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Upcoming Events
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Jul
18
Curves and Parameterizations12:30pm
Curves and Parameterizations
Thursday, July 18th, 2019
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Storrs Campus Mont 214
Speaker: Matthew Badger
Abstract: I will introduce some ideas in metric geometry. A curve is the image of a continuous map from [0,1] into a metric space. How do we measure the length of a curve? How do we tell whether or not a set of points is a curve of finite length, and if it is, how do we build a map whose image is the curve? If time permits, I will also describe analogues of these questions for higher-dimensional curves, which are open for research.Contact Information: gamal.mograby@uconn.edu
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Jul
29
Richard Anderson PhD Dissertation Defense3:00pm
Richard Anderson PhD Dissertation Defense
Monday, July 29th, 2019
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Storrs Campus Man 227
Richard Anderson will be defending his PhD dissertation in the Philosophy Department.
Title:
The Frege–Geach Problem for Normative Propositions
Abstract:
The aim of this dissertation is to argue for the following claim: if Hanks' theory of propositions as act-types is correct, then there exists a plausible extension of this theory that solves the Frege–Geach problem for normative propositions—and, as a consequence, that solves the Frege–Geach problem for semantic expressivism more generally. In the dissertation I assume that Hanks' theory is correct, and in this framework develop an account of semantic expressivism that addresses three versions of the Frege–Geach problem: the embedding, inference and negation problems.
First, I examine in detail one extant attempt to support the claim, due to Hom and Schwartz. I argue that their extension is not plausible for two reasons: it does not satisfy a key expressivist constraint, and it encounters a problem with interrogatives. Then I argue that even if their extension were plausible, it would not solve the embedding problem for conditionals, for two reasons: it does not place suitable constraints on applications of force-indicators, and it encounters a problem with mixed descriptive–normative conditionals.
Second, I investigate the negation problem and use my results to argue in defense of a new extension of Hanks' theory that interprets normative predicates as having the dual semantic function of expressing both a set of admissible force-indicators and a deontic property. I argue that this extension is plausible, and then I further extend it by defining force-indicators that are generalizations of assertion and of normative endorsement (and of denial and anti-endorsement) and by defining logical connectives that apply uniformly to assertive and normative propositions. Finally, I argue that this extension provides a neutral semantic and logical framework that respects the semantic boundary between atomic descriptive and normative sentences, but that still addresses the Frege–Geach problem for normative propositions.Contact Information: Marcus Rossberg, marcus.rossberg@uconn.edu
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Aug
2
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Nathan Kellen4:00pm
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Nathan Kellen
Friday, August 2nd, 2019
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus UCHI Seminar Room
Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation: Pluralisms about Truth and LogicContact Information: Michael Lynch, mplynch@uconn.edu
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Aug
26
PDE and Differential Geometry Seminar
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Henri Roesch (Columbia University)2:30pmPDE and Differential Geometry Seminar
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Henri Roesch (Columbia University)Monday, August 26th, 2019
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Storrs Campus MONT 214
TBAContact Information: lihan.wang@uconn.edu
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Sep
2
PDE and Differential Geometry Seminar
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2:30pmPDE and Differential Geometry Seminar
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Monday, September 2nd, 2019
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Storrs Campus MONT 214
TBAContact Information: lihan.wang@uconn.edu
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