BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//208.94.116.123//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8089@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240328T201632Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:New School for Social Research CONTACT:https://sites.google.com/newschool.edu/unmasking-objectivity/home DESCRIPTION:
How does objectivity shape power\, and how does power shape objectivity?
\nWelcome to “Unmasking Object ivity: A Critical Examination of the Nexus between Universal Truth Claims and Emergent Power Structures\,” a conference that plunges into the intric ate relationship between knowledge and power. In this conference\, we will uncover how epistemological standpoints intersect with systems of coercio n\, marginalization\, and oppression. Our topic extends to alternative vis ions of knowledge\, truth\, and learning\, offering the potential for shar ed beliefs while addressing the adverse impacts of entrenched power struct ures.
\nHow have claims to absolute\, objective\, or scientific trut h driven oppression through ideologies like religious absolutism\, colonia lism\, technocracy\, and scientific sexism and racism? Contemporary debate s further emphasize the significance of this intersection.
\nOur dis course will also scrutinize epistemic injustice\, examining whether univer salist epistemologies privilege specific knowledge systems while silencing valid alternatives. We aim to shed light on social and political issues o verlooked by dominant knowledge frameworks through inclusive dialogues. Th is conference fosters critical exploration and inclusive discourse\, drawi ng on interdisciplinary studies in philosophy\, sociology\, and political theory.
\nTogether\, we will assess the ethical implications of our epistemological practices and explore pathways to creating more equitable systems of knowledge and social learning. Join us at “Unmasking Objectivit y” as we navigate the intricate web of knowledge and power\, aiming for a just and inclusive future where the notion of objectivity is both scrutini zed and harnessed for social transformation.
\n\n\n\nPresented by Metro Area Philosophers of Science
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T183000 GEO:+40.770718;-73.98539 LOCATION:Plaza View Room\, 12th Flr @ Leon Lowenstein Center\, 113 W 60th S t\, New York\, NY 10023\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Indefinite Causal Ordering. Elise Crull (CUNY) URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/indefinite-causal-orderi ng-elise-crull-cuny/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:causality\,science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-7903@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240328T201632Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Fordham CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Seen from a distance\, competing views of laws of nature att
end to different aspects of their target concept. The Best System Analysis
(‘BSA’) focuses on the role of laws in systematizing our thoughts about p
articular facts\, while non-Humean (‘realist’) views focus on whatever it
is – N-relations among universals\, powers – that pushes the universe from
one state to another. Nothing stops us from combining these views: with t
he BSA\, we can restrict the laws of science to summarizing particulars\,
while at the same time\, with our preferred realism\, positing a ‘driver’
that makes those particulars as they are.
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only a few attempts to hybridize the BSA with some form of realism\, and t
hen only with the powers view. I argue that there is a deep assumption wov
en into the fabric of realism from Descartes’s time on: that the laws of a
science report on facts\, which in turn either are or involve the realist
’s chosen driver. I argue that the best-known attempt to hybridize the BSA
with a power’s view – Heather Demarest’s potency-BSA – still makes this C
artesian assumption\, and faces significant objections as a result. The le
sson is that anyone attempting to create hybrids should abandon that assum
ption entirely. After formulating what I take to be a more defensible powe
rs-BSA hybrid\, I go on to show how one might cross-breed the BSA with pri
mitivism and with the universals view. By abandoning the Cartesian assumpt
ion\, we can create hybrids that are considerably more defensible than the
ir realist parents.
Location: Plaza View Room\, 1 2th Floor\, Lowenstein Building of Fordham Lincoln Center (113 W 60th St).
\nDirections: Enter at the corner of 60th and Colu mbus\, and have a university ID ready. Please tell the security that you a re attending an event hosted by the philosophy department. To get the Plaz a View Room\, take the escalators one floor up to find the elevators. Only some elevators go up to the 12th floor\; for those that only go to the 11 th floor\, go to 11 and turn to the center of the main hallway to see a st airway to 12. Upon arriving at the 12th floor\, take a right and walk all the way to the end through the doors. Please email Peter Tan (ptan8@fordham.edu) for any issues.
\nDue to technical limitations\, the talk will be in-person only.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221206T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221206T183000 GEO:+40.770718;-73.98539 LOCATION:Plaza View Room\, 12th Floor\, @ Leon Lowenstein Center\, 113 W 60 th St\, New York\, NY 10023\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:How to Breed Hybrid Accounts of Laws of Nature. Walter Ott (UVA) URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/how-to-breed-hybrid-acco unts-of-laws-of-nature-walter-ott-uva/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8046@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240328T201632Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:New School for Social Research CONTACT:https://event.newschool.edu/thedialecticofminddesign DESCRIPTION:In this paper\, I explore the role that metaphor plays in th e development of new scientific models. My goal is to illustrate metaphor’ s fecundity in this regard\, the way in which it extends our understanding in surprisingly diverse ways. As Mary Hesse put this point\, “it is preci sely in its extension that the fruitfulness of the model may lie” (1980\, 114).
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The particular focus of my paper is on the history of what John Haugeland called mind design: the use of mechanical models t o reverse-engineer how minds work (1997\, 1). My history focuses on two su ch models: the clockwork model and the computer model. In each case\, I sh ow how a metaphorical understanding of the model led to conceptual innovat ion in two distinct ways. First\, it provided an interpretive frame that g uided new research by offering an abstract\, hypothesized structure to be later filled in by empirical research (Camp 2020). Second\, it provided a concrete exemplar to contrast with human minds (Daston 1994). For instance \, while on the one hand Descartes invoked the clockwork model to explain how color vision works (Adams 2015)\, he also invoked it as a vivid illust ration of how human reasoning does not work (Riskin 2016).
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It is this second source of conceptual innovation that is the real core of the paper\; it reveals what I call the dialectic of mind design. This dialectic is especially evident in our tendency to redefine what it is to be human in response to new technological developments. For instance\, it is evident when we take something that was previously assumed to be paradi gmatic of mental acuity\, such as the ability to play chess\, and redefine it as something merely mechanical (Ensmenger 2012). But it is equally wel l evident when we take something that was previously taken to be mechanica l—such as color vision—and redefine it as paradigmatically mental (Chalmer s 1997\; cf. Adams and Browning 2020). The concept of mindedness is\, in t his sense\, a constantly moving goalpost that is perennially being redefin ed in response to new technological developments.
\nTickets: https://event.newschool.edu/thedialecticofminddesign# rsvp.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T200000 GEO:+40.73702;-73.992243 LOCATION:Wolff Conference Room/D1103 @ 6 E 16th St\, New York\, NY 10003\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Philosophy Colloquium: The Dialectic of Mind Design. Zed Adams (NSS R) URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/philosophy-colloquium-th e-dialectic-of-mind-design-zed-adams-nssr/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:mind\,science X-TICKETS-URL:https://event.newschool.edu/thedialecticofminddesign#rsvp END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR