On Oct 17th 2019, I will visit the Philosophy Department at the University of Stirling to give a talk. The title is "(Un)Demanding Reasons". Here's an abstract:
Abstract Normative reasons are considerations that justify thinking, feeling, and acting. For example, the fact that the riverbank has burst is a reason for Maria to believe that her house will flood, to be worried about her property, and to climb on to the roof. In this paper, I offer new arguments for the view that there are two kinds of reasons - those that (merely) justify and those that (also) demand. More carefully: I argue that there are two kinds of relation in which considerations stand to responses: justifying and demanding. After illustrating the distinction and offering principled ways of drawing it, I show how it solves a problem facing accounts that recognise only one kind of reason, namely, the problem of distinguishing what a person may do, what they ought to do, and what they must do.
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On May 21-22, I will participate in a conference on the above theme at the University of Edinburgh. The event, supported by a British Society of Aesthetics Connections grant, is organised by Alex King (SUNY Buffalo) and Dominic McIver Lopes (British Columbia). The *provisional* title of the talk is "Lovers, snobs, and faddists: admiration, appreciation, and higher-order evidence".
I will participate in the New York University - Abu Dhabi workshop on Normativity and Reasoning taking place 13-15 January 2019, I look forward to responding to a presentation by Daniel Wodak.
On Wednesday 5th December 2018, I will present a paper at the Philosophy Club at St Andrews. The title of my talk is "A modal theory of reasons". I look forward to it!
I have been invited to speak at a conference on "Norms and Reasons" taking place at Zürich University (Switzerland) from November 1st-3rd 2018. The conference organisers are Eva Schmidt and Hanjo Glock. The title of my talk is "A Modal Theory of Reasons".
On 23-24 March, I will be speaking at a workshop on Epistemic Normativity at the University of Luxembourg, organised by Frank Hofmann and Christian Piller. The title of my talk is: Justified Belief as (a Sort of) Safe Belief.
On March 30th 2018, I will present a paper to the Philosophy Department at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. The title is "Epistemic Worth".
On 12 April 2018, I will be presenting a paper in a research seminar at the University of Melbourne. The title is 'Epistemic Worth'. I will also be sharing my work with philosophy postgraduates in an informal "pre-seminar". I look forward to the visit!
In July 2017, I will spend some time with the Philosophy Department of Xiamen University in China. In addition to delivering a short course, I will be giving an open lecture. The (provisional) title is: What Good is the Truth?
In October 2017, I will give a talk as part of the 5th annual conference of the European Normativity Network. This year's conference is taking place in Oslo. The organisers are Sara Packalén and Jonas Olson. The (working) title of my talk is: Bringing Higher-Order Evidence Down to Earth.
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