As part of the Philosophy Department's 2021-22 Speaker Series, Professor Timothy Williamson, Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford, will give a colloquium this Friday, 4-6pm, in ENG/PHIL LH-001, entitled "Knowledge by Sight and Knowledge by Proof". All are welcome!
Knowledge by Sight and Knowledge by Proof
Abstract: Knowledge by sight is a standard paradigm of a posteriori knowledge. Knowledge by mathematical proof is a standard paradigm of a priori knowledge. However, I will argue that the two types of knowledge have so much in common that the a priori - a posteriori distinction cannot go very deep.
This program is made possible in part by a grant from HumanitiesTexas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.