College of Humanities and Social Science  
The University of Edinburgh Humanities and Social Science

Ethics Reading Group

Spring 2008

 

We will be reading the first part of Ralph Wedgwood's new book, The Nature of Normativity (OUP, 2007).

 

Each meeting with be prefaced with a short presentation on the relevant chapter. Meetings will take place in the Kemp Smith room on floor 3 of the David Hume Tower on selected Wednesdays between 3.30pm and 5pm.

 

Here is the current schedule of meetings:

 

16 January 2008

Chapter 1:   Thinking About What Ought to Be

Presenter - Ana Barandalla

 

23 January 2008

Chapter 2:   Expressivism

Presenter - Christos Kyriacou

 

6 February

Chapter 3:  Causal Theories and Conceptual Analysis

Presenter - Diego Zucca

 

20 February

Chapter 4:  Conceptual Role Semantics

Presenter - Ray Critch

 

5 March

Chapter 5:  Context and the Logic of 'ought'

Presenter - Nicole Hall-Elfick