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Choice Group Seminar by Henrik Kugelberg (LSE): ‘Responsibility for algorithmic injustice’
Abstract: Algorithmic systems often produce unjust outputs. However, there is widespread disagreement over how this injustice should be understood, conceptualised, and measured. There is also disagreement over what kind of responsibility is appropriate for addressing the wrongs. This paper examines two prominent accounts for analysing algorithmic injustices: the local distributive model and the structural injustice framework. The former focuses on developing…
Find out more »Lev Vaidman (Tel Aviv University): ‘The impact of quantum mechanics on philosophy’
This will be a hybrid lecture: you can attend in person in our usual LAK 2.06 seminar room, or on Zoom: Join On Zoom Meeting ID: 852 3006 9457 Passcode: 297258 Abstract: Arguably, the main impact of quantum theory on philosophy is that people gave up the hope that science can explain everything in a deterministic way. Some even accept…
Find out more »Choice Group Seminar by Daniel Guillery (LSE): ‘Transport, movement, and equality: Private property and the justifiability of road systems’
Abstract: Roads (understood broadly as the public strips of land between parcels of private property that allow for the circulation of people and goods) are central to our ability to move from place to place. They are also highly dangerous and unequal places: the risks associated with travel through these spaces are substantial and usually very unequally distributed (as are the…
Find out more »Philosophy Live: ‘Living in the past: exploring memory in humans, animals, and artificial agents’
Why live in the past? Humans reminisce and remember past events, even ‘replaying’ them in the mind’s eye. But why not just live in the moment? What’s the point in devoting mental resources to storing information about the past? Do other animals do this, or is dwelling on the past a uniquely human innovation? And what happens when we…
Find out more »Workshop: Episodic Memory – Uniquely Human?
We are excited to announce the upcoming workshop, Episodic Memory: Uniquely Human?, to be held on 21-22 May 2024, at LSE’s Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences (CPNSS), and over Zoom. Background: Episodic memory is memory for personally experienced past events—events we experienced or witnessed first-hand. Episodic memory appears to be central to humans' mental lives, but its…
Find out more »Choice Group Seminar by Mike Otsuka (Rutgers University): ‘Equal chances versus equal outcomes: when are lotteries fair and justified?’
Abstract: According to one potent challenge to the value and fairness of distribution by lot, the lottery chance of receiving a good is lacking in value or otherwise insignificant or irrelevant in comparison with actually receiving the good. To meet this challenge, I show in Section I that the far greater significance of receiving all of an undivided good needn’t undermine…
Find out more »AI, Animals, and Digital Minds Conference
Where: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), LAK 2.06 When: Monday, June 3rd from 11-6pm After Effective Altruism Global: London, which many attendees are also attending What: This conference follows in the footsteps of the October 2023 Artificial Intelligence, Conscious Machines, and Animals: Broadening AI Ethics conference held at Princeton by Peter Singer, Tse Yip Fai, Leonie Bossert…
Find out more »Catherine Robb (Tilburg University): ‘The Metaphysics of Collective Talent’
Abstract: Talents often a play an important role in our lives, demarcating what we are good at, the subjects we choose to study at school, our future careers, and the activities that we enjoy. The nature and value of talents has been a topic of study in many fields, most notably, psychology, education, organisation management, and more recently, philosophy. However,…
Find out more »Choice Group Seminar by Darren Bradley (University of Leeds): TBC
Abstract coming soon... Darren Bradley is a Professor of Metaphysics and Epistemology at the University of Leeds. This event will take place in person on LSE’s campus. However, those unable to attend in person will have the option of taking part online. To join online just follow these instructions: Download Zoom Zoom link for this for this meeting: https://lse.zoom.us/j/6613924533 Please note that these events are…
Find out more »Choice Group Seminar by Anna Alexandrova (University of Cambridge): TBC
Abstract coming soon... Anna Alexandrova is a Professor in Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. This event will take place in person on LSE’s campus. However, those unable to attend in person will have the option of taking part online. To join online just follow these instructions: Download Zoom Zoom link for this for this meeting: https://lse.zoom.us/j/6613924533 Please note that these events are…
Find out more »6th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) Workshop
Description: Representations play a central role in scientists’ understanding of the world. From mathematical models to diagrams, different representations in highly varied contexts yield diverse insights across the physical, biological, and social sciences. Despite the fact that how a phenomenon is represented has far-reaching ramifications for how it is understood, the literatures on scientific understanding and scientific representation are largely independent…
Find out more »Inaugural Lecture Jonathan Birch (LSE Philosophy): TBD
Join us for Jonathan Birch's inaugural lecture! More info coming soon...
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