Friday 3rd May, 2.30-4.30pmHicks Building Lecture Theatre 4At this Friday's department seminar, centre-member Megan Blomfield will talk about the issues of asylum and epistmic injustice. Abstract: To be granted protection in the UK, asylum claimants must establish to a reasonable degree of likelihood that they have a well-founded fear of persecution if returned to their …
Angie Hobbs on Sheffield as City of Sanctuary
In a recent interview, Angie Hobbs (Professor for the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield) talks about how Sheffield is taking a lead in welcoming refugees, identifing the cities history as an important factor. Sheffield, being influenced by decades of immigration, could “serve as an inspiration to other local authorities around the …
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Panel and Q&A-Event: Movements for Global Justice
Panel and Q&AMonday the 29th of April, 2-4pm Though philosophers disagree about what just world would look like, very few deny that we live in a world that is characterised by many global injustices. Philosophy can help us to understand the nature of these injustices and the responsibilities of individuals, governments and others to address …
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Listen to the audio-files of Sheffield’s “Women in the History of Philosophy Lectures”
Women make up a small minority in the common representation of the history of philosophy and philosophy as a profession. One can easily get the impression that women's contributions to philosophy are only a recent phenomenon. But this is not true. The Sheffield Philosophy Department sponsors an annual lecture to increase awareness of the work …
Sex, Gender and Ignorance: Philosophers at Red Haus!
Rosa Vince, Nadia Mehdi and Matthew Cull will be speaking at the Sheffield book shop and cafe Cafe Red Haus Books. They will be giving talks on political and social philosophy to a public audience.Event details: Thursday 4th April, 18:00-21:00Location: Cafe+ Red Haus Books, Nether Edge Sheffield Here, you can find more on the event.
Annual Women in the History of Philosophy Lecture: “Rose Rand (1903-1980). From the Archives: Real and Unreal”
The departments annual public Women in the History of Philosophy lecture is coming up! 5th of April, 2:30 - 4:30 pm Humanities Research InstituteUniversity of SheffieldThis year, Professor Chris Meyns from the University of Pittsburgh will be presenting a paper on Rose Rand. See the abstract as follows: The philosopher Dr Rose Rand (1903-1980) shook …
Maria-Jose Pietrini-Sanchez presents at LSE Political Theory Graduate Conference
This week, centre member Maria-Jose Pietrini-Sanchez will present her research at the LSE Poltical Theory Graduate Conference, which takes place on the 14th and 15th of March.Her talk is part of the panel Embracing assymetry in political theory, and has the title A case for the asymmetric (un)enforceability of surrogacy contracts.You can find the full …
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New Special Module on Experimental Methods for Philosophers: “Lies, damned lies, and statistics”
Data are everywhere: in the news, on social media, in scientific publications, in political debates. They can inform and illuminate, but they can also deceive and manipulate. In the module "Lies, damn lies, and statistics" students will be introduced to some key ideas and techniques in probability and statistics. The module is based upon active …
T. Ryan Byerly on “Networks of Dependence”
In his recent blog article for the Circe Institute, virtue theorist and philosopher of religion T. Ryan Byerly talks about the importance for educators to teach students both "the virtues of intellectual dependence and the virtues of intellectual dependability". His article draws on current issues in education, as well as on traditional literature to illustrate …
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Jennifer Saul writes: Donald Trump was not speaking in code
Centre member Jennifer Saul wrote an article on Michael Cohen's recent testimony before congress. In her piece, she argues that we can use tools from philosophy of language to see the significance of Cohen's claims about what Trump said (and did not say) - and why Cohen's words are so damning. You can find the …
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