<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:"Fira Code""><span>Logic</span> and
<span>Philosophy</span> of <span>Science</span> <span>Seminar</span></span>
<div>Department of <span>Logic</span>, Institute of <span>Philosophy</span></div>
<div>Eötvös Loránd University Budapest</div>
<div>Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224</div>
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<div>P R O G R A M</div>
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The <span>seminar</span> is held in hybrid format, in person (Múzeum krt. 4/i
Room 224) and online. Zoom Meeting link: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/889933315?pwd=Q3U3V3VQdXpXckhJYWRrcWRiMUhhQT09" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/889933315?pwd=Q3U3V3VQdXpXckhJYWRrcWRiMUhhQT09</a></div><br></div>8 November (Friday) 4:15 - 6:15 PM Room 224 + ONLINE</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Fabio Lampert<br>Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna<br><br>A priori knowledge and our limits<br><br>Abstract:
There is a venerable argument stated and defended in multiple ways,
since the Early Middle Ages, which attempts to show that there is no
free will or moral responsibility if human actions were infallibly
predicted in the past – by a divine being, supercomputer, or what have
you. The Spanish philosopher and theologian Luis de Molina (1535-1600)
formulated one of the clearest versions of this argument, only to reject
its main inferential move without any argument. For this reason,
Molina’s ’solution’ to the puzzle was by and large ignored. I will
argue, however, that technology stemming from the works of Saul Kripke
(in particular, the thesis of the necessity of identity and some
instances of contingent a priori knowledge) provides the tools to
generate an argument motivating the Molinist solution to the puzzle in
question. Molina didn’t have an argument because he didn’t have Kripke.
But we did.<div dir="ltr"><br><div>
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<div>Seminar website:<span> </span><a href="http://lps.elte.hu/lps" target="_blank">http://lps.elte.hu/lps</a></div>
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The <span>seminar</span> is open to everyone, including students, visitors,
and faculty<span> </span>members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60
minute lecture,<span> </span>coffee break, 60 minute discussion.<span> </span></div>
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Organizers: Márton Gömöri and Zalán Molnár</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>