Dear Max, It'll be great to have you there! There's np reading in advance. Dan Williams will present his work in progress then we'll have an open discussion.
Would you like to go on the mailing list for future reminders? All the best, Tom Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: phil-events-boun...@lists.cam.ac.uk <phil-events-boun...@lists.cam.ac.uk> on behalf of M.M.M. Seguin <mm...@cam.ac.uk> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2020 4:26:13 PM To: Jessie Munton <jm2...@cam.ac.uk>; phil-events@lists.cam.ac.uk <phil-events@lists.cam.ac.uk> Subject: Re: [CamPhilEvents] Mental Sciences: Lent term programme 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. _____________________________________________________ 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.
