Past Events
Dr. Vitek Stritecky and Dr. Petr. Spelda (Charles University, Prague Czech Republic): Machine Learning & Epistemology (Zoom)
26.01.2021, 18:30 Uhr - 20:15 Uhr
Abstract:
Our talk is centered around the notion of robustness in empirical and theoretical machine learning (ML). For the empirical part, the talk analyses a new risk [...]
Vortrag entfällt: Prof. emerit. Peter Tepe (HHU): Schönheit im Alltag. Zur Theorie der ästhetischen Erfahrung (Zoom)
19.01.2021, 18:30 Uhr - 20:15 Uhr
Aus gesundheitlichen Gründen muss der Vortrag von Herrn Professor Tepe am 19.01.2021 leider entfallen.
Prof. Sander Verhaegh (Univ. Tilburg): Coming to America: Carnap, Reichenbach, and the Great Intellectual Migration (Zoom)
12.01.2021, 18:30 Uhr - 20:15 Uhr
Abstract In the years before the Second World War, Rudolf Carnap and Hans Reichenbach emigrated to the United States, escaping the quickly deteriorating political situation on [...]
Dr. Jan Philip Dapprich (Düsseldorf): The Problem of Original Acquisition in Robert Nozick’s Theory of Justice (Zoom)
15.12.2020, 18:30 Uhr - 20:15 Uhr
Abstract:
A major problem in Robert Nozick’s historical entitlement theory of justice is that he lacks an explanation of how property rights (or entitlements) first come [...]
Dr. Alexander Christian (HHU): On the Denial of Medical Knowledge During the COVID-19-Pandemic (Zoom)
08.12.2020, 18:30 Uhr - 20:15 Uhr
Abstract
The denial of epidemiological and virological knowledge in wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is commonly seen as a serious problem for science communication, [...]
Prof. Joachim Horvarth (Univ. Bochum): The Myth of Intuitive Expertise (Zoom)
01.12.2020, 18:30 Uhr - 20:15 Uhr
Abstract:
Various findings from experimental philosophy suggest that intuitive judgments about hypothetical cases are untrustworthy because they are sensitive to irrelevant [...]
Prof. Robert Kane (University of Texas at Austin): The Complex Tapestry of Free Will: Agency, Will and Responsibility (Zoom)
24.11.2020, 18:30 Uhr - 20:15 Uhr
Abstract:
My goal in this paper is to provide an account of some of the more recent developments of my views on free will and responsibility, topics I have been writing on [...]
Prof. Louis Vervoort (University of Tyumen, Russian Federation): Philosophy of Science and Artificial Intelligence (Zoom)
17.11.2020, 18:30 Uhr - 20:15 Uhr
abstract
In this talk I will analyze some recent publications in advanced artificial intelligence (AI) research, with the aim of shedding light on a cluster of problems with [...]
Prof. Sven Bernecker (Univ. Köln): Explaining Knowledge: An Abductivist Account
03.11.2020, 18:30 Uhr - 20:15 Uhr
Institut für Philosophie Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Philosophie Im Rahmen des Forschungsseminars laden wir ein zum Vortrag von
Prof. Dr. Sven Bernecker (Univ. Köln)
Dienstag [...]
Karim Baraghith (Universität Düsseldorf): Evolutionary games on population graphs
02.06.2020, 18:15 Uhr - 19:30 Uhr
Abstract:
In this talk, I assume the following thesis, SYNGET : Generalized evolutionary theory (GET) can be synthesized in such a way, that makes microevolutionary [...]