Workshop on philosophical methods

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham will host a Workshop on Philosophical Methods on Tuesday February 14th.

Program (times and order subject to minor change):

10.00-10.30 Registration & coffee

11-12.30 Nick Zangwill (Durham) "categories and essences: the error of 'nat=
uralism' and the virtue of first-philosophy"

12.30-1.15 lunch


1.15-2.45 Natalie Gold (KCL) "Judgments in Trolley Problems"


2.45-3.00 tea


3.00-4.30 Michael Devitt (CUNY) "Whither Experimental Semantics?"


4.30-6.00 session 4 Peter Simons (TCD) "Metaphysics Direct: On Leaving the
Linguistic Turn Behind"

The workshop will take place in A19, Trent Building .

Please indicate your intention of attending by emailing Amanda Samuels at

[email protected]