Dear Jessie and Tom, I hope that this email finds you well.
I am a MPhil in International Relations and Politics at POLIS and particularly interested in attending the first session titled 'Beliefs, Signal and Groups'. Accordingly, I was wondering whether I may be able to participate, and if so, whether there were any preparatory paper to read beforehand. Many thanks in advance. Max(ime) - He/Him ________________________________ From: phil-events-boun...@lists.cam.ac.uk <phil-events-boun...@lists.cam.ac.uk> on behalf of Jessie Munton <jm2...@cam.ac.uk> Sent: 13 January 2020 21:46 To: phil-events@lists.cam.ac.uk <phil-events@lists.cam.ac.uk> Subject: [CamPhilEvents] Mental Sciences: Lent term programme Dear all, the first Lent meeting of the mental sciences group will be next Wednesday afternoon, the 22nd of January, from 3-4:30 p.m in the board room in the philosophy department. Dan Williams will be leading a discussion on some new work in progress titled “Beliefs, Signals and Groups” Abstract: I clarify and defend the following hypothesis: in the political domain, certain beliefs function as signals of group membership and loyalty. Drawing on signalling theory and various characteristics of human psychology and coalitions, I develop a theoretical framework for understanding this phenomenon and I try to show how it can be distinguished from other well-known causal pathways (e.g. filter bubbles, echo chambers, groupthink, etc.) through which group membership can lead to inaccurate beliefs. We will have 3 other sessions this term, all at the same time and place. Preliminary details are below. All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you there! 5th February: Erlend Owesen (HPS) “The Meta-Problem and Eliminativism about Phenomenal Consciousness” 19th February: Karina Vold (HPS) TBD 5th March: Katharina Zuhlsdorff (Psychology) “what can we learn about the neural basis of drug addiction from computation modeling?” Best wishes, Jessie and Tom -- Lecturer in Philosophy University of Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge CB3 9DA Email: jm2...@cam.ac.uk jessiemunton.wixsite.com/philosophy _____________________________________________________ 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. _____________________________________________________ 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.
