RoME 10

Potrc and Strahovnik paper on Moral Dilemmas and Vagueness is accepted for ROcky Mountains Ethics conference
Congratulations!

Scratching heads over theory of objects

Matjaz and Emanuele Marini met and they are scratching their heads over the problem about how to transcend the theory of objects. Well, if you have got just formal conditions, these will not tell you yet what a right or wrong action may be. Things are expanding and you come to strivings and values, all still wrapped up in straight-jacket of the theory of objects. By pushing things in direction of substance and evidence problem, you can get conditions for hitting the reality. Compare determinables that may be characterized outside the world and are vague, with determinates, where worldly realization of events comes with their conscious sharpness.

Blob strikes

Blob strikes philosophy search link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8i44ysFp08

And here is the blob movie trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkOfeSNsWpM&feature=player_embedded#

Phenomenology of free will, Chalmers, Schaffer

Links to podcasts on phenomenology of free will, merely verbal disputes, modalities and methodologies:

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~arche/podcast/index.php

It seems that the first podcast does not work, but Chalmers and Schaffer do.

Matjaz Potrc work in progress materials lab

You may be interested in the work in progress laboratory, bouncing with drafts written by Matjaz Potrc. Take a look at these draft papers, do feel what's going on, mind the dates. The last entries include a Vagueness and moral dilemmas draft and Austere realism presentation outline. Look first at the end of the Files with some notes section:

http://sites.google.com/site/matjazpotrc/

Photo: Matjaz Potrc is admired by Albina's husband after having received a medal for his participation at the Ivan Potrc New Year 2010 Ptuj and Mestni vrh surroundings trail from the city's mayor. The traditional New Year hike is organized by Ivan Potrc Ptuj Library, and leads through the landscape described by Matjaz's father in his literary work. This year Matija Murko's memory was included into the event. 

Moral particularism TV show with Jonathan Dancy

Here is a link to rather entertaining and funny TV show on moral particularism with Jonathan Dancy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw6s3qZT3SM

Matjaz Potrc, Vojko Strahovnik and Lance published the most up to date book Challenging Moral Particularism collection for the discussed area.

Austere Realism book May 25th Ljubljana symposium

Society for Analytic Philosophy organizes a symposium on the Austere Realism (MIT Press) book, written by Terry Horgan and Matjaz Potrc, on May 25th in Ljubljana, Slovenia. If interested please contact the organizer Prof. Borut Cerkovnik (daf-drustvo@guest.arnes.si). Here is a preliminary abstract of Matjaž Potrč contribution for this event:

Blobjectivism

The idea started with blobjectivism as a monistic ontological view. Commonsense compatibility was considered an integral part of it, to be achieved by the semantic thesis construing truth as indirect correspondence. The book's more modest claim is to argue for austere realism with blobjectivism as a subspecies. Basic austere realism theses, through their dialectic development, are reviewed. Then, relation between austere realism and blobjectivism comes into focus. Finally, blobjectivism is compared to priority monism.

The picture shows Austere Realism book authors at the last year's Bled conference. 

Chalmers on singularity

A link to Chalmers new paper The Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis:
http://fragments.consc.net/djc/2010/04/the-singularity-a-philosophical-analysis.html