required to settle the answers to our questions.Contact Information:Megha Arora (megha.arora@uconn.edu)
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10/30 Brown Bag Seminar: Amit Pinsker
Brown Bag Seminar: Amit Pinsker
Wednesday, October 30th, 202412:00 PM -A brown bag is a one hour, generally (though not exclusively) intra-departmental colloquium, starting with a twenty to twenty five minute talk by a faculty member or graduate student, filled from there to the end with lively questions and answers.
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