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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our Lunch Time Talks. Attend in person, Room 1117 on the 11th floor of the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh or visit our live stream on YouTube at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg" title="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LTT – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Vaidman">Lev Vaidman</a></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tuesday, October 31st @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Title: Transfer of quantum information in teleportation</p><p class=MsoNormal>Abstract:</p><p class=MsoNormal>The controversial issue of information transfer in quantum teleportation procedure is analyzed in the framework of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. In contrast to the claims of Deutsch & Hayden 2000, it is argued that quantum information, considered as a measurable property for an observer in a particular world, is transferred in a nonlocal way in the teleportation process. This, however, does not lead to action at a distance on the level of the universe which includes all parallel worlds.</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LTT – <b><a href="https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/fellows/henry-schiller/">Henry Schiller</a></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Friday, November 3rd @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Title: How do Imperatives Motivate?</p><p class=MsoNormal>Abstract:</p><p class=MsoNormal>(Joint work with Shaun Nichols.) How do we form beliefs on the basis of assertions of declarative sentences? According to the Spinozan theory of belief, belief formation is an automatic and involuntary process (Gilbert 1991, Mandelbaum 2014): the uptake of a declarative utterance is a belief. In this talk I’ll defend a related view about how imperative sentences give rise to motivations: namely, that it is possible to activate motivations with utterances of imperative sentences directly, without updating on information that gets mediated through belief-desire reasoning. The uptake of imperatival utterances is motivation. I’ll discuss two general strategies for thinking about how imperatives might supply motivation — one based on models of dissonance reduction and the other based on work on imperatival mental states — and some specific implementations of each. I’ll conclude with a discussion of how evolutionary considerations might favor a Spinozan process of motivation from imperatives.</p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>