Speaker Series: Valerie Tiberius (University of Minnesota)
“Well-being and Cybernetics: integrating philosophy and personality psychology to build a better theory”
“Well-being and Cybernetics: integrating philosophy and personality psychology to build a better theory”
Neither a Populist nor a Vanguardist Be: Respecting the Will and Wisdom of the People Abstract: This paper considers three different conceptions of “the people” and what it means to “respect” their collective will and wisdom: (a) the democratic conception of the … Read more
Positions in Patriarchy: Retooling the Metaphysics of Gender
"How to teach Quantum Mechanics - Part I" Abstract: Albert distinguishes between two conceptually different kinds of physical space: a space of ordinary material bodies, which is the space of points at which one could imaginably place (say) the … Read more
"How to Teach Quantum Mechanics: Part I"
"Moral Ecologies and the Harms of Sexual Violation"
"The Nature of Necessity" My talk will be about the concept of ‘necessity’ – the idea that some propositions are not merely true, but necessarily true. Or, to put it in less technical-sounding terms, that certain facts have to obtain; that things … Read more
"I Didn’t Do It: Very Implausible Denials and Social Unreality" Abstract: When I make a very implausible denial, I deny phi-ing, in a context in which (1) before I speak, it is common knowledge that I phi-ed and (2) after I … Read more
"National Partiality, Immigration, and the Problem of Double-Jeopardy" ABSTRACT: A foundational conviction of contemporary liberal thought is that all persons matter equally. However, states frequently pursue policies that are strikingly partial towards compatriots over foreigners. A common strategy for justifying this partiality … Read more
"Infinite Ethics Meets Decision Theory" ABSTRACT: Some classic forms of utilitarianism presume that the goodness of a state of affairs can be determined by adding up numerical representations of the welfare of each of the people. When a population is … Read more