2024-2025 Can We Escape the Echo Chamber

Closed-Mindedness as a Defensible Fortress of Mind

Tuesday, May 6th 4:30 – 6:00 PM Humanities Auditorium     Elís Miller-Larsen, UVM Closed-mindedness is typically understood as an epistemic vice. The thought is that given competing viewpoints, positions, […]

Conspiracy Theories Workshop

Vita Nova 100 April 24th 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Brian Keeley (PZ) Not All Conspiracy Theorists & Not All Conspiracy Theories   April 25th 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast   […]

Perspectival Testimony

Testimony transmits information. But it also suggests certain ways of organising that information. This talk examines whether speakers are responsible for the way they organise information, as well as for […]

“Deference” WORKSHOP

Friday, April 4th Vita Nova 100 Refreshments Provided 9:00 am Continental Breakfast 9:30 -11:00 Elise Woodard (King’s College London)  How to Start Changing Your Mind. 11:00 – 12:30 Michael Hannon (U Nottingham) […]

Bias in a Social Context Workshop

Friday, March 7th Hampton Room 9:30 – 11:00 Gabbrielle Johnson (CMC) Revisiting Bias: Friend or Foe? 11:00 – 12:30 Angel Pinillos (ASU) Cartesian Skepticism and Conspiracy Theories 1:45 – 3:15 […]

Polarization from News or Echo Chambers?

Middle Eastern Alliance Shopping: Is the U.S. Still a Better Choice Than Russia or China?