Sapir Handelman
Visiting Assistant Professor
Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Wayne State University
Lentz Fellow in Peace and Conflict Resolution Research
"Peacemaking for an Intractable Conflict: the Palestinian-Israeli Case"
The Commons Room (12th floor)
The Philosophy Department
5057 Woodward Ave.
on the campus of Wayne State University
Friday, January 22, 2010 - 3:30 pm
Ben Caplan
Ohio State University
"Counting and Arbitrariness"
The Commons Room (12th floor)
The Philosophy Department
5057 Woodward Ave.
on the campus of Wayne State University
Abstract: Russell objected to Meinong's view about nonexistent objects on the grounds that it entails that some objects can't be counted. Recently, Anthony Everett objected to Kripke's and van Inwagen's view about fictional characters on the grounds that it entails that some objects can't be counted. That's the counting objection. I argue that several replies to the counting objection face one version or another of the arbitrariness problem: that there's no reason for preferring one answer to "How many of those objects are there?" over another.
Friday, February 5, 2010 - 3:30 pm
This event was originally scheduled for November 20th.
We apologize for the inconveneience.
Robert Stainton
Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean (Research)
University of Western Ontario
"The Role of Psychology in the Philosophy of Language"
The Commons Room (12th floor)
The Philosophy Department
5057 Woodward Ave.
on the campus of Wayne State University
