Dear all The third CamPoS seminar of Michaelmas term will be given by Sahanika Ratnayake <https://cambridge.academia.edu/SahanikaRatnayake <https://cambridge.academia.edu/SahanikaRatnayake>>, PhD student in the Faculty of Philosophy at Cambridge. Details as follows:
Time: Today, 1-2:30pm Place: Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science (Free School Lane, CB2 3RH) Title: An Appraisal Of Scientific Reasoning As Therapy In Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Abstract: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is one of the most popular schools of contemporary psychotherapy. One of the reasons for CBT's success is its ability to present itself as 'scientific'. This claim to scientific legitimacy not only influences how CBT's efficacy is established, but also influences its therapeutic techniques. Aspects of scientific reasoning and the scientific method are used as part of CBT's arsenal of therapeutic techniques. For instance, clients are encouraged to evaluate problematic thoughts – referred to as 'cognitive distortions' – by testing them as if they were hypotheses. In this paper, I will examine CBT's account of cognitive distortions and the way in which scientific reasoning is used to evaluate and rectify them. I shall suggest that these therapeutic techniques cannot be working in the straightforward manner that CBT claims they are, as they fall afoul of some traditional objections from the philosophy of science. Full information about the talk is here: https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/132100 <https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/132100> The term card for the rest of Michaelmas 2019 is as follows: 13 November Wesley Buckwalter (University of Manchester) The replication crisis and philosophy 20 November Enno Fischer (Leibniz Universität Hannover) Actual causation 27 November Bryan W. Roberts (LSE) The good news about killing people 4 December Jonathan Birch (LSE) The search for invertebrate consciousness All details for CamPoS are available at https://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news-events/seminars-reading-groups/campos <https://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news-events/seminars-reading-groups/campos> You can also follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/CamPhilSci <https://twitter.com/CamPhilSci> The HPS department can provide assisted step-free access to Seminar Room 2 by arrangement via the back door to the Whipple Museum (which has a lift that can take a person to all levels) and also the Library (which also has assisted lift access to all levels). For further details please contact the HPS Reception <hps-ad...@lists.cam.ac.uk <mailto:hps-ad...@lists.cam.ac.uk>>, or consult the university's Building Access Guide <https://www.disability.admin.cam.ac.uk/building-access-guide <https://www.disability.admin.cam.ac.uk/building-access-guide>>. All are welcome. All the best Matt Dr Matt Farr • Teaching Associate in Philosophy of Science University of Cambridge • Department of History & Philosophy of Science Free School Lane | Cambridge | CB2 3RH w mattfarr.co.uk <http://www.mattfarr.co.uk/> | e mw...@cam.ac.uk <mailto:mw...@cam.ac.uk> | t 01223334559 _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/pipermail/phil-events/ Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
