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Abstract In order for something to be true or false it must take a stand on how things are, which involves a commitment to things being a certain way. These concepts of "taking a stand" and "commitment" are given to us by the concepts of assertion and …

Abstract In previous work I have suggested two distinct notions of assertoric force. The first concept is cognitive, and divides into two sub-concepts: being assertoric (or having assertoric force) for the speaker and being assertoric for the hearer. The …

Complexity and radical uncertainty: spin glasses, ecosystems and business networks Optimization and marginal stability Multi-constraint models, complexity transitions Documents and media Download support Download …

Abstract According to Peter Geach, "a proposition may occur in discourse now asserted, now unasserted". Geach calls this "the Frege Point". It conflicts with the view (held by Aristotle) that to predicate a property of an object is to ascribe the property …

Agency plays a much larger role in the phenomenology of music than has been previously appreciated. Once we characterize this role correctly, it allows us to introduce the notion of the expressed world that is perceived in a piece of music. This notion …

The idea of a composite infogenerative relationship (and of a " inclusive " mental file) allows us to mediate another conflict. As mentioned in lecture 5, the Strawsonian model seems incompatible with the Freghean perspective, according to which it is …

Program June 11, 2021 * Timetable is provided in Central European Time (CET) 5:00pm - 6:30pm Growth Meets Development Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Michael Peters and Fabrizio Zilibotti as paper writers. Abhijit Banerjee, Robin Burgess, Esther Duflo, Patrick …

Program June 10, 2021 * Timetable is provided in Central European Time (CET) 5:00pm - 6:30pm Growth Measurement and Growth Decline Sina Ates, Timo Boppart, and Huiyu Li as paper writers. Gilbert Cette, John Fernald, Robert Gordon, Atif Mian and Chad …

In the aftermath of the war, the desire for cooperation led to the creation of the Rencontres Assyriologiques Internationales ( "RAI") from 1950 onwards. France played a leading role in this undertaking: the organization of these RAIs was entrusted to a …

Corporate networks, crises and the out-of-balance economy Failure of the "invisible hand Feedback, synchronization, panics Documents and media Download support Download …

Lecture in Japanese with simultaneous translation into French The Collège de France welcomes the Opéra national de Paris Hiroshi Sugimoto is the fourth personality to be invited to the Collège de France, as part of the celebration of the Opéra national de …

This non-technical lecture applies the resources of philosophy to explain various phenomena of musical perception. I distinguish three ways in which emotions and modalities of action can be involved in the perception of music. The proper characterization …

When the de jure coreference relation exists between two singular terms, A and B, within a statement or discourse, the coreference of the two terms is presupposed - taken for granted by anyone who understands the discourse. Campbell's inference then …

In this sixth and final lesson, the function and regulation of HoxD genes during limb development are discussed, starting with the 1990 production of the Ulnaless ( Ul ) mutant mouse strain, a mutation causing severe mesomelic dysplasia. This almost …