This is a reminder for:
Title: Patrice Philie
Pre-talk at 2PM in the Philosophy Common Room. All honours and graduate
students are expected to attend the pre-talk; all others are welcome.
Title: McDowell and Wittgenstein on Content.
Abstract: The notion of content figures at the heart of John McDowell’s
account of intentionality, as discussed, for instance, in his Woodbridge
Lectures. This presentation aims at gaining a better understanding of
McDowell’s account of intentionality by comparing McDowell’s notion of
content with that of the later Wittgenstein. This comparison should, in
addition, uncover some perplexing problems in McDowell’s account of
intentionality. I will proceed as follows: after characterising McDowell’s
notion of content, the relevance of mental states for explaining content
will be discussed. This will allow us to evaluate the status of a
philosophy of mind in McDowell and to point to a tension between his claim
to be engaged in a ‘quietist’ enterprise and what he actually seems to be
doing, if my analysis is correct. An attempt to find the roots of this
tension concludes the presentation.
When: Wed Sep 15 3:30pm – 5:30pm Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney
Where: The Refectory
Calendar: Seminars
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