[SydPhil] UOW Philosophy Seminar, May 24th: Neil Levy (Macquarie), “You Meta Believe It”

Tue May 16 13:12:08 AEST 2017

UOW Philosophy is pleased to have Prof Neil Levy (Macquarie) speaking at its Philosophy Research Seminar series on May 24th. All are welcome.

Title: You Meta Believe It

When: Wednesday, May 24th, 3:30-5:00

Where: Building 19, room 2072 (LHA Research Hub), UOW main campus

Abstract: Because of the privileged place of belief in explaining behaviour, mismatch cases - in which agents sincerely claim to believe that p, but act in a way that is inconsistent with that belief - have attracted a great deal of attention. In this paper, I argue that some of these cases, at least, are explained by agents believing that they believe that p, while failing to believe that p. They do not believe that ~p; rather, they have an indistinct first-order, beliefy, representation that p.

The main seminar will be followed by an undergraduate Philosophy Forum event, discussing "Implicit bias and responsibility”.

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Dr. Patrick McGivern
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Wollongong
Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University

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