Week of Events
Workshop Climate Justice: Transdisciplinary and Cross-cultural Conversations
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…
Metaphysical Explanation Workshop
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…
Monday, May 27, 2024
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
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May 28, 2024 -Language and Mind seminar
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May 28, 2024 -Language and Mind seminar: Louise Richardson (University of York)
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May 28, 2024 -FPST Seminar – NO SESSION
Language and Mind seminar: Louise Richardson (University of York)
Title: Regret Abstract: There are many ways to feel bad about things. This paper is about which of those ways of feeling bad count as regret, and why. I will suggest that a very great deal of our bad feelings are regrets, in opposition to the narrower view of some philosophers and psychologists who restrict…
FPST Seminar – NO SESSION
There will be no session this week as it conflicts with an amazing workshop on climate ethics. Please join us there: http://stacees.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2024/05/Climate-Week-Conference-Schedule-%E2%80%93-May-2024-%E2%80%93-DU49273.pdf This event is part of the Inaugural 58吃瓜 Climate Week: https://stacees.ac.uk/university-of-st-andrews-climate-week/
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
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May 29, 2024 -Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Hannes Leitgeb (MCMP)
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May 29, 2024 -Public Lecture: Stephen Gardiner (University of Washington)
Metaphysics and Logic Seminar: Hannes Leitgeb (MCMP)
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…
Public Lecture: Stephen Gardiner (University of Washington)
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…
Thursday, May 30, 2024
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May 30, 2024 -Plenary Seminar
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May 30, 2024 -Epistemology Seminar: CANCELLED
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May 30, 2024 -Moral Philosophy Reading Group
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May 30, 2024 -Unity: No Seminar
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May 30, 2024 -Public Lecture: Tahseen Jafry (Glasgow Caledonian University)
Epistemology Seminar: CANCELLED
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.
Moral Philosophy Reading Group
Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:聽ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
Public Lecture: Tahseen Jafry (Glasgow Caledonian University)
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…
Friday, May 31, 2024
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May 31, 2024 -CEPPA Film Club: Children of Men
CEPPA Film Club: Children of Men
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…
Saturday, June 1, 2024
No events on this day.
Sunday, June 2, 2024
No events on this day.