Colloquia
October 30st, 2013
You Did Not Build that Road: Recirocity, Benefits, Opportunities and Taxing the Extremely
Rich
Bruno Verbeek, Leiden University
February 4th, 2014
Moral Emotion, Risks and Nuclear Enerhy
Sabine Roeser, TU Delft
March 18th, 2014
Logic and Learning. An Empirical Test in a Massively Used Online Learning System
Nina Gierasimczuk. ILLC, University of Amsterdam
March 26th, 2014
Foundations of Intergenerational Discounting
Conrad Heilmann, Erasmus University Rotterdam
April 29th, 2014
On the Causal Wars
Julian Reiss, Durham University
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Seminars
EPISTEMOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SEMINAR:
WINTER SEMESTER 2013
September 4th, 2013
Synergy and Redundancy
Erki Nyberg, Monash Universit
September 9th, 2013
Towards a Vindication of Inference tot te Best Explanation
Peter Brössel, Ruhr University, Bochum
September 11th, 2013
Williamson on Knowledge and Its Limits
Machteld Geuskens, Tilburg University
September 24th, 2013
Projects, Minimalism, and the Value of Truth
Filip Buekens, Tilburg University
October 9th, 2013
An Introduction into Bayesian Confirmation Theory (I)
Jan Sprenger, Tilburg University
October 23th, 2013
‘Starting less’ & ‘Starting high’ – The statistical effect in learning center-embedded recursion
Jun Lai, Tilburg University
November 6th, 2013
An Introduction into Bayesian Confirmation Theory (II)
Jan Sprenger, Tilburg University
November 20th, 2013
Explanatory Judgement, Moral Values and Econmic Incentives
Matteo Colombo, Tilburg University
December 4th, 2013
Epistemic Justice
Machteld Geuskens, Tilburg University
December 18th, 2013
Mystery, Explanation and Credence
Dominik Klein, Tilburg University
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EPISTEMOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SEMINAR:
SPRING SEMESTER 2014
January 15th, 2014
Hybrid Approaches to Possible and Impossibl;e Worlds: The Irrelevance of Ontological
(Dis-)Parity
Janine Reinert, Tilburg University
February 12th, 2014
The Dynamics of Generalized Trust
Dominik Klein, Tilburg University
February 26th, 2014
A Tableau Model of Belief and Knowledge
Lasha Abzianidze, Tilburg University
March 5th, 2014
Why the realism/instrumentalism debate about rational choice rests on a mistake
Christine Tiefensee, University Bamberg
March 19th, 2014
The Role of Cognitive Values in the Assessment of Scientific Theories
Silvia Ivani, Tilburg University
April 9th, 2014
An Introduction to Bayesian Confirmation Theory (III): Corroboration and Evidential
Support
Jan Sprenger, Tilburg University
April 23rd, 2014
A Naturalized Version of Charity? On Spinoza, Kahneman and Davidson
Filip Buekens, Tilburg University
April 30st, 2014
The Weakest Link. Moral Realism, Debunking, and the Darwinian Dilemma
Hanno Sauer, Tilburg University
May 14th, 2014
An Introduction to the Design of Experiments
Jun Lai, Tilburg University
June 2nd, 2014
A Comparison between Probablistic Philosophy of Science and Format Learning Theory
Colin Elliot, Tilburg University
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LOGIC AND LANGUAGE SEMINAR: WINTER SEMESTER 2013
October 1, 2013
Natural tableau – reasoning beyond toy examples
Lasha Abzianidze, Tilburg University
October 15, 2013
Facts, Frames and Data Logic
Reinhard Muskens, Tilburg University
October 29, 2013
Nonmonotonicity and partiality: Pragmatic interpretations of vague expressions
Robert van Rooij
November 12, 2013
Proof Theory for Dynamic Epistemic Logic
Paolo Maffezioli
December 10, 2013
Impossible Miscellanea and a particularly recalcitrant sort of counterpossible conditional
Janine Reinert, Tilburg University
LOGIC AND LANGUAGE SEMINAR: SPRING SEMESTER 2014
January 23, 2014
Comprehension of sentences with quantifiers: quantifier semantics and types of inference
Barbara Tomaszewicz
February 3, 2014
Freedom’s an issue that can’t be computed!
Roberto Ciuni
February 25, 2014
Time in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
Michiel van Lambalgen
March 4, 2014
On epistemic and deontic free choice (joint work with Michael Franke)
Maria Aloni
March 18, 2014
Logic and Learning. An empirical test in a massively used online learning system.
Nina Gierasimczuk
April 1, 2014
Norms, intentions and actions
Dominik Klein & Alessandra Marra, Tilburg University
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April 15, 2014
The problem of moral conversion
Christine Tiefensee (Bamberg) and Dominik Klein
May 6, 2014
Why semantics is the waste basket
Matthijs Westera (ILLC)
May 13, 2014
How limited reasoning can account for other properties of belief systems
Lasha Abzianidze
May 27, 2014
Deontic Logis Without Possible Words
Jaap Hage (Maastricht)
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RESEARCH SEMINAR IN ETHICS: WINTER SEMESTER 2013
October 30, 2014
You Did Not Build that Road: Reciprocity, Benefits, Opportunities and Taxing the
Extremely Rich
Bruno Verbeek (Leiden)
November 13, 2014
Preventive Deprevations of Liberty: Asset Freezes and Travel Bans
Hadassa A. Noorda (UvA)
RESEARCH SEMINAR IN ETHICS: SPRING SEMESTER 2014
March 26, 2014
Mixed versus Moderate Traits: On the Evaluative Status of Empirically Sound Character
Tom Bates (University of Leiden)
April 9, 2014
A Dilemma for Metaethical Inferentialists
Christine Tiefensee, University Bamberg
April 30, 2014
Eudaimonism and Cosmopolitan Concern
David Brink (San Diego)
May 28, 2014
Market Aims and Manegerial Responsibility
Jeffery Smith
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