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SUMMARY:Becko Copenhaver: "Berkeley on the Language of Nature and the Objects of Vision"
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: Berkeley holds that vision\, in isolation\, presents only color and light. He also claims that typical perceivers experience distance\, figure\, magnitude\, and situation visually. The question posed in New Theory is how we perceive by sight spatial features that are not\, strictly speaking\, visible. Berkeley’s answer is “that the proper objects of vision constitute an universal language of the Author of nature.” For typical humans\, this language of vision comes naturally. Berkeley identifies two sorts of objects of vision: primary (light and colors) and secondary (distance\, figure\, magnitude\, situation). But Berkeley also appeals to a third class of a different sort: visible figure\, magnitude\, and situation\, constituting the vocabulary of the language of vision. By considering two perceivers who lack this vocabulary we may better understand this third category and the difference between those who must learn the language of vision and those for whom it is a natural endowment. \nRead the paper here: Berkeley on the Language of Nature and the Objects of Vision\n  \nRebecca Copenhaver is Professor of Philosophy at Lewis & Clark College\, where she has taught since 2001. Her research interests are in Early Modern Philosophy\, Thomas Reid\, and Philosophy of Mind. Her work has appeared in the Canadian Journal of Philosophy\, Res Philosophica\, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly\, Philosophical Quarterly\, History of Philosophy Quarterly\, The Journal of the History of Philosophy\, The British Journal for the History of Philosophy\, and The Oxford Handbook on British Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century. She is co-author with Brian P. Copenhaver of From Kant to Croce: Modern Philosophy in Italy\, 1800 – 1950 (University of Toronto Press\, 2012). She is currently writing a book on Thomas Reid’s theory of mind.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/becko-copenhaver-berkeley-on-the-language-of-nature-and-the-objects-of-vision-2/
LOCATION:Humanities 2\, Room 259
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131114T160000
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Colloquium with Seth Yalcin: "Epistemic Modality De Re"
DESCRIPTION:I describe some new puzzles about the interaction of epistemic modality with quantification. I offer to dissolve the puzzles using a nonstandard kind of situation semantics. On the theory I develop\, possibilities are partial\, and quantification involves tacit modality. \n(Ph.D.\, MIT) Professor Yalcin works primarily in the philosophy of language\, though his research extends to issues in the philosophy of mind\, metaphysics\, formal epistemology\, and linguistics. Yalcin runs the Meaning Sciences Club at UC Berkeley\, which is focused on semantics and related topics in syntax\, pragmatics\, logic\, cognitive science\, and the philosophy of language.  Yalcin is also co-organizer of The History and Philosophy of Logic\, Mathematics\, and Science group at UC Berkeley\, a Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities Working Group devoted to the discussion of historical and philosophical issues in symbolic logic\, mathematics\, and science.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/philosophy-colloquium-with-seth-yalcin-epistemic-modality-de-re-2/
LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131003T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131003T173000
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SUMMARY:Otávio Bueno: "Seeing with a Microscope"
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Professor Bueno will propose an empiricist account of visual evidence in the sciences and examine the role it plays in scientific representation (particularly\, in microscopy). To motivate the view\, a critical examination of Bas van Fraassen’s empiricist proposal will be provided. \nOtávio Bueno is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Miami. His research concentrates in philosophy of science\, philosophy of mathematics\, and philosophy of logic. He has published widely in these areas in journals such as: Noûs\, Mind\, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science\, Philosophy of Science\, Synthese\, Journal of Philosophical Logic\, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science\, and Analysis. He is editor-in-chief of Synthese. In his free time\, he enjoys to run ultramarathons.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/otavio-bueno-seeing-with-a-microscope-2/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 320
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130626
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130628
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SUMMARY:Workshop on Things
DESCRIPTION:Note: due to two unfortunate cancellations\, the session originally planned for Tuesday evening\, June 25th\, will not take place. The workshop will begin Wednesday morning. \nAll conference events will take place in Humanities 1\, Room 210. \n\nWednesday\, June 26th \n10:00–11:30 David Hyder (University of Ottawa) “Time and object in Transcendental Deduction §24”\nModerator: Dennis Des Chene \n11:45–1:15 Lydia Patton (Virginia Tech) “Kant on the qualities of things”\nModerator: David Hyder \n1:15–2:45 Lunch \n2:45–4:15 Dennis Des Chene (Washington University St. Louis) “The emergence of mere things”\nModerator: Ori Simchen \n4:30–6:00 Ori Simchen (University of British Columbia) “Things of semantic value”\nModerator: Abe Stone \n6:00-7:00 Tea and Cookies Reception \nThursday\, June 27th\n9:30–11:00 Justin E.H. Smith (University of Paris VII) “Res extensae\, res publicae\, and the political dimensions of things”\nModerator: Ori Simchen \n11:15–12:45 Nick Stang (University of Miami) (title TBA)\nModerator: Justin E.H. Smith \n12:45–1:45 Lunch \n1:45–3:15 Abe Stone “Kant on substances and things”\nModerator: Nick Stang
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/workshop-on-things-2/
LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130523T160000
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SUMMARY:Neil Sinhababu: "Desire's Explanations"
DESCRIPTION:I defend a Humean theory of motivation on which desire motivates all action and drives all practical reasoning. I respond to objections from Christine Korsgaard\, David Velleman\, and others suggesting that this view leaves no room for the self in action. I argue that all the agent’s desires are part of the self\, and that their effects include the self’s decision and action. \nNeil Sinhababu is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at National University of Singapore. He works on Ethics and Metaethics.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/neil-sinhababu-desires-explanations-2/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 320
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130314T160000
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SUMMARY:Daniel Guevara: "Has Traditional Ethical Theory Been Made Defunct by Kahneman and Tversky's Prospect Theory?"
DESCRIPTION:Work-in-Progress: Daniel Guevara\, Associate Professor of Philosophy\, UC Santa Cruz \nThis talk is based on a paper by Sandra Dreisbach (PhD\, Philosophy\, UC Santa Cruz 2012) and Daniel Guevara. It is a critical assessment of Kahneman and Tversky’s Nobel Prize winning Prospect Theory – especially their so-called Asian Disease Problem – and its bearing on certain important issues in traditional ethical theory.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/daniel-guevara-has-traditional-ethical-theory-been-made-defunct-by-kahneman-and-tverskys-prospect-theory-2/
LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:C.D.C. Reeve: Beginning and Ending with Happiness in Aristotle's Ethics
DESCRIPTION:C.D.C. Reeve is the Delta Kappa Epsilon Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He works primarily in ancient Greek philosophy\, especially Plato and Aristotle. His books include\, Philosopher-Kings (Princeton 1988; reissued 2006)\, Socrates in the Apology (Hackett 1989)\, Practices of Reason(Oxford\, 1992) Substantial Knowledge (Hackett 2000)\, Love’s Confusions (Harvard 2005)\, andAction\, Contemplation\, and Happiness: An Essay on Aristotle (Harvard 2012). He has translated Plato’s Cratylus (1997)\, Euthyphro\, Apology\, Crito (2002)\, Republic (2004)\, and Meno (2006) as well as Aristotle’s Politics (1998). \nThis event is free and open to the public.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/c-d-c-reeve-beginning-and-ending-with-happiness-in-aristotles-ethics-2/
LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130207T160000
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SUMMARY:Jonathan Kaplan: "Turning social categories into biological realities: 'Race' made biological"
DESCRIPTION:Biological facts can neither determine nor justify the racial categories identified in our ordinary social discourse. Claims to the contrary confuse our ability to find biological correlates to populations with our social reasons for picking out and maintaining those categories over time. Using recent arguments surrounding “race” and medicine as an example\, I argue that rejecting misguided claims regarding the biological nature of “race” remains important if we are to respond appropriately to the injustices inherent in the fundamental importance that socially ascribed racial categories continue to have in determining people’s life-prospects \nDr. Jonathan Kaplan‘s main research interests lie in the Philosophy of Biology and in Social and Political Philosophy. His recent publications include work on human behavior genetics\, on the conceptual foundations of evolutionary biology\, on issues surrounding the roles that race plays in medicine and in housing\, and on the discourses surrounding race and human biology more generally. He is currently an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University.\nArticle of interest: \nPrisoners of Abstraction? The Theory and Measure of Genetic Variation\, and the Very Concept of “Race”\nby Jonathan Michael Kaplan & Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/jonathan-kaplan-turning-social-categories-into-biological-realities-race-made-biological-2/
LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130202T084500
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SUMMARY:2013 California Regional High School Ethics Bowl Competition
DESCRIPTION:An Ethics Bowl is a collaborative yet competitive event\, more nuanced than debate\, in which teams are presented with a series of wide-ranging ethical dilemmas and are asked to analyze them; they are then judged on the basis of their analyses. An exciting tournament\, it is also a way for students to gain valuable insight into ethical and philosophical issues.\nLocation:\nCollege Nine: Social Science 1\, Rooms 110 and 161 \nCollege Ten: Social Sciences 2\, Rooms 71\, 75 and 179\nSchedule: \n8:00 Judges Training: Social Science 2\, Room 141 \n8:45 Welcome \n9:00 Round 1 \n10:10 Round 2 \n11:20 Round 3 \n12:30 Lunch \n1:30 Round 4 \n3:00 Final Round with reception ending at 5:00\nFor more information\, please visit: http://philosophy.ucsc.edu/news-events/ethicsbowl/highschoolethicsbowl.html
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/2013-california-regional-high-school-ethics-bowl-competition-2/
LOCATION:Multiple Venues\, College 9 & College 10\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121201T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121201T170000
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SUMMARY:UCSC will host the California Regional Ethics Bowl
DESCRIPTION:The philosophy department is proud to announce that UCSC will be hosting two Ethics Bowl debate competitions this year. \nOn December 1st\, 2012\, UCSC will host the California Regional Ethics Bowl\, a qualifier for the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl. Ethics Bowl is a team debate competition where teams of five undergraduates analyze case studies that demonstrate ethical dilemmas drawn from a wide range of areas (environmental ethics\, biomedical ethics\, business ethics\, institutional ethics\, personal ethics\, etc.). Come see the UCSC team\, the defending California Regional Champions\, compete! \nThe competition is open to the public\, and any interested students\, faculty\, and community members are invited to attend. \nThe event is all day (8:30-5pm). Spectators can pick-up a schedule at the the check-in/information table located at Stevenson 150. For more information\, please visit: http://philosophy.ucsc.edu/news-events/ethicsbowl/2012caregionalethicsbowl.html
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/california-regional-ethics-bowl-3/
LOCATION:Stevenson\, Room 150
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121115T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121115T173000
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Colloquium ~ Scott Gilbert: "We are all lichens: How symbiosis research has reconstituted a new realm of individuality"
DESCRIPTION:4:00pm\, Humanities 1\, Room 210\nCo-Sponsored by UCSC Philosophy\, History of Consciousness\, Cultural Studies\, and Science and Justice Working Group \n ABSTRACT: The notion of the “biological individual” is crucial to studies of genetics\, immunology\, evolution\, development\, anatomy\, and physiology. Each of these biological sub-disciplines has a specific conception of individuality\, which has historically provided conceptual contexts for integrating newly acquired data. During the past decade\, nucleic acid analysis\, especially genomic sequencing and high-throughput RNA techniques\, has challenged each of these disciplinary definitions by finding significant interactions of animals and plants with symbiotic microorganisms that disrupt the boundaries which heretofore had characterized the biological individual. Animals cannot be considered individuals by anatomical\, or physiological criteria\, because a diversity of symbionts are both present and functional in completing metabolic pathways and serving other physiological functions. Similarly\, these new studies have shown that animal development is incomplete without symbionts. Symbionts also constitute a second mode of genetic inheritance\, providing selectable genetic variation for natural selection. The immune system also develops\, in part\, in dialogue with symbionts\, and thereby functions as a mechanism for integrating microbes into the animal-cell community. Recognizing the “holobiont”—the multicellular eukaryote plus its colonies of persistent symbionts– as a critically important unit of anatomy\, development\, physiology\, immunology\, and evolution\, opens up new investigative avenues and conceptually challenges the ways in which the biological sub-disciplines have heretofore characterized living entities. \nABOUT: Scott F. Gilbert is the Howard A. Schneiderman Professor of Biology at Swarthmore College\, where he teaches developmental genetics\, embryology\, and the history and critiques of biology. He received his B.A. in both biology and religion from Wesleyan University (1971)\, and he earned his PhD in biology from the pediatric genetics laboratory of Dr. Barbara Migeon at the Johns Hopkins University (1976). His M.A. in the history of science\, also from The Johns Hopkins University\, was done under the supervision of Dr. Donna Haraway. He pursued postdoctoral research at the University of Wisconsin in the laboratories of Dr. Masayasu Nomura and Dr. Robert Auerbach. Dr. Gilbert has been Chair of the Division of Developmental and Cell Biology of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology\, and he is a member of the education committee of the Society for Developmental Biology. \nHe has also been elected a fellow of the AAAS and the St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists. He currently has three books in print:Developmental Biology (a textbook in its eighth edition)\, Bioethics and the New Embryology (a volume\, co-authored with two students\, that discusses new findings in developmental biology with respect to philosophy and religion)\, and Ecological Developmental Biology\, a textbook co-authored with David Epel which integrates developmental plasticity\, epigenetics\, and symbiosis into discussions of medicine and evolution. Scott has received several awards\, including the Medal of François I from the Collège de France\, the Dwight J. Ingle Memorial Writing Award\, the Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award\,  honorary doctorates from the University of Helsinki and the University of Tartu\, and a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Grant. In 2002\, the Society for Developmental Biology awarded him its first Viktor Hamburger Prize for Excellence in Education\, and in 2004\, he was awarded the Kowalevsky Prize in Evolutionary Developmental Biology. He has recently become a Finland Distinguished Professor at the University of Helsinki and has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to work on that most interesting of topics-how the turtle forms its shell-and he continues to do research and write in both developmental biology and in the history and philosophy of biology. \nOutside the class and laboratory\, his interests include hiking\, photography\, and he plays piano in KNISH\, one of Swarthmore’s premier Klezmer bands
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/philosophy-colloquium-scott-gilbert-we-are-all-lichens-how-symbiosis-research-has-reconstituted-a-new-realm-of-individuality-3/
LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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