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Two Graduate Teaching Scholarships

By Fiona RoxburghSat, 06/27/2009 - 11:46am

Posted on behalf of Dr. Nick Jones....

Two Graduate Teaching Scholarships
Department of Philosophy
Closing date: 17th July 2009

The Department of Philosophy is growing rapidly at all levels. As part of this development the department wishes to expand its team of Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) by offering two scholarships to support PhD students in their studies, and provide career development opportunities for those planning an academic career.

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Free Will, Determinism and Scope Ambiguity

By Geoffrey FerrariTue, 06/09/2009 - 9:24pm

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I surely can't be the first person to think that the free will/determinism debate is rife with scope ambiguity. Consider the natural language claim that: if the world was in state S1 in 1900, and the laws of nature imply that if the world was in state S1 in 1900, then John will do act A at midnight, 1st January 2010, then John must do act A at midnight, 1st January 2010.

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