“Compositional Abduction and Mental Representation”
When
Oct. 11, 2024, 3pm to 5pm
Campus Location
Office/Remote Location
Room 133
Description
Ken Aizawa, Dept. of Philosophy, Rutgers University—This talk will introduce a theory of compositional abduction as an account of some instances of scientific confirmation. I will then show how this theory is relevant to philosophical discussions of mental representation. More specifically, I will relate the theory to the familiar idea that one reason to postulate mental representations to explain behavior. Compositional abduction is a theory of that reasoning.
Price
Free
Admission Information
Open to the public
External Sponsor
UNVL Dept. of Philosophy