Sumários

Russell’s Logicism

15 Abril 2026, 14:00 Bruno Miguel Jacinto

Student led: Discussion of B. Russell, ‘The Regressive Method of Discovering the Premisses of Mathematics’ (1907), in Essays in Analysis, 1973. (Discussion led by José) 2. Oral defense of the first essay.


Russell’s Logicism: Russell’s Paradox and Type Theory

1 Abril 2026, 16:00 Bruno Miguel Jacinto

1. Presentation of Russell’s paradox, in ZF set theory and in Frege’s deductive system; 2. Presentation of simple type theory; 3. Student led: Discussion of (B) K. Klement, ’Russell’s Logicism’, in R. Wahl (ed.) The Blooms- bury Companion to Bertrand Russell, Bloomsbury, 2019. (Presentation led by Gonçalo Cabrita)


Russell’s Logicism: Russell’s Paradox and Type Theory

1 Abril 2026, 14:00 Bruno Miguel Jacinto

1. Presentation of Russell’s paradox, in ZF set theory and in Frege’s deductive system; 2. Presentation of simple type theory; 3. Student led: Discussion of (B) K. Klement, ’Russell’s Logicism’, in R. Wahl (ed.) The Blooms- bury Companion to Bertrand Russell, Bloomsbury, 2019. (Presentation led by Gonçalo Cabrita)


Essay preparation

25 Março 2026, 16:00 Bruno Miguel Jacinto

1. Students’ questions concerning the essay; 2. Structure and style of essays in philosophy; 3. Exercises in preparation for the essay: argument analysis;


Essay preparation

25 Março 2026, 14:00 Bruno Miguel Jacinto

1. Students’ questions concerning the essay; 2. Structure and style of essays in philosophy; 3. Exercises in preparation for the essay: argument analysis;