
TeC-FiloLab con Dario Mortini: «On the Epistemic Norm of Hedged Assertion»
El martes, 7 de octubre, a las 12.30, en la Sala de Juntas de Filosofía, tendrá lugar la primera sesión del seminario TeC-FiloLab de este curso 2025-2026. Nos acompañará Dario Mortini, investigador del Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy (BIAP). A continuación tenéis el título y el resumen de su charla, así como una breve nota sobre la trayectoria de Dario. Title: "On the Epistemic Norm of Hedged Assertion" Abstract: The question on the epistemic normativity of outright assertion has generated an extensive literature. But speakers do not always assert outright: they often hedge and assert P without fully committing to its truth. Asked whether my colleague is in the building, I might guardedly reply ‘She left an hour ago, I think’. Faced with inconclusive evidence about P, cautious scientists and conscientious…