Consider This…Artificial Intelligence As machines start learning more, and do more, their impact and influence will continue to grow. How is this technology showing up in our lives? Is this growing knowledge and influence something to embrace or to approach … Read more
"Trust, Anger, Resentment, Forgiveness: On Blame and its Reasons" Abstract: A discussion of the scope that exists for the normative assessment of blame. The paper starts from the assumption that blame is to be understood in terms of the reactive … Read more
Conceptual Amelioration: Going on, Not in the Same Way In this paper I argue that there are two ways to think about conceptual amelioration on a model according to which the content of a concept is to be understood as … Read more
Classroom Pedagogy: Fostering Fruitful Classroom Discussion In-class discussion are a key part of any teacher’s pedagogical toolkit. But why—what purpose do they serve? What makes for a good, or bad, classroom discussion, and how can we ensure we get the … Read more
A Radical Solution to the Race Problem Quayshawn Spencer Abstract. Recent work in population genetics has revealed that the human species naturally subdivides into five major biological populations: Africans, Caucasians, East Asians, Native Americans, and Oceanians. Since the discovery of … Read more
Held in collaboration with Better Angels, this workshop brings together 5-7 self-identified conservative-leaning students and 5-7 self-identified liberal-leaning students for a day of moderated activities and discussions that clarify disagreements, reduce stereotyped thinking, and begin building the relationships needed to find common … Read more
Changing our Food Perspectives: A different view on eating and farming Food production is currently one of the main contributors of carbon emissions in the world, yet simple adjustments can make food a carbon sequestering tool instead of a contributor. Join … Read more
Do you like thinking about Big Ideas (about justice, fate, God, knowledge, morality, mind, causation, space and time)? Join us for an evening reception with short, fifteen minute presentations by Philosophy faculty. Come for the food… stay for the Philosophy! … Read more
Join us in the Caldwell common room for coffee, tea and sweets! All are welcome.
The Nonconservation of causation as a conserved quantity Abstract: This talk lays out a counterintuitive consequence of the causal nexus of Salmon understood in terms of transfer of conserved quantities: even though the causation is comprised of transferred or propagated … Read more
