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SUMMARY:Sophisms and Modality - Prof. Christopher Martin ( Auckland Univer
 sity\, New Zealand (Leverhulme Visiting Professor of Philoso)
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CONTACT:Prof. Christopher Martin
DESCRIPTION:Abaelard invented the terminology of the de re - de sensu (de 
 dicto) distinction and employed it with great skill in disambiguating moda
 l claims. This seminar will discuss the role played by the distinction in 
 Abaelard's development of his de re theory of modality and in particular t
 he question of whether he has an account of unrealisable possibilities. Pa
 rt of seminar series: http://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/news_events/medieval_philo
 sophy.html. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.
LOCATION:Board Room\, Faculty of Philosophy
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