Dear all, The next meeting of the Serious Metaphysics Group will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, January 27th at 4.30-6pm on Zoom (details below). Jessica Leech (KCL) will present a paper entitled 'Relative Necessity Redefended'.
Abstract We often distinguish between relative necessity and absolute necessity, e.g., it is perhaps necessary that nothing can travel faster than light, relative to the laws of physics, but perhaps absolutely necessary that everything is self-identical. Hale and Leech (2017) proposed a new formulation of relative necessity that avoided some problems of the standard formulation. Recently Roberts (2020) has raised a serious problem for the proposal of Hale and Leech, and proposes his own alternative. In this talk, I will review the problem, and propose my own preferred solution, with a brief comparison to Roberts's. In short: the philosophical notions I want to capture are different to mere restrictions on accessibility relations. (This talk is based on joint work with Carlo Nicolai - all mistakes should be attributed to me.) Topic: Serious Metaphysics Group Join Zoom Meeting https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96192548909?pwd=MHBnRkZZc2tWdDFaaUNZM1F4MFRrQT09 The schedule for the Serious Metaphysics Group is now online here: https://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/seminars-phil/SMG. (Titles will normally be updated about a week before the talk.) Best wishes, Wouter _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/pipermail/phil-events/ Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
