Dear all, A reminder that this Friday (27th Feb) (x-apple-data-detectors://0) the Sellars reading group will be discussing: Sellars (1968) - Science and Metaphysics, Chapter V. The Conceptual and the Real: ›Picturing‹, p. 116-150 (tel:116-150).
»The fifth chapter is … the heart of the enterprise. In it I attempt to spell out the specific differences of matter-of-factual truth. Levels of ‘factual’ discourse are distinguished and shown to presuppose a basic level in which conceptual items as items in rerum natura ‘represent’ or ›picture’ (in a sense carefully to be distinguished from the semantical concepts of reference and prediction) the way things are. The distinctions drawn enable a definition of ‘reality’ and ‘(ideal) truth’ in terms of adequate representation. It is argued, that although in no simple sense does truth admit of degrees, there is more to the Idealistic conception of ‘degrees of truth and reality’ than has been thought possible in recent years.« (ibid., ix) Everyone is welcome, best Luz Christopher Seiberth — PhD Candidate Universität Leipzig Institut für Philosophie [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) +44-7835-131150 (tel:+44-7835-131150) _____________________________________________________ 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.
