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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 [...]
Prof. emerit. Peter Tepe (Universität Düsseldorf): Kognitive Hermeneutik - Theoretische Grunlagen und praktische Anwendung
26.05.2020, 18:30 Uhr - 20:15 Uhr
Abstract:
Die kognitive Hermeneutik ist eine Theorie des Verstehens und der Interpretation, die nach allgemeinen Prinzipien empirisch-rationalen Denkens verfährt. Sie ist im [...]
Dr. Alexander Gebharter (Universität Groningen): The Cuasal Theory of Knowledge Revisited
19.05.2020, 18:15 Uhr - 19:45 Uhr
Abstract:
Goldman (1967) proposed that a subject s knows p if and only if p is appropriately causally connected to s’s believing p. He later on abandoned this theory [...]
Dr. Philipp Haueis (Universität Bielefeld): The Generalized Patchwork Approach to Scientific Concepts versus Semantic Holism
12.05.2020, 19:30 Uhr - 21:00 Uhr
Abstract:
Polysemous concepts with multiple related meanings pervade natural languages, yet some philosophers argue that we should eliminate them to avoid confusion and [...]
Prof. Gerhard Schurz (Universität Düsseldorf): The Optimality Principle
12.05.2020, 18:15 Uhr - 19:30 Uhr
Abstract:
In a naive version the optimality version says the following: If G is a certain cognitive goal and M is a justifiably access-optimal method with respect to goal G [...]