The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Fraser MacBride (University of Cambridge) on "Trope Neglect: The Moore‑Stout Debate" Tuesday, 31 January, 2012, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT In this paper I aim to come to an understanding of how one trope proselyte, G.F. Stout, and another apostate, G.E. Moore, contrived to talk past one another in a famous exchange in Durham in July 1923 ("Are The Characteristics of Particular Things Universal of Particular?"). The result was to mislead a generation of British philosophers, leading to their subsequent neglect of tropes (aka abstract particulars, moments etc). I suggest that the failure of Stout and Moore to communicate arose from a deeper disagreement, —that they failed to make explicit—, about the contents of perceptual experience. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu