Dear all, We are very happy to invite you to the following WiP events next week:
- The first event is a talk by Dr Sarah Fine (KCL),'Political Philosophy and Autobiography', Monday 29th, 12-1pm, Room 1.04, Faculty of Classics. Followed by lunch. Abstract below: Political philosophers are in the grip of an exciting methodological moment, enthusiastically addressing many of the whats, hows and whys of our enterprise: what is it that (we think) we are doing, how should we be doing it, and why exactly are we doing it in the first place? In this paper, I focus instead on a set of methodological questions relatively neglected in our subdiscipline: those regarding the whos. I turn the spotlight onto us as researchers. Who are we, and, more specifically, does who we are matter for the relevance and robustness of our arguments? We know that our intuitions and beliefs are influenced by a range of factors, including among other things our education and other life experiences, as well as the people around us. And so it appears inevitable that who we are matters a great deal with respect to the arguments that we construct. It affects the questions that we ask and the answers that we offer. Is that a problem? It certainly seems to raise some important challenges for our self- perception of our enterprise, and is fertile ground for more research. To consider some of the interesting 'who' questions, I draw upon the autobiographical reflections of several well-known philosophers, I examine the ways in which researchers from other disciplines have tackled related issues, and I review some recent philosophical discussion of cognitive biases. - The second event is a workshop on disability and academic philosophy led by Zara Bain(University of Bristol and University of Cardiff), Tuesday 1st March, 6-7.30pm, Newnham College MCR (wheelchair accessible, but best acessed through the gates at the end of Newnham Walk rather than the porter's lodge.) The workshop will provide an opportunity to share experiences of what it is like to be a philosopher or philosophy student with disabilities or chronic illness (including mental illness and learning disabilities), as well as to discuss how academic philosophy (and Cambridge) can become more inclusive of disabled students. The workshop will start with an introduction by Zara Bain, before moving on to a facilitated discussion. We look forward to seeing you there. Best wishes, Ellisif and Magali _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
