Schedule: 10:00-10:30 Coffee & light snacks 10:30-11:30 Renée Jorgensen (University of Michigan, Philosophy) Comments: Erik Zhang (UNC Chapel Hill, Philosophy and PPE) 11:45-12:45 Jake Monaghan (University of Southern California) Comments: Doug MacKay (UNC Chapel Hill, Public Policy & PPE) 12:45-2:00 Lunch Break 2:00-3:00 Lauren Lyons (Rutgers University) … Read more
Abstract: Our sophisticated capacities for normative thought, talk, and practice are supported by some fundamental, seemingly non-normative concepts. In this talk, I identify one such concept---the concept of intentional action---by identifying its distinctive normative function. Specifically, I argue that the … Read more
Abstract: This paper examines why and how individuals from disadvantaged sectors of society mobilize in response to these lethal human rights violations committed by state security forces in democracies, drawing on ethnographic evidence from Brazil. It develops the concept of … Read more
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Want to understand the complex world in which we live? Consider UNC’s five-course minor in Philosophy, Politics and Economics that lets you satisfy Gen. Ed. requirements with an assortment of courses that together add up to more than the sum of their parts. The … Read more
An intensive one-day workshop for faculty and graduate students on papers in progress by our PPE Research Assistant Professors. Agenda and sign-up form will be available later in the Spring.!
The third AEP workshop will be on the epistemology of expertise. It will be held on August 30-31, 2024 at UNC Chapel Hill, and feature talks by Cory Clark (Business/Psychology, Penn), Heather Douglas (Philosophy, Michigan State), Reiner Grundmann (Sociology, Nottingham), … Read more
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Abstract: How will current and future generations of Large Language Models affect economic productivity? Labor markets? Education? Our politics and political economy? What about the practice of economics itself? Speaker Bio: Tyler Cowen has a Ph.D in economics from … Read more
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