(Session has been postponed to Wednesday, 09.10.2024) The fictionalist account of virtual reality (VR) is an anti-realist position, asserting that the things we perceive in VR are not real but fictional. While metaphysically parsimonious, this view raises questions about whether the beliefs of those engaging in VR are coherent and…

The opening session of this semester’s research colloquium will feature a presentation by Claire Field titled “Evaluative Injustice?” followed by a Q&A.

The penultimate session of this semesters research colloquium will feature a talk and Q&A by Thomas Schmidt on the topic “Paradoxes of Supererogation”. 

This week’s session will feature a presentation and Q&A by Glenn Anderau, topic TBA. 

This week’s session will feature two preread presentations again. Benoit Guilielmo will be discussing comments on his project titled “The Value of Suspension of Judgment”, followed by a discussion on a project by Léna Mudry, topic TBA. 

This week’s research colloquium will feature two preread presentations. First, Xian will be discussing comments on his project titled “When to Believe Against the Evidence”, followed by Atay Kozlovski’s discussion on “Alignment and Explainability in Meaningful Human Control”. 

In this week’s session, Tony Booth will be giving a presentation followed by a Q&A on the topic “The Duty to Understand Others”. 

This week’s session features a talk and Q&A by Kurt Sylvan on the topic “Respect for Truth: A Kantian Account”. 

The session is postponed to a later date TBA.  This week’s session Jörg Löschke will be giving a talk followed by a Q&A on “Forgiving Benefits”, a collaborative project with Laurent Jaffro.

For this week’s session featurtes two preread presentations. Alexander Belak will be giving a talk on “Restructuring Understanding’s Object (One Last Time)” and Sebastian Schmidt on “How Evidence Justifies Suspension”.