Title: Beyond Speech: Pictures and Oppression Abstract: Philosophical work on oppressive forms of expression strongly tends to give verbal and written linguistic expression pride of place. When it comes to pictures, there is a tendency to either treat them as if they were language 鈥� one sees this in feminist work on pornography 鈥� or…
We are proud to present the Fifth Session of Film and Philosophy at CEPPA (aka the CEPPA Film Club). This time we will gather from 16:30 onwards to watch and discuss Blue Velvet聽 (see trailer here). The movie will start SHARP at 17:15. DAVID LYNCH IN MEMORIAM As many of you will know or might…
This week we will be discussing Rebecca Brown – ‘Sneaky Persuasion in Public Health Risk Communication’. Location: Edgecliffe G03
Title: Philosophical Challenges in Risk Communication of Rare and Severe Events Abstract: In this talk, I will discusses different philosophical challenges in communicating and dealing with the risk of rare and severe events. As a case study, I use avalanche risk: a form of voluntary risk taking in which the individual is often partly responsible…
Reading: tbc Location: Edgecliffe G03
Reading: this week we will meet to discuss two (and a half) short articles by our speakers: Viviane Fairbank,聽‘Climate change is a fact 鈥� but to prove it, scientists are bogged down in a battle about what facts really are’ Simon Lee,聽‘ The climate is changing so fast that we haven鈥檛 seen how bad extreme…
Please join us on for the Second edition of the Philosophy of Climate Science (PhiCliSci) working group, which will bring together philosophers and climate scientists to discuss central themes relating to the climate crisis. In the first session, climate scientist Simon Lee and philosopher Viviane Fairbank will give presentations on the topic of 鈥楥limate Modelling…
Reading: tbc Location: Edgecliffe G03
Reading: Lea Bourguignon & Milan Moss茅’s ‘How to Count Sore Throats’. Location: Edgecliffe G03
Title:聽Resisting the unexperienced Abstract: An experience is epistemically transformative when you can鈥檛 know what it鈥檚 like without having the experience. Though this characterisation doesn鈥檛 neatly fit聽transformative聽experiences, a surprising number of everyday experiences fit the description. The clearest parallel is with aesthetic experiences. The Acquaintance Principle (Budd, 2003) says that an agent can only appreciate an…