[PHILOS-L] Inferences & Capacities: Ulf Hlobil
Alfredo Vernazzani
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We are pleased to announce our monthly online talk series on "Inferences & Capacities."
Our next speaker is:
Ulf Hlobil (Concordia University)
Inference and Object
September 7: 11am (Buenos Aires), 10am (New York), 4pm (Berlin).
Abstract: I present an account of names and predicates in terms of assertoric sentences and their inferential roles. The account can be translated into an account of objects and properties in terms of worldly propositions (which are things that are made true or false by states) and the alethic modal relations among them. The account exploits symmetries of modal structures. In a slogan: properties are what is common among symmetric points in modal space; objects are what differs among symmetric points in modal space.
How to participate: Please, send an email to Alfredo Vernazzani at:
alfredo-vernazzani AT protonmail.com
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- About Inferences & Capacities:
The series brings together work on inferential capacities, rationality, normativity, and cognition — across both human and non-human animals — with the aim of fostering discussion on the nature and limits of the cognitive sphere.
2026 line-up:
April 27: Angelica Kaufmann (University of Milan): "Mind Blanking as Mental Imagery."
May 18: Federico Burdman (Universidad Alberto Hurtado) "Constrained choices: addiction, attention, and reasons-responsiveness."
June 22: Susanna Schellenberg (Rutgers): "Reflection and Self-Governance in Human and Machine Intelligence"
July 20: Cameron Buckner (University of Florida): "Chains-of-Thought, Inner Speech, and Artificial Epistemic Agency."
September 7: Ulf Hlobil (Concordia University): TBA
October 19: Eva Schmidt (TU Dortmund): TBA
November 16: Hans-Johann Glock (University of Zürich): "Is Ascribing Inferences to Brains or Non-human Animals a Fallacy?"
December 14: Emma Borg (SAS, University of London): "Twitches, Fidgets, Habits, Skills: The Scope of Common-Sense Psychology."
Each talk lasts c. 40 minutes followed by 40 minutes open Q&A.
The series is co-organized by:
Mariela Aguilera (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba)
Matías Osta-Vélez (Universidad de la República)
Alfredo Vernazzani (TU Dortmund; University of Pittsburgh).
Visit our website:
https://sitio.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/cartografias-cognitivas/online-series-inferences-capacities/
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