Dear colleagues, The PACE Project (Institute of Philosophy, University of Vienna) cordially invites you to the second talk of the Metaphilosophical Talk Series by Catherine Z. Elgin (University of Harvard) Title: Iterative Explications Date: Tue May 28th, 2024 Time: 16:45-18:15 hrs Location: Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien We are pleased to inform you that there will be an opportunity to be present at the talk online. A zoom link to join the event will be circulated shortly. Abstract: Carnap maintains that explication refines and sharpens everyday concepts, enabling them to perform rigorous philosophical and scientific functions. Building on Carnap and Chang, I argue that conceptual enhancement involves iterative explication. Each step is an improvement on its predecessor and sets the stage fur further conceptual refinement. I draw on familiar examples from the history of philosophy to illustrate the procedure and its benefits. Future Metaphilosophical Talk Series Talks: Tue June 11th, 2024, 16:45 – 18.15 hrs
Jennifer Nagel, University of Toronto We look forward to seeing you then. Best wishes, The PACE organising team https://pace.phl.univie.ac.at