Philosophy Reimagined is an upcoming series of seminars March 28-30 being organized and facilitated by the 2023 Balter Fellows, a cohort of undergraduate students interested in diversifying the field of philosophy. Our Fellows have organized a three-part seminar series, which … Read more
A presentation by Peter Hase, on belief in language models and model editing. (On Zoom). Prereading is Daniel Dennett’s short “Do animals have beliefs?” Zoom link to be posted on aip.unc.edu/events
The Misuses of Anger Audre Lorde, Self-Hatred, and the Anger it Fuels Feminist thinker Audre Lorde’s “Uses of Anger” is a canonical text in feminist philosophy. In the essay, first given as a speech in 1981, Lorde defends anger’s … Read more
Abstract: The notion of manipulation is increasingly invoked in relation to pressing issues discussed in the news and in public discourse. Consider, for example, the heated debates on how propaganda and misinformation have been recently used to lead people to … Read more
This talk is free and open to the public. Pizza will be provided after the talk! Abstract: What is forgiveness? And why forgive? I mean this in two ways: What reasons bear on the question of whether to offer … Read more
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Abstract: Behavioural public policy is a relatively new, but already substantial, subfield of public policy. To date, paternalistic frameworks have tended to dominate this subfield, at least in terms of the rhetoric, but attempts at informing public policy with findings … Read more
In some subcultures, women are encouraged to stay home and raise multiple children and men are encouraged to work outside the home.Proponents of these gendered family subcultures argue that a gendered division of labor (GDL) is generally an efficient way … Read more
Come celebrate our 2023 graduates! The ceremony will begin at 1:00pm with an outdoor reception to follow.
The event will feature three lightning talks by professors and researchers in UNC-Chapel Hill’s academic community, centered around the study, use, and applications of artificial intelligence in the fields of philosophy, pathology, and physics. These talks will be followed by … Read more
