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-8024@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240329T110929Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Columbia U CONTACT:https://sofheyman.org/events/beyond-polarization-epistemic-distorti on-and-criticism DESCRIPTION:Individuals support forms of domination with varying levels of understanding that they are doing so. In many cases\, those very structure s of domination distort our conceptions of them through mechanisms such as motivated reasoning\, implicit bias\, affected ignorance\, false consciou sness\, and belief polarization. These various epistemic distortions\, in turn\, cause social conflict\, notably by promoting political polarization . Those worried by social conflict have spent a great deal of energy decry ing the increasingly polarized contexts in which we live. However\, episte mic distortions in our sociopolitical beliefs also misrepresent\, maintain systems of domination and prevent human needs from being met.\nThis works hop aims to go beyond pronouncements such as ‘we are polarized’ or that ‘p artisanship is on the rise\,’ and begin to think through epistemic distort ions at the individual and intersubjective levels\, the role of criticism and critique in facilitating belief and social change\, and the idea of re conciliation\, by asking questions such as:\n\nIn what ways are individual beliefs about domination/social structures epistemically distorted?\nWhat explains why social beliefs are epistemically distorted?\nWhat are the no rmative upshots of epistemic distortion for social relationships like ally ship\, comradeship\, and friendship?\nOught polarization be remedied? Whic h epistemic resources and theoretical frameworks avail themselves of emanc ipatory potential?\n\nConvenors\nEge Yumuşak is a philosopher\, specializi ng in epistemology\, the philosophy of mind\, and social & political philo sophy. She received a PhD in Philosophy from Harvard University in 2022. H er research examines political disagreement—its material foundations\, psy chological and social manifestations\, and epistemic properties. She is cu rrently writing a series of articles on the nature and significance of cla shes of perspective in social life.\nNicolas Côté is a postdoctoral resear cher at the University of Toronto. His research is mainly in normative eth ics and social choice theory\, but they also dabble in applied ethics and issues of practical rationality. Côté’s doctoral dissertation work focuses on the measurement of freedom\, especially on axiomatic approaches to the measurement question\, and on how deontic concerns for protecting individ ual rights interact with welfarist concerns for improving the general welf are. Côté’s current research focuses on the ethics of decision-making unde r radical uncertainty.\nInvited speakers:\nSabina Vaccarino Bremner\; Dani ela Dover\; Cain Shelley\nInvited commentators\nTBA DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231109 GEO:+40.807536;-73.962573 LOCATION:Heyman Center\, 2nd foor common room @ 116th and Broadway\, New Yo rk\, NY 10027\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Beyond Polarization: Epistemic Distortion and Criticism URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/beyond-polarization-epis temic-distortion-and-criticism-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nIndividuals s upport forms of domination with varying levels of understanding that they are doing so. In many cases\, those very structures of domination distort our conceptions of them through mechanisms such as motivated reasoning\, i mplicit bias\, affected ignorance\, false consciousness\, and belief polar ization. These various epistemic distortions\, in turn\, cause social conf lict\, notably by promoting political polarization. Those worried by socia l conflict have spent a great deal of energy decrying the increasingly pol arized contexts in which we live. However\, epistemic distortions in our s ociopolitical beliefs also misrepresent\, maintain systems of domination a nd prevent human needs from being met.
\nThis workshop aims to go be yond pronouncements such as ‘we are polarized’ or that ‘partisanship is on the rise\,’ and begin to think through epistemic distortions at the indiv idual and intersubjective levels\, the role of criticism and critique in f acilitating belief and social change\, and the idea of reconciliation\, by asking questions such as:
\nConvenors
\nEge Yumuşak is a philosopher\, specializing in epistemology\, the philosophy of mind \, and social & political philosophy. She received a PhD in Philosophy fro m Harvard University in 2022. Her research examines political disagreement —its material foundations\, psychological and social manifestations\, and epistemic properties. She is currently writing a series of articles on the nature and significance of clashes of perspective in social life.
\nNicolas Côté is a postdoctoral researcher at the University o f Toronto. His research is mainly in normative ethics and social choice th eory\, but they also dabble in applied ethics and issues of practical rati onality. Côté’s doctoral dissertation work focuses on the measurement of f reedom\, especially on axiomatic approaches to the measurement question\, and on how deontic concerns for protecting individual rights interact with welfarist concerns for improving the general welfare. Côté’s current rese arch focuses on the ethics of decision-making under radical uncertainty. p>\n
Invited speakers:
\nSabina Vaccarino Bremner \; Daniela Dover\; Cain Shelley
\nInvited commentators
\nTBA