Wednesday 18-20 at L208, 2nd floor of 2, rue de Candolle (where the department is).
Thursday 18-20 at L208, 2nd floor of 2, rue de Candolle (where the department is).
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date |
topic/handout |
to read |
also of interest |
23.2. |
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"Introduction" (ch. 0) | |
24.2. |
"Varieties of determination" (ch. 1) | ||
2.3. |
"Varieties of determination" (ch. 1) |
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3.3. |
"Essence" (ch. 2) | ||
4.-5.3. |
First workshop: Grounding and determination |
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All welcome! |
9.3. |
"Supervenience" (ch. 3) | ||
10.3. |
"Grounding Truth in Being" (ch. 4) | ||
16.3. |
"The Metaphysics of Words" | ||
17.3. |
"Truthmaker realism" (ch. 5) | ||
23.3. |
Armstrong 2000, "Difficult Cases in the Theory of Truthmaking" |
"Truthmaker necessitarianism" (ch. 6) | |
24.3. |
Armstrong 1980, "'Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'" Armstrong 1980, "Against 'Ostrich' Nominalism: A Reply to Michael Devitt" |
"How Things Are" (ch. 7) | |
2.-3.4. |
Second workshop: Truthmaking |
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All welcome! |
6.4. |
Every Thing Is Positive | ||
7.4 |
"Predicative Entities" (ch. 8) | ||
14.4. |
Wetzel 2003, "States of Affairs" | ||
20.4. |
"Intrinsicness" (ch. 10) | ||
21.4. |
"Determinable, higher-order and hypothetical properties" (ch. 9) | ||
22.-23.4. |
Third workshop: Universals and Tropes |
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All welcome! |
4.5. |
"Relations" (ch. 11) | ||
5.5. |
"Structure" (ch. 12) | ||
11.5. |
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"Glueing things together" (ch. 13) | |
18.5. |
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"Adverbs and Events" (ch. 16) | |
19.5. |
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"Reifying determination" (ch. 19) |
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28.-29.5. |
Fourth workshop: Properties, parts, and values |
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All welcome! |
10.-11.6. |
Fifth workshop: Exemplification |
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All welcome! |
Those who wish to receive the credits should :
Ideally, each of the three steps should take approx. the same amount of time and effort.
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