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SUMMARY:The logic of &quot\;nothing&quot\; from Homer to Heidegger - Profe
 ssor Alex Oliver\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Jenni Lecky-Thompson
DESCRIPTION:Professor Alex Oliver gives the Mind Senior Research Fellow Le
 cture. This lecture explores reasons to talk about nothing\, suggesting tw
 o quite different ways to do it\, both used in the common saying ‘nothin
 g comes from nothing’. The logical pitfalls in this territory will be il
 lustrated using jokes in sources ranging from The Odyssey through medieval
  parodic sermons to Through the Looking Glass. But the topic is no laughin
 g matter: philosophers from the pantheon — Descartes\, Locke\, Hume\, He
 idegger — have all been found guilty of mishandling ‘nothing’ by tak
 ing it to be a name of something peculiarly mysterious. The second part of
  the lecture examines whether this verdict is just.\n\nThis lecture is fre
 e and open to the public. There is no need to book.\n
LOCATION:Little Hall\, Sidgwick Site
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