Dear All,
The Wittgenstein Research Group at the University of Vienna organizes a
talk this coming Friday:
28. April 2023 | NIG, Hs. 3B, 15:00-16:30 Uhr
Jakob Ohlhorst: Baby Logic - A Hinge Epistemology
Abstract:
Recently, epistemologists have turned their attention to core knowledge:
The product of innate core cognition modules which encode constraints on
how we interpret our experiential input. Zoe Jenkin argues that core
knowledge is partially justified by these constraints because they serve
as epistemic reasons. In this talk, I argue that these constraints can
serve as reasons for our core knowledge because they are Wittgensteinian
hinges, i.e. unjustified presuppositions that enable us to be
epistemically active. First, this means that some hinges are innate and
biologically anchored. Second, it means that core cognition plays a
fundamental, constitutive epistemological role.
Everyone welcome, including "tourists" in Vienna. Esther
Heinrich-Ramharter
Anja Weiberg
Martin Kusch