Past Events
Prof. Thomas Grundmann (Univ. Köln): Epistemische Autorität
25.01.2022, 18:30 Uhr - 20:00 Uhr
abstract
The evidential weight of testimonial evidence varies with the epistemic status of testifiers. The words of more competent testifiers have more weight than those of [...]
Dr. Maria Sekatskaya (Univ. Düsseldorf): Free Will as an Abductive Hypothesis (Präsenz)
18.01.2022, 18:30 Uhr - 20:00 Uhr
Abstract:
Many proponents of the metaphysical accounts of free will take the metaphysical intuitions about the concept of free will as given and then search for the [...]
Dr. Karim Baraghith & Nina Nicolin (Univ. Düsseldorf): Spatial Separation of Magnetic Moment and Location
14.12.2021, 18:30 Uhr - 20:00 Uhr
Abstract
It has been suggested to interpret particles in quantum field theory (QFT) as bundles of tropes, see e.g. Kuhlmann (2012). Following this interpretation, neither [...]
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schurz (Univ. Düsseldorf): Metaphysics of evolution
07.12.2021, 18:30 Uhr - 20:00 Uhr
Abstract:
In generalized theory of evolution (GE theory), the three core principles of In the − reproduction, variation and selection − are detached from the level of [...]
Dr. Alexander Gebharter (Univ. München): The other side of the coin: Another Bayesian model for analogical inference
30.11.2021, 18:30 Uhr - 20:00 Uhr
Abstract:
Recently, Dardashti, Hartmann, Thébault, and Winsberg (2019) proposed a Bayesian model for analogical inference. In this paper we investigate how their model [...]