Here are the details for the final USyd Postgrad Work in Progress talk of the semester:
Speaker: Thomas Raysmith Title: The problem with using 'experience' as a substantive It is often assumed that a problem arises for those who wish to accept the following two claims. First, we experience temporal phenomena (i.e. succession, movement, change, and duration). Second, experiences themselves have temporal limits such that they are either instantaneous, or extend over only a short period of time. The problem is how to explain the first, given the second. In this talk I consider several ways in which this problem has been dealt with in the literature, before ultimately suggesting that the problem itself and the attempts to solve it are in fact the results of a puzzlement over the use of the word 'experience' as a substantive. By getting clear on the grammar of 'experience', I argue, we come to see that there is no obvious way to frame the problem as a legitimate philosophical problem. Time: 4:30pm, Mon Nov 11 Location: S401, Main Quad, University of Sydney Hope to see you all there, Simon Varey Postgraduate Colloquium Co-ordinator
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