This term's logic seminars will be mainly devoted to work in progress. The first, this Thursday at 4pm (note slightly earlier time) in the graduate common room of the Faculty, will be Tim Button on "Brains in vats and Skolem's paradox". It is likely to be relevant to Part II Math Logic and Metaphysics as well as graduate students. Abstract below.
Michael Potter Abstract: Hilary Putnam’s anti-sceptical BIV argument first occurred to him when ‘thinking about a theorem in modern logic, the “Skolem–Löwenheim Theorem”.’ My aim – inspired by Putnam, Thomas Tymoczko and Adrian Moore – is to explore this connection between BIV scepticism and Skolem’s Paradox. In particular, I want: to show something of the probable origins of the BIV argument; to show that two sceptical positions – skolemism and BIV scepticism – can be defeated by similar arguments; and to briefly explain how these arguments relate to Putnam’s model-theoretic arguments. _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
