Scepticism about one's own existence,9th March - 4.30 PM

The CEU Philosophy Department cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Rory Madden (University College London)) on Scepticism about one's own existence Tuesday, 9 March, 2010, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT Is it beyond doubt that one exists? In this talk I will describe a number of ways of constructing scenarios which form the basis of a sceptical challenge to the knowledge that one exists . Some of these possibilities depend upon unorthodox metaphysical views about the nature of existence, or the conditions for thought ownership -- but some of them do not. Instead they build on the general point that a sceptical scenario concerning a certain proposition p need not be a case in which p is false. I will conclude that scepticism about one's own existence should be taken no less seriously than other, more familiar, forms of sceptical challenge. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu