BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T144130Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20120420T120000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20120420T130000 SUMMARY:Reasonable Inference and the Problem of Existential Import UID:20260612T132311Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION: Old Quad\, University of Melbourne\, Parkville\, Australia DESCRIPTION:

In this talk\, I want to differentiate between two problems of existential import. One problem is the fact that certain inference patterns in term logic appear to be invalid. A second\, more interesting problem is the question of why anyone thought that were valid in the first place\, and why they still seem to have a certain intuitive appeal. I will argue that\, by understanding P. F. Strawson&rsquo\;s interpretation of term logic in terms of Robert Stalnaker&rsquo\;s notion of reasonable inference\, we are able to solve this second question. Essentially\, I will argue that the intuitive appeal of traditional term logic is explicable if we understand term logic as a system of inferences under presupposition

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