All talks are from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in room 32-141 (unless otherwise indicated). For further information, please contact YurikaJuan or Keely.  This schedule is subject to change; please check back for changes.

October 6, 2023
  • Colloquium: Natalie Weber

    October 6, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
    Stata Center, 32 Vassar St. 32-141, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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October 20, 2023
  • Colloquium: Lucas Champollion

    October 20, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
    Stata Center, 32 Vassar St. 32-141, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

    Title: The Limits of Possible Worlds Semantics

    Abstract: The standard paradigm of possible world semantics fails to account for the subject-matter preserving nature of entailment and for discrepancies between connectives in propositional logic and in natural language. These discrepancies show up in empirical domains such as imperatives and counterfactuals. This calls for a paradigm shift towards a hyperintensional framework. I adopt unilateral truthmaker semantics in the sense of Fine (2017), with a concomitant move from intersective to collective conjunction. I conceptualize truthmakers as Davidsonian events. This yields a natural conception of negative events. I…

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November 3, 2023
  • Colloquium: Yoonjung Kang

    November 3, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
    Stata Center, 32 Vassar St. 32-141, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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December 1, 2023
  • Colloquium: Sigrid Beck

    December 1, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
    Stata Center, 32 Vassar St. 32-141, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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December 8, 2023
  • Colloquium: Benjamin Spector

    December 8, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
    Stata Center, 32 Vassar St. 32-141, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

    Extended Visit. Details will be available at a later date.

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February 9, 2024
  • Colloquium: Nicholas Rolle

    February 9, 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
    Stata Center, 32 Vassar St. 32-141, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

    Extended Visit. Details will be available at a later date.

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March 8, 2024
  • Colloquium: Heidi Harley

    March 8, 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
    Stata Center, 32 Vassar St. 32-141, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

    Extended Visit. Details will be available at a later date.

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March 15, 2024
  • Colloquium: Rajesh Bhatt

    March 15, 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
    Stata Center, 32 Vassar St. 32-141, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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April 5, 2024
  • Colloquium: Amanda Rysling

    April 5, 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
    Stata Center, 32 Vassar St. 32-141, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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April 26, 2024
  • Colloquium: Idan Landau

    April 26, 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
    Stata Center, 32 Vassar St. 32-141, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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May 10, 2024
  • Colloquium: Yosef Grodzinsky (Hebrew University)

    May 10, 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

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