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Welcome And Introductory Remarks, Benjamin Hill Jun 2020

Welcome And Introductory Remarks, Benjamin Hill

Western Ontario Early Modern Philosophy (WOEMP) Online Events

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Cancelled - The Ontological Status Of Cartesian Possibilia, Daniel Stermer, Marc Bobro, Liz Goodnick Jun 2020

Cancelled - The Ontological Status Of Cartesian Possibilia, Daniel Stermer, Marc Bobro, Liz Goodnick

Western Ontario Early Modern Philosophy (WOEMP) Online Events

In this paper I present a novel view of the ontological status of possible objects for Descartes. Specifically, I claim that possible objects just are innate ideas considered objectively. In the act of creation, God creates possibilities—in all its richness—in the form of innate ideas. Thus, in acts of thinking, one may clearly and distinctly perceive, via one’s innate ideas, that such and such is possible. To argue this, I first analyze and critique two competing views—one from Calvin Normore who claims that innate ideas represent an independent realm of possibilia, and another from David Cunning and Alan Nelson who …


Day 1 Schedule, Benjamin Hill Jun 2020

Day 1 Schedule, Benjamin Hill

Western Ontario Early Modern Philosophy (WOEMP) Online Events

No abstract provided.


Re-Reading Anscombe On 'I', Robert Stainton Jan 2018

Re-Reading Anscombe On 'I', Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

According to a certain ‘Straight Reading’ of Elizabeth Anscombe’s ‘The First Person’, she holds a Radically Non-Referring view of ‘I’. Specifically, ‘I’ is analogized to the expletive ‘it’ in ‘It’s raining’. I argue that this is not her position. Her substantive view on ‘I’, rather, is that if what you mean by ‘referring term’ is a certain rich and recherché Frege-inspired notion, then ‘I’ is not one. Her methodological point is that one shouldn’t be bewitched by language into thinking that ‘I’, because of its syntax and logical role, must exhibit ‘reference’ in this sense. Anscombe uses this insight to …


An Anscombean Reference For I?, Andrew Botterell, Robert Stainton Jan 2018

An Anscombean Reference For I?, Andrew Botterell, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.


Aristotle On The Moral Status Of Animals, Devin Henry Jan 2016

Aristotle On The Moral Status Of Animals, Devin Henry

Data and Test Instruments

No abstract provided.


Introduction To The Achilles Of Rational Psychology, Thomas Lennon, Robert Stainton Jan 2008

Introduction To The Achilles Of Rational Psychology, Thomas Lennon, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.