2024-2025 Can We Escape the Echo Chamber
Freedom of Thought and Conspiracy Theories: Rethinking “Independent Research”
Tuesday, May 6th 4:30 – 6:00 PM Humanities Auditorium Elís Miller-Larsen, UVM For all their faults, conspiracy theorists appear to “do their own research,” seemingly embodying the virtues […]
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Vita Nova 100 April 24th 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Brian Keeley (PZ) Not All Conspiracy Theorists & Not All Conspiracy Theories April 25th 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast […]
Read MorePerspectival Testimony
Testimony transmits information. But it also suggests certain ways of organising that information. This talk examines whether speakers are responsible for the way they organise information, as well as for […]
Read More“Deference” WORKSHOP
Friday, April 4th Vita Nova 100 Refreshments Provided 9:00 am Continental Breakfast 9:30 -11:00 Elise Woodard (King’s College London) How to Start Changing Your Mind. 11:00 – 12:30 Michael Hannon (U Nottingham) […]
Read MoreBias in a Social Context Workshop
Friday, March 7th Hampton Room 9:30 – 11:00 Gabbrielle Johnson (CMC) Revisiting Bias: Friend or Foe? 11:00 – 12:30 Angel Pinillos (ASU) Cartesian Skepticism and Conspiracy Theories 1:45 – 3:15 […]
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