The Center for Political Philosophy in Leiden is pleased to announce a talk by   Eamon Aloyo (Leiden University)   ‘Effective Altruism, Over-demandingness, and a Defense of a Progressive Giving Principle’   Date:                  Thursday, 7 November 2019 Time:                  15:15-17:00, followed by drinks Venue:                Institute of Philosophy, Lecture Room 0.07, P.J.Veth Building, Nonnensteeg 1-3, Leiden   Abstract:  How much should … Continue reading CPP Colloquium: Effective Altruism, Over-demandingness, and a Defense of a Progressive Giving Principle →

Date:    Thursday, 7 November 2019 Time:    16:00-17:00, followed by drinks Venue:  Marie Lokezaal, Harmony Building, Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26, Groningen, the Netherlands How do people reason in the face of complex and contradictory information? Legal cases are particularly challenging: people must decide between competing stories, integrating a wide range of evidence from sources with … Continue reading Explaining the evidence: Causal models in legal reasoning →

Explaining the evidence: Causal models in legal reasoning David Lagnado (University College London)   Date:    Thursday, 7 November 2019 Time:    16:00-17:00, followed by drinks Venue:  Marie Lokezaal, Harmony Building Abstract How do people reason in the face of complex and contradictory information? Legal cases are particularly challenging: people must decide between competing stories, integrating a wide … Continue reading Explaining the evidence: Causal models in legal reasoning →

ETHIEK EN JOURNALISTIEK VvEN toekomstverkenning over ethiek in de journalistiek De Vereniging van Ethici in Nederland (VvEN) nodigt geïnteresseerden uit voor haar zevende ethische toekomstverkenning op vrijdag 8 november 2019 van 13.00-18.00 in het Academiegebouw van de Universiteit Utrecht. De toekomstverkenning is bedoeld voor wetenschappers en ethici, journalisten en iedereen die met media te maken … Continue reading VvEN toekomstverkenning over Ethiek en Journalistiek →

Radboud University Donders Institute & Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies Foundations of Cognition Series (FCS) When: Friday, November 8, 16:00-17:30 Where: Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Oval Office Who: Giacomo Aldegheri and Sushrut Thorat (Donders) Representation: useful, useless or harmful? The concept of a “representation” is among the most (mis)used in cognitive science: … Continue reading Representation: useful, useless or harmful? →

During our lunch seminar next Wednesday (November 13th), Bart Geurts will give a talk titled ‘First saying, then believing: the pragmatic roots of folk psychology.’ You can find the abstract for his talk below.   The meeting will take place at the familiar time in the familiar room: from 12.30 to 13.30 in EOS 01.140. … Continue reading Lunch Seminar: ‘First saying, then believing:the pragmatic roots of folk psychology’ →

Date: Monday November 18, 2019 Venue: GR1.136, Faculty of Law, Radboud University Nijmegen Address: Grotius Building, Montessorilaan 10, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Website: https://www.ru.nl/rechten/actueel/agenda/@1239169/one-day-symposium-the-morality-war/   This symposium brings together international scholars working in the field of moral and legal just war theory. The format resembles an expert workshop with presentations (20/30 min) and ample time for … Continue reading One-Day Symposium ‘The Morality of War’ →

Programme Wednesday 20 November 2019 13:00-14:15 Johan Olsthoorn (Amsterdam) – ‘Hobbes on the Rights of War’ 14:20-15:35 Alexandra Chadwick (Groningen) – ‘Hobbes on the Nature of Man and the Nature of Politics’ 15:40-16:55 Alan Nelson (UNC, Chapel Hill) – ‘Leviathan as Science and Why That Matters’ Organized by: Challenges to Democratic Representation (UvA); Amsterdam Centre … Continue reading Mini-workshop on the Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes →