Dear all,
This wed (tomorrow) 22 April we have Roman Frigg (LSE) in the
departmental seminar series who will give us a talk called,
Who's Afraid of Nagelian Reduction?
Abstract: We reconsider the Nagelian theory of reduction and argue
that, contrary to a widely held view, it is the right analysis of
inter-theoretic reduction. For one, its purported successor, so-called
new wave reductionism, turns out collapses into a sophisticated
version of Nagelian reduction and hence does not provide an
alternative. For another, the alleged diffculties of the Nagelian
theory either vanish upon closer inspection, or turn out to be
interesting philosophical questions rather than knock-down arguments.
As usual the talk will be in the Refectory at 3.30
And Roman will be in the Common Room at 2PM for the pre-talk; all
welcome who would like to have some preparation for the talk, graduate
students very strongly encouraged to attend (especially if it's not
your area, as attendance at these things is something that can give
plausible breadth to your PhD or masters; something that Australian
degrees tend to lack because of the short duration and relative lack
of coursework).
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