{"id":3182,"date":"2016-02-15T09:10:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T09:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/?p=3182"},"modified":"2016-02-15T14:35:53","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T14:35:53","slug":"talk-is-metaphysical-explanation-only-metaphorically-explanatory-by-jon-shaheen-university-of-ghent-g-160-440-pm-february-15-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/talk-is-metaphysical-explanation-only-metaphorically-explanatory-by-jon-shaheen-university-of-ghent-g-160-440-pm-february-15-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk: &#8220;Is Metaphysical Explanation Only Metaphorically Explanatory?&#8221; by Jon Shaheen, University of Ghent, G-160, 4:40PM February 15 (EN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Is Metaphysical Explanation Only Metaphorically Explanatory?&#8221; by Jon Shaheen, Department of Philosophy<br \/>\nUniversity of Ghent<br \/>\nwww.jonshaheen.com<\/p>\n<p>DATE: Monday, February 15<br \/>\nTIME: 16:40-18:30<br \/>\nPLACE: G-160<\/p>\n<p>Abstract: In this talk, I will present evidence of a systematic ambiguity in our explanatory terminology, as well as my preferred account of that ambiguity: the causal metaphor account of metaphysical explanation. I will then discuss how that account explains the attraction of grounding skepticism. I will close by considering whether, in addition, it can be the basis of a convincing argument for grounding skepticism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Is Metaphysical Explanation Only Metaphorically Explanatory?&#8221; by Jon Shaheen, Department of Philosophy University of Ghent www.jonshaheen.com DATE: Monday, February 15 TIME: 16:40-18:30 PLACE: G-160 Abstract: In this talk, I will present evidence of a systematic ambiguity in our explanatory terminology, as well as my preferred account of that ambiguity: the [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/talk-is-metaphysical-explanation-only-metaphorically-explanatory-by-jon-shaheen-university-of-ghent-g-160-440-pm-february-15-en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oldposts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3194,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3182\/revisions\/3194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}