The CEU Philosophy Department cordially invites you to a talk
(as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)
by
Vladan Djordjevic (University of Belgrade)
on
Assumptions, Premises and Antecedents
Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412
ABSTRACT
The distinction between the notions in the title, if followed by an appropriate pragmatic
theory, can be more useful than it is usually recognized. I will explain the distinction
and try to show its explanatory power through an examination of three well known paradoxes
(the fatalism paradox, the so called direct argument, and a counterexample to modus
ponens). For each of the paradoxes many different and often unrelated solutions have been
proposed. I will argue that by using the distinction we can explain away all three of
them.
Kriszta Biber
Department Coordinator
Philosophy Department
Tel: 36-1-327-3806
Fax: 36-1-327-3072
E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu
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