Moral Philosophy Reading Group
Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's QuadThis week we will be discussing Rebecca Brown - 'Sneaky Persuasion in Public Health Risk Communication'. Location: Edgecliffe G03
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CEPPA Talk (in-person & online) – Philip Ebert (University of Stirling)
Edgecliffe 104Title: 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 ... Read more
Moral Philosophy Reading Group
Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's QuadReading: this week we will meet to discuss two (and a half) short articles by our speakers: Viviane Fairbank, 'Climate change is a fact – but to prove it, scientists are bogged down in a battle about what facts really are' Simon Lee, ' The climate is changing so fast that we haven’t seen how bad extreme ... Read more
CEPPA Talk (in-person & online) – Simon Lee (Earth & Environmental Sciences) and Viviane Fairbank (Philosophy)
John Henderson lecture room Castlecliffe, St Andrews, Fife, United KingdomPlease 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 ‘Climate Modelling ... Read more
Moral Philosophy Reading Group
Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's QuadReading: Lea Bourguignon & Milan Mossé's 'How to Count Sore Throats'. Location: Edgecliffe G03
Moral Philosophy Reading Group
Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's QuadReading: tbc Location: Edgecliffe G03
CEPPA Talk (in-person & online) – Katharina Bernhard (St Andrews)
Edgecliffe 104Title: Multiple Aims of Science and the New Demarcation Problem Abstract: TBC Location: Edgecliffe G03
Film and Philosophy at CEPPA – The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's QuadWe are proud to present the Sixth 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 The Killing of a Sacred Deer (see trailer here). Here is a list of suggested readings/videos. Videos: "Iphigenia at Aulis" summary Readings: Euripides, Iphigenia ... Read more
Moral Philosophy Reading Group
Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's QuadReading: this week we will discuss Mark Johnstone: ‘Anarchic Souls: Plato’s Depiction of the “Democratic Man”’ in Phronesis 58 (2013) Location: Edgecliffe G03
CEPPA Talk (in-person & online) – Daniela Dover (UCLA)
Edgecliffe 104Title: The Democratic Soul in Plato and Whitman Abstract: In Books II-IV of the Republic, Plato famously proposes an analogy between the constitution of the Greek city-state and the constitution of the human soul. The methodological assumption that underlies the architecture of the Republic is that philosophical questions about topics that we might today group under the heading ... Read more