Dear all, Please join us today for the CamPoS (Cambridge Philosophy of Science) seminar
Thursday 16th October 12.30-2pm in the Dept of History and Philosophy of Science, Seminar Room 1. Anjan Chakravartty (Notre Dame) will give a talk entitled "The Realist Stance". The abstract is below. Please note the unusual time and location. Best wishes, Christopher Abstract: Epistemological disputes in the philosophy of science often focus on the question of how restrained or expansive one should be in interpreting our best theories and models. Some empiricist philosophers countenance only belief in their observable content, while realists of different sorts extend belief (in incompatible ways, reflecting different versions of realism) to strictly unobservable entities, structures, events, and processes. I analyze such disputes in terms of differences regarding where to draw a line between domains in which one has warrant for belief and those in which one should suspend belief instead. I consider and defend the idea that the precise location of this line is subject to a form of epistemic voluntarism, and argue that a Pyrrhonian reading of the basis of voluntaristic choice in this context is both natural and transformative of our understanding of these debates. _____________________________________________________ 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.
