Philosophy seminar tomorrow at 4pm: Yuri Cath on "Knowing What It Is Like and Testimony"
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Cohen, Daniel
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Philosophy Seminar Series
WEDNESDAY, 31 May 2017
CSU, Wagga Wagga. Building 29, Room 217, 4-6pm
Yuri Cath (Latrobe)
"Knowing What It Is Like and Testimony"
ABSTRACT: It is often said that 'what it is like'-knowledge cannot be acquired by consulting testimony or reading books [Lewis 1998; Paul 2014; 2015]. However, people also routinely consult books like What It Is Like to Go to War [Marlantes 2014], and countless 'what it is like' articles, blogs, and Youtube videos, in the apparent hope of gaining knowledge about what it is like to have experiences they have not had themselves. This article examines this puzzle and tries to solve it by appealing to recent work in epistemology and the philosophy of mind on knowing-wh ascriptions. In closing I indicate the wider significance of these ideas by showing how they can help us to better evaluate prominent arguments by Paul [2014; 2015a] concerning transformative experiences.
The seminar will also be accessible via video-conference at our Canberra Campus at Level 1, 10-12 Brisbane Avenue, Barton ACT (take the lift to level 1 and ring the doorbell to your right).
Those based on other campuses can join the seminar using a personal computer (go to: https://conference.csu.edu.au/442371) or by phone (dial 02 6933 7555 and input the Conference ID as 442371, followed by the hash (#) key).
For details about future seminars, please see: waggaphilosophy.com
Cheers,
Daniel
Daniel Cohen
Associate Head of School
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Charles Sturt University
Tel: +61 2 6933 2565
Email: dco...@csu.edu.au
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WEDNESDAY, 31 May 2017
CSU, Wagga Wagga. Building 29, Room 217, 4-6pm
Yuri Cath (Latrobe)
"Knowing What It Is Like and Testimony"
ABSTRACT: It is often said that 'what it is like'-knowledge cannot be acquired by consulting testimony or reading books [Lewis 1998; Paul 2014; 2015]. However, people also routinely consult books like What It Is Like to Go to War [Marlantes 2014], and countless 'what it is like' articles, blogs, and Youtube videos, in the apparent hope of gaining knowledge about what it is like to have experiences they have not had themselves. This article examines this puzzle and tries to solve it by appealing to recent work in epistemology and the philosophy of mind on knowing-wh ascriptions. In closing I indicate the wider significance of these ideas by showing how they can help us to better evaluate prominent arguments by Paul [2014; 2015a] concerning transformative experiences.
The seminar will also be accessible via video-conference at our Canberra Campus at Level 1, 10-12 Brisbane Avenue, Barton ACT (take the lift to level 1 and ring the doorbell to your right).
Those based on other campuses can join the seminar using a personal computer (go to: https://conference.csu.edu.au/442371) or by phone (dial 02 6933 7555 and input the Conference ID as 442371, followed by the hash (#) key).
For details about future seminars, please see: waggaphilosophy.com
Cheers,
Daniel
Daniel Cohen
Associate Head of School
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Charles Sturt University
Tel: +61 2 6933 2565
Email: dco...@csu.edu.au
.
| ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA |
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