Royal Institute of Philosophy Stapledon Colloquium: Modal horrors: Emotion and Reality
3:00pm - 5:00pm /
Monday 7th November 2016
Type: Seminar /
Category: Department
- Filomena Saltao
- Suitable for: Staff and students
- Admission: Free
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Royal Institute of Philosophy Stapledon Colloquium
Robin le Poidevin: Modal horrors: Emotion and Reality
A legitimate reaction to the hypothesis that other possible worlds are concretely real is an affective one: horror at the thought of truly hellish worlds existing not just in the imagination but in reality. But is this reaction of any significance when it comes to assessing the truth of the hypothesis? In general, do appeals to emotional attitudes have a place in metaphysical debates? This talk examines a well-known attempt to derive a metaphysical conclusion, concerning the passage of time, from emotional attitudes and pursues a parallel (and, it is suggested, more successful) argument concerning the nature of possibility. It offers an account of why appeals to emotion are more common in ethics than metaphysics, and concludes with a speculative hypothesis about the origin and purpose of thought about the possible.
All are welcome and the event is free!
Royal Institute of Philosophy Stapledon Colloquium
Robin le Poidevin: Modal horrors: Emotion and Reality
A legitimate reaction to the hypothesis that other possible worlds are concretely real is an affective one: horror at the thought of truly hellish worlds existing not just in the imagination but in reality. But is this reaction of any significance when it comes to assessing the truth of the hypothesis? In general, do appeals to emotional attitudes have a place in metaphysical debates? This talk examines a well-known attempt to derive a metaphysical conclusion, concerning the passage of time, from emotional attitudes and pursues a parallel (and, it is suggested, more successful) argument concerning the nature of possibility. It offers an account of why appeals to emotion are more common in ethics than metaphysics, and concludes with a speculative hypothesis about the origin and purpose of thought about the possible.
All are welcome and the event is free!