Conceptual Engineering Seminar |聽Helen De Cruz (St Louis): “Ameliorative genealogy and hunter-gatherer philosophies”
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October 13, 2020 -Language and Mind Seminar | Emilia Wilson
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October 13, 2020 -Conceptual Engineering Seminar |聽Helen De Cruz (St Louis): “Ameliorative genealogy and hunter-gatherer philosophies”
Language and Mind Seminar | Emilia Wilson
Abstract: In this presentation I explore the harm of positive assault portrayals, which refer to depictions of sexual assault in which the victim is shown to initially refuse some sexual contact but subsequently change their mind or enjoy the assault. I propose that, contrary to some popular feminist analyses, the significance of positive assault portrayals…
Conceptual Engineering Seminar |聽Helen De Cruz (St Louis): “Ameliorative genealogy and hunter-gatherer philosophies”
Abstract. 鈥� According to Mary Midgley (1919鈥�2018), philosophy is like plumbing: “Each system supplies vital needs for those who live above it. Each is hard to repair when it does go wrong, because neither of them was ever consciously planned as a whole鈥�. In her view, philosophy responds to basic needs that are fundamental to…
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