Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society - 10/2/2014: Conor McHugh on Fitting Belief

10/2/2014: Conor McHugh on Fitting Belief

02/17/14 • 53 min

Conor McHugh is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton. He has published articles on a range of topics in epistemology and philosophy of mind, including self-knowledge, epistemic warrant, mental agency, doxastic control and freedom, epistemic responsibility, the aim of belief, and assertion. He is currently working on epistemic normativity and the nature of belief, on the normativity of attitudes more generally, and on related issues in value theory. He is an investigator on the AHRC-funded project ‘Normativity: Epistemic and Practical’ at the University of Southampton.

This podcast is an audio recording of Dr. McHugh's talk - 'Fitting Belief' - at the Aristotelian Society on 10 February 2014. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.

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27/1/2014: Robert Pippin on the Significance of Self-Consciousness in Idealist Theories of Logic

Robert B. Pippin is the Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought, the Department of Philosophy, and the College at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books on German idealism, including "Kant’s Theory of Form" (1982), "Hegel’s Idealism: The Satisfactions of Self-Consciousness" (1989), "Modernism as a Philosophical Problem" (1991), and "Hegel’s Practical Philosophy" (2008). He has also written on literature ("Henry James and Modern Moral Life" (2000)) and film ("Hollywood Westerns and American Myth" (2010). His most recent books are "Nietzsche, Psychology, and First Philosophy" (2010), "Hegel on Self-Consciousness" (2011), and "Fatalism in American Film Noir: Some Cinematic Philosophy" (2012), and "Kunst als Philosophie: Hegel und die Philosophie der bildlichen Moderne" (2012). He has been visiting professor at universities in Amsterdam, Jena, Frankfurt, and at the Collège de France. He is a past winner of the Mellon Distinguished Achievement Award in the Humanities, is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a member of The American Philosophical Society.

This podcast is an audio recording of Professor Pippin's talk - 'The Significance of Self-Consciousness in Idealist Theories of Logic' - at the Aristotelian Society on 27 January 2014. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.

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24/2/2014: Paul Faulkner on a Virtue Theory of Testimony

Paul Faulkner is a senior lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. His research interest is principally in testimony and trust. He is the author of 'Knowledge on Trust' (OUP 2011).

This podcast is an audio recording of Dr. Faulkner's talk - 'A Virtue Theory of Testimony' - at the Aristotelian Society on 24 February 2014. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.