Faculty of Philosophy
Podcast: Metaphor, Philosophical Issues
Lecture series introducing some of the main debates about metaphor in contemporary aesthetics and philosophy of language. No background in either philosophy of language or aesthetics is required. Questions considered include: Are there some thoughts that can only be expressed in metaphor? Why do we speak metaphorically, especially in describing how things look, sound, taste and smell? How do metaphors get the special meaning or content they have? And do metaphors have a non-literal meaning or content at all?
Publication: Professor Elizabeth Fricker, ‘Unreliable Testimony’, in Alvin Goldman and his Critics. Brian McLaughlin and Hilary Kornblith (eds.). Blackwell (2014)
Goldman and His Critics presents a series of original essays contributed by influential philosophers who critically examine Alvin Goldman s work, followed by Goldman s responses to each essay.
- Critiques Alvin Goldmans groundbreaking theories, writings, and ideas on a range of philosophical topics
- Features contributions from some of the most important and influential contemporary philosophers
- Covers Goldmans views on epistemology both individual and social in addition to cognitive science and metaphysics
- Pays special attention to Goldmans writings on philosophy of mind, including the evolution of his thoughts on Simulation–Theory (ST)
Research Project: The Metaphysics of Entanglement
This is a multidisciplinary research Project investigating the viability of power ontology as a metaphysics that can provide a fresh approach to our philosophical understanding of the phenomena of entanglement and superposition.
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