[MaFLa] invitation to a philosophy talk on `I think - X thinks` by Sebastian Rödl (University of Leipzig) - Tuesday, 29 January, 3.30 PM, Nádor 15, Room 103

[Krisztina Biber]

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk
(as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)
by
Sebastian Rödl (University of Leipzig)
on
I think - X thinks

Tuesday, 29 January, 2019, 3.30 PM, Nádor 15, Room 103


ABSTRACT
It has been recognized "I think a is F", considered as a predicative statement, is peculiar. The peculiarity comes out, for example, in Moore's paradox: "a is F; but I do not think it is." This statement appears afflicted by an inner tension. But when "I think a is F" is a predicative statement, then it is hard to discern a tension in what is said in "a is F; but I do not think it is". Hence its appellation "paradox". The correlative statement "X thinks a is F" appears to be free from peculiarity. There seems to be no tension in "A is F; but X thinks it is not". Hence, lining up "I think a is F" with "X thinks a is F", we can sustain our understanding of the former as a predicative statement. - This lecture will bring out that "X thinks a is F" is, if anything, even more peculiar, and that, should we have been inclined to think of "I think a is F" as a predicative statement, consideration of "X thinks a is F" must disabuse us of this idea.


Krisztina Biber
Department of Philosophy
Coordinator
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