CEPPA Talk (online only) Catherine Elgin (Harvard)
Location: Teams (online only) Title: Epistemic Dynamics Abstract:Epistemic agents are finite and fallible. Our range is limited and some of what we accept is, no doubt, flawed. To achieve our…
Location: Teams (online only) Title: Epistemic Dynamics Abstract:Epistemic agents are finite and fallible. Our range is limited and some of what we accept is, no doubt, flawed. To achieve our…
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title:“The Mind that Matters: Degrees of Sentience and Moral Status”. Abstract:It is often argued that the capacity for conscious experience is necessary for a creature to morally…
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: Values as Vectors Abstract: Often, two things seem tied in value, though slightly improving one would not break the tie. How can we model such ‘insensitivity…
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Tweet The 58勛圖 Institute for Gender Studies is delighted to announce that Professor Robin Dembroff will be visiting the Institute in April 2023. Robin Dembroff is an Assistant…
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: QUASI-REALISM FOR REALISTS Abstract: Reductive realists think that normative properties are identical to descriptive properties. But they are often charged with being relativists: it is often…
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Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: Superspreading the Word. Abstract: Quasi-realists are expressivists who say much of what realists say. To avoid making their view indistinguishable from realism, however, they usually stop…
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: Humorlessness and Moral Recognition Abstract: Were often quick to point fingers at people who fail to find humor in themselves. And our accusations have a moral…
Tweet We invite to the presentation of the Book: Minoritarian Liberalism: A Travesti Life in a Brazilian Favela, Moises Da Silva 2nd of May 2-4 pm. Book Launch. School 1 followed…
4 MAY 10.45-11.00 Welcome 11.00-12.00 Key Note: Jennifer S. Maru禳i (Edinburgh), Locke on Moral Demonstration Break 12.15-13.00 John J. Callanan (Kings College London), Mandevilles Genealogy of Virtue Lunch 14.00-14.45 Michael…
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: Scientism and Humanities Education Abstract: In this talk I discuss a pedagogical implication of scientism. Because scientism elevates science and derogates what is deemed non-scientific, the…
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