The Individual Goods of Attention and How to Distribute Them
Seminar
We live in an age where attention is a central commodity – where social media companies like TikTok and Facebook take this attention as a product to be sold to interested buyers, and where attention is inextricably tied up with knowledge work (such as that of programmers, architects, and…
AI Rule and a Fundamental Objection to Epistocracy - Sean Donahue (ANU)
Seminar
Speaker: Sean Donahue Epistocracy is rule by whoever is more likely than others to make correct decisions. AI epistocracy is rule by an artificial intelligence that is more likely than humans to make correct decisions. While various objections have been made against epistocracy, the…
Money, Markets & Meaning – The Ethics of Commodification
Seminar
A common argument in debates about commodification is that it is impermissible to buy and sell certain goods because to do so would violate their meaning or express an attitude towards them that does not show appropriate respect or reverence. Jason Brennan & Peter Jaworski call…
CANCELLED - Caroline West (University of Sydney)
Seminar
Please note that this seminar has been cancelled.
Apr 12 - TBC
Seminar
Speaker TBC 12–1PM 12 APRIL 2023 Location: RSSS room 6.71 or online via this Zoom link Paper title, details for accessing the paper and session details will be circulated through the Philsoc-l mailing list, which you can subscribe to here.
A Life Hack with a Future - Elijah Millgram (University of Utah)
Seminar
Speaker: Elijah Millgram Personal identity - what it takes to be the same person over time - is best understood from what Dennett called the design stance. Rather than pursue traditional conceptual analysis - a list of necessary and sufficient conditions for being who you…
Amnesia and the Ordinary Conception of Time - Carl Craver (WUSTL)
Seminar
Speaker: Carl Craver The thesis that the “ordinary conception of time” requires the capacity for episodic memory is common in neuroscience and philosophy alike. In neuropsychology, this thesis is expressed in the contrapositive thesis that people with episodic amnesia are “trapped…