Lugano Philosophy Colloquia. Bence Nanay

Bence Nanay (University of Antwerp and USI) will give a talk on Thursday, November 6 at 4.30pm (CET), Room Multiuso FTL Building (USI west campus), as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia of Fall 2025.

The Translucent Mind

Chaired by Byron Simmons

Abstract: Some of our mental states are translucent: we can't fully elaborate some parts of their content, by which I mean we can't make some of the represented properties more determinate. More generally, mental states come on a spectrum when it comes to whether and how much we can elaborate some parts of their content. I argue that translucency is an overlooked but extremely important feature of mental states and I give case studies of this importance in the case of translucent beliefs, translucent emotions, translucent memories and translucent desires.

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