Filosoofia juhtivteadur Bryan Frances tutvustab oma Mobilitas Pluss tippteadlase uurimisprojekti

Neljapäeval 8. märtsil kell 16:15 peab teoreetilise filosoofia juhtivteadur Bryan Frances filosoofia osakonna kollokviumis ettekande pealkirjaga "Expertise and Fundamental Controversy in Philosophy and Science". Ettekanne on tema Mobilitas Pluss tippteadlase uurimisprojekti (MOBTT45) tutvustus ja toimub Jakobi 2-336.

Ettekande teesid
In this talk I introduce the themes of my three-year research project at Tartu University. Over the centuries, philosophers have discovered apparently intractable paradoxes with our most fundamental concepts: time, space, parthood, meaning, truth, goodness, color, etc. These problems are so fundamental as to suggest that virtually nothing falls under those concepts. Advances in logic and science have done little or nothing to erase the suggestion. Given these centuries-old controversies, it is doubtful that we can know that anything falls under those concepts. But such an implication is problematic: it would entail a radical kind of scepticism, and it would be difficult to square with the existence of progress in philosophy over the last century, especially with the philosophical use of logic and science.

Filosoofia osakonna kollokvium on regulaarne kohtumine, kus osakonna töötajad ning külalised peavad ettekandeid oma töösoleva uurimistöö kohta. Vaata täpsemalt.