Crane-talk @ 4th Mind Society meeting

Hello Everyone! Below and linked find the info about the 4th Meeting of the Budapest Mind Society, which will have Prof. Crane from London as its protagonist. Note that from November 2004 on the sessions will be chaired by -and information about the activities of BMS will be avalilable from- Andras Simonyi simka(a)ludens.elte.hu , as both Hong Yu Wong and Istvan Aranyosi, who founded this group, will have left Hungary by then. http://www.personal.ceu.hu/students/03/Istvan_Aranyosi/Budapest_Mind_Societ… --------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Tim Crane, Philosophy, University College London 'The efficacy of colour, shape and size' 10 November, Wednesday, 2004, 5 PM, Dept. of Philosophy, CEU, Zrinyi 14, #412. Asbtract: This paper presents an antinomy about the role of properties in causation. If we think of causation in terms of counterfactual dependence, then there is a persuasive case (made, for example, by Stephen Yablo) for thinking that determinable properties (like redness) can be causes. But on the other hand, if we think of properties as the 'truth-makers' for predications, then it is arguable that only determinate properties (maximally specific shades of colour) are causes. But these claims cannot both be true; which should we deny? ------------------------------------------------------------ Everybody welcome! I will send a reminder a few days before the talk. Cheers Istvan