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Lesson 2b
4 Março 2020, 18:00 • Daniele Molinini
Reading on the abstract/concrete distinction: pp. 62-64 of Ney, A. (2014) Metaphysics, Routledge.
Lesson 2a
4 Março 2020, 16:00 • Daniele Molinini
Explanation of the main goal of epistemology, namely the discipline that studies the nature of knowledge and the conditions (if any) that define knowledge. Different kinds of knowledge and focus on propositional, which is of particular interest for epistemologists. We addressed the question: what is a proposition? A proposition is defined as the content of a sentence, and it is seen as an abstract entity (while the sentence that expresses it is generally considered as a concrete entity). Discussion on abstract and concrete entities. A way of classifying (abstract/concrete) entities in terms of abstraction is given. Necessary/sufficient conditions. Modal status of propositions ( De dicto modality) and species of possibilities.
Lesson 1b
19 Fevereiro 2020, 18:00 • Daniele Molinini
Reading: Stathis Psillos (2016), Having Science in View: General Philosophy of Science and Its Significance. In Humphreys P. (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science, Oxford University Press. [skip sections 2.1 (‘Searching for Criteria’) and 4.1 (‘Unobservables: From Medicine to Atomism’)]