How can the disparity between global climate impact and uneven responsibilities be squared with the ideal of climate justice? How do epistemic infrastructures (such as: IPCC, and global agenda and goal setting mechanisms) interact with communities on the global and local levels? How are climate policies and priorities inflected by questions of distance (across space…
Title: When Rules Define Logical Operators: Rules as Second-Order Definitions Abstract: Logical inferentialists hold that the meaning of logical operators is given by their rules of inference. Arthur Prior cast doubt on this by introducing rules for his so-called tonk operator that seemed to allow for the derivation of any sentence whatsoever from any sentence…
Title: Beyond Institutional Denial: A Global Constitutional Convention for Future Generations Abstract: Humanity is in deep institutional denial. Current institutions are failing future generations, in part because there is a governance gap when it comes to promoting intergenerational concern. This gap facilitates a tyranny of the contemporary that puts the young and other future generations…
The University of 58吃瓜 Arch茅 Philosophical Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology will be hosting a workshop on Metaphysical Explanation. Description:聽The purpose of the workshop is to bring together and promote research in the nature of metaphysical explanation, exploring what it is and how it works. In addition, the workshop seeks to…
Cancelled due to conflicting event Symposium on Jessia Brown’s聽Groups as Epistemic and Moral Agents (OUP) Cogito Research Centre, University of Glasgow, May 27-28th. All ECT members are welcome to attend, but will need to cover expenses聽(i.e., food and travel)聽themselves.
Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
Title: About Climate Justice: What Does it Mean and What Lies Ahead? Abstract: In July 2023, Europe reached scorching milestones with relentless heatwaves and Scotland had its hottest June ever. Several regions grappled with unprecedented rainfall, triggering ecological and socioeconomic upheaval. However, impacts aren’t equally distributed, those who contribute minimally to carbon emissions, find themselves…
We are proud to present the first session of聽CEPPA Film Club, on Friday 31 May (also the last day of Climate Week), when we will gather from 4.30 onwards to watch and discuss Alfonso Cuar贸n’s classic dystopian film聽Children of Men聽(see trailer here). Miguel de la Cal Moreno is convening and will start us off with…