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6:00 am Philosophy of Language Workshop @ 202 NYU Philosophy Dept.
Philosophy of Language Workshop @ 202 NYU Philosophy Dept.
Feb 6 @ 6:00 am – 8:00 am
We’re a community of philosophers of language centered in New York City. We have a meeting each week at which a speaker presents a piece of their own work relating to the philosophy of language. During Spring 2023, we will meet on Mondays, 6-8pm in room 202 of the NYU Philosophy Building, at 5 Washington Place. Anyone with an interest in philosophy of language is welcome. February 6 Ailís Cournane (NYU) February 13 Bianca Cepollaro[...]
1:00 pm Cynthia Bennett – Disability Accessibility and Fairness in Artificial Intelligence @ Presbyterian Hospital Building (Room PH20-200)
Cynthia Bennett – Disability Accessibility and Fairness in Artificial Intelligence @ Presbyterian Hospital Building (Room PH20-200)
Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to automate and scale solutions to perennial accessibility challenges (e.g., generating image descriptions for blind users). However, research shows that AI-bias disproportionately impacts people already marginalized based on their race, gender, or disabilities, raising questions about potential impacts in addition to AI’s promise. In this talk, Cynthia Bennett will overview broad concerns at the intersection of AI, disability, and accessibility. She will then share details about one project in this research[...]
6:00 pm Tolstoy as Philosopher: Reflections during the Darkest of Times @ Wolff Conference Room/D1103
Tolstoy as Philosopher: Reflections during the Darkest of Times @ Wolff Conference Room/D1103
Feb 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
In better times, this talk may have been given as a detailed account of the practices and side stories that had been part of the just published anthology titled Tolstoy as Philosopher (2022), a result of a quarter-century work on Tolstoy’s manuscripts and research at international archives. The finished book can be abstracted as follows. Beginning with Tolstoy’s first extant records of his written œuvre, the anthology assembles seventy-seven unabridged texts that cover more than seven decades of[...]
1:00 pm Cognitive Science Speaker Series @ CUNY Grad Center & Zoom
Cognitive Science Speaker Series @ CUNY Grad Center & Zoom
Feb 10 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Talks hosted by Ryan McElhaneyTo get Zoom links, email davidrosenthal1@gmail.com Some—but not all—sessions are recorded for later access 2/3: Justin SytsmaPhilosophy, Victoria University of Wellington 2/10: Jonathan BirchPhilosophy, London School of Economics 2/17: No talk—one-week break 2/24: Miguel Ángel SebastiánPhilosophy, National Autonomous University of Mexico 3/3: Claudia Passos FerreiraPhilosophy, New York University** HYBRID: Graduate Center Room 7102 ** 3/10: Jonathan MorganPhilosophy, Montclair State University** HYBRID: Graduate Center Room 7102 ** 3/17: Derek BrownPhilosophy, University of[...]
6:00 pm Book Panel “A Feminist Mythology” @ Wolff Conference Room/D1103
Book Panel “A Feminist Mythology” @ Wolff Conference Room/D1103
Feb 10 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
A Feminist Mythology, Bloomsbury, 2022 A book panel with Christen Clifford (The New School), Jean-Michel Rabate’ (University of Pennsylvania), Rose Rejouis (The New School) and a response by Chiara Bottici. A Feminist Mythology takes us on a poetic journey through the canonical myths of femininity, testing them from the point of view of our modern condition. A myth is not an object, but rather a process, one that Chiara Bottici practises by exploring different variants[...]