Check out yet another fascinating piece from the Agora, “What anger tells us about ourselves” by Myisha Cherry!

See this new article by Myisha Cherry in @aj_wendland‘s Agora series @NewStatesman. Myisha Cherry is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. She is the author of The Case for Rage: Why Anger is Essential to Anti-Racist Struggle. 

@aj_wendland launched and runs the philosophy column in The New Statesman called Agora, which is a space for academics to address contemporary social, political and cultural issues from a philosophical point of view.

Check out the latest from the Agora, “How refugees strengthen democracy” by Ashwini Vasanthakumar.

See this new article by Ashwini Vasanthakumar in @aj_wendland‘s Agora series @NewStatesman. Ashwini Vasanthakumar is Queen’s National Scholar in Legal and Political Philosophy and Associate Professor of Law at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She is also the author of The Ethics of Exile (OUP).

@aj_wendland launched and runs the philosophy column in The New Statesman called Agora, which is a space for academics to address contemporary social, political and cultural issues from a philosophical point of view.

Neil Dewar (Cambridge): “Equivalence and Convention”
BBLOC Seminar

Thursday 17 March 2022, 4:30pm
K2.40, King’s College London Strand Campus, Strand, WC2R 2LS
Please register here

Abstract: In this paper, I discuss the relationship between theoretical equivalence and convention. After reviewing the idea that when we disagree over a (mere) convention, we are advocating theoretically equivalent descriptions, I consider the possibility of conventions about equivalence – i.e., conventions as to what standard of theoretical equivalence should be adopted. I argue that Carnap’s Principle of Tolerance illuminates what to say about such cases, despite initial impressions to the contrary.

Check out the latest from the Agora, “Should consuming revenge porn be a criminal offense?” by Helen Frowe & Jonathan Parry.

See this new article by Helen Frowe & Jon Parry in @aj_wendland‘s Agora series @NewStatesman. Helen Frowe is Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University and Jonathan Parry is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics.

@aj_wendland launched and runs the philosophy column in The New Statesman called Agora, which is a space for academics to address contemporary social, political and cultural issues from a philosophical point of view.

** Please note that, due to the high demand for this event, we have added the option of attending remotely (registration via the Eventbrite link below). If you have booked an in-person place but are no longer able to attend, or prefer to switch to online attendance, please cancel or amend your booking via the link below. This will allow one of the persons currently on the waiting list to be given an in-person place. Many thanks!

Venue: KCL Strand Campus, Bush House 8th Floor (North), 30 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4BG

“The Humanization of Endless War and the Cause of Peace”

Speaker: Professor Samuel Moyn, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of History at Yale University

The Peace Lectures are due to Alan Lacey, a life-long pacifist who taught philosophy at King’s College London for some fifteen years, and who left a generous bequest to fund a lecture series promoting peace. The series is organized by KCL Philosophy Department.

The lecture will be followed by a reception at Bush House, 8th Floor (South) and by the announcement of the winners of the Estella Newsome Memorial Prize essay competition (sponsored by the Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament).

All welcome! Booking required.

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kcl-annual-peace-lecture-prof-samuel-moyn-tickets-254545080187