• Film and Philosophy at CEPPA – Blue Velvet

    Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's Quad

    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  (see trailer here). The movie will start SHARP at 17:15. DAVID LYNCH IN MEMORIAM As many of you will know or might ... Read more

  • CEPPA Talk (in-person & online) – Philip Ebert (University of Stirling)

    Edgecliffe 104

    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 ... Read more

  • Moral Philosophy Reading Group

    Moral Philosophy Reading Group

    Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's Quad

    Reading: 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 Kingdom

    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 ‘Climate Modelling ... Read more

  • Film and Philosophy at CEPPA – The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's Quad

    We 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