Events - 2015
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Monday, December 14, 2015 — 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM EST
Waterloo This-Idea-Must-Die Day
The University of Waterloo Cognitive Science program examines what concepts and theories are blocking progress in understanding mind, brain and intelligence?
1. Autism as Disability, Brian Cozzarin, Management Sciences
2. Character Trait, Igor Grossmann, Psychology
Friday, October 30, 2015 — 11:00 AM EDT
Brian Rudrick Visiting Scholar in Philosophy
Jennifer Saul
University of Sheffield, UK
Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat and Women in Academia
Thursday, October 29, 2015 — 10:00 AM EDT
Misleading and Morality
Most people find it natural to think that one who merely misleads is doing something not quite as bad as someone who outright lies. Dr. Saul will explore some difficult and politically interesting cases to argue that this is wrong, but that there are far more complicated distinctions to be drawn between various different sorts of deception.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 — 10:00 AM EDT
Generics Don't Essentialise People; People Essentialise People
In some circles generic terms (nouns or phrases that refer to a whole class) are regarded as especially pernicious politically. Dr. Saul will consider this view and argue against it.
Monday, October 26, 2015 — 7:00 PM EDT
Dogwhistles, Philosophy of Language and Political Manipulation
The Department of Philosophy invites all to join a special public lecture by Professor Jennifer Saul from the University of Sheffield, UK.
"Old stock Canadian" has been said to be a dogwhistle: a phrase that's meant to allow a politician to communicate something problematic in such a way as to avoid alienating potential audiences. Dog whistling is widely used in political campaigning, especially to communicate about race. Professor Saul's paper explores the challenges that dogwhistles pose for democracy, but also for standard ways of approaching philosophy of language.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 — 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Meet Barbara Ehrenreich: Faculty of Arts Honorary Doctorate Recipient
Barbara Ehrenreich, best-selling author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermining America, Re-making Love: The Feminization of Sex, and most recently her memoir Living with a Wild God, is coming to Waterloo.
Thursday, April 16, 2015 — 2:30 PM EDT
The sixth annual Department of Philosophy Awards will be held on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. in J. G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities, room 373. More information to follow soon on the recipients of the awards.
Here are the past Philosophy Awards for the last five years.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 (all day)
Waterloo Brain Day
The Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience (CTN) is holding the 9th annual Brain Day on April 8, 2015.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 — 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Heidi Grasswick
Middlebury University
Scientists as Experts: Understanding Trustworthiness Across Communities
Thursday, March 12, 2015 (all day) to Friday, March 13, 2015 (all day)
22nd Annual Philosophy Graduate Student Conference
J.G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities (HH), Room 373
9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (both days)
Julia Driver
HH 373
Friday, March 6, 2015 — 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM EST
National Health Ethics Week Event
National Health Ethics Week, an initiative of the Canadian Bioethics Society presents "Makayla's Choice: Ethics and the Aboriginal Right to Pursue Traditional Medicine".
Friday, February 27, 2015 — 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM EST
Jacqueline Sullivan
Construct Stabilization and the Unity of Neuroscience
Friday, January 30, 2015 — 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM EST
Tania Lombrozo
Explanation: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful