[Koglist] Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar, Fabio Lampert

Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy Eötvös Loránd University Budapest Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224 _____________________________________________ P R O G R A M The seminar is held in hybrid format, in person (Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224) and online. Zoom Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/889933315?pwd=Q3U3V3VQdXpXckhJYWRrcWRiMUhhQT09 8 November (Friday) 4:15 - 6:15 PM Room 224 + ONLINE Fabio Lampert Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna A priori knowledge and our limits Abstract: There is a venerable argument stated and defended in multiple ways, since the Early Middle Ages, which attempts to show that there is no free will or moral responsibility if human actions were infallibly predicted in the past – by a divine being, supercomputer, or what have you. The Spanish philosopher and theologian Luis de Molina (1535-1600) formulated one of the clearest versions of this argument, only to reject its main inferential move without any argument. For this reason, Molina’s ’solution’ to the puzzle was by and large ignored. I will argue, however, that technology stemming from the works of Saul Kripke (in particular, the thesis of the necessity of identity and some instances of contingent a priori knowledge) provides the tools to generate an argument motivating the Molinist solution to the puzzle in question. Molina didn’t have an argument because he didn’t have Kripke. But we did. ______________________________ Seminar website: http://lps.elte.hu/lps The seminar is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute lecture, coffee break, 60 minute discussion. The organizers: Márton Gömöri and Zalán Molnár