Dear all,
At the next meeting of the SMG we will have Dr. Owen Griffiths and Dr. Arif Ahmed jointly presenting a talk entitled 'Inner and outer harmony' (abstract below). As usual it will be on Wednesday (the 24th), from 4.30 to 6.00pm in the Philosophy Faculty Board Room. The talk should last about 45 minutes followed by questions and discussion. All graduate students are welcome. A full list of speakers for Michaelmas term is available here: https://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/seminars-phil/SMG Abstract: Inferentialism is, on the face of it, an attractive internalist theory of meaning. Inferentialists contend that the meaning of an expression is given by its introduction- and elimination-rules, which must be harmonious. We focus on the case of identity and ask whether it can be given harmonious formulation. We devise a new notion of harmony -- outer harmony -- which is the best understanding the inferentialist can use to provide identity with harmonious formulation. We argue that this notion of harmony fails, however, because it still lets through plainly unharmonious expressions. Identity therefore cannot be given harmonious formulation -- a significant problem, we claim, for inferentialists. I hope to see many of you there! NATHAN HAWKINS PhD student in Philosophy Cambridge University _____________________________________________________ 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.
