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Presented By: Department of Philosophy

Department Colloquium: Michael Strevens (NYU)

Grasp

2019-20 Colloquia Series, Grasp, Michael Strevens, New York University 2019-20 Colloquia Series, Grasp, Michael Strevens, New York University
2019-20 Colloquia Series, Grasp, Michael Strevens, New York University
You can know a fact while having very little grasp of what it is that you know. You might, for example, know from Wikipedia that pycnogonids are arthropods, without having much idea what a pycnogonid is or what it is to be an arthropod. In a case like that, what is this thing you are missing — "grasp"? Arguably, it is a mind/world relation that matters even more to our understanding of inquiry than representation or knowledge. In this talk, I will survey some possible accounts of grasp, and sketch a theory of my own according to which grasp is rooted in recognitional capacities.
2019-20 Colloquia Series, Grasp, Michael Strevens, New York University 2019-20 Colloquia Series, Grasp, Michael Strevens, New York University
2019-20 Colloquia Series, Grasp, Michael Strevens, New York University

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