BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The Rotman Institute of Philosophy - ECPv6.11.0.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Rotman Institute of Philosophy
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Toronto
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250722T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250722T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T073758
CREATED:20250715T201309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250715T201309Z
UID:29242-1753192800-1753196400@www.rotman.uwo.ca
SUMMARY:Rotman Visiting Speaker: Lauren Olin
DESCRIPTION:“Housing Mirth”Talk Description: Like language and morality\, humor is a species universal with evolutionary origins that displays systematic cultural variation. Unlike other distinctively human evaluative capacities\, however\, humor has been neglected by philosophers and cognitive scientists. Housing Mirth diagnoses some historical reasons behind this pattern of neglect\, articulates a methodological framework for humor studies designed to address existing problems in the field\, and elaborates a new theory of humor along the way. According to the theory\, many puzzling features of humorous phenomena are readily understood as side-effects of the interaction between a cognitive system designed to generate predictions about what is likely to happen in the world\, and an emotional system designed to motivate quick action in instances where those predictions fail. \nBio: Lauren Olin’s research is located squarely in the philosophy of cognitive science\, though many of the questions she engages may readily be called ethical or epistemological. Her current interests involve both theoretical and empirical research on patterns of evaluative judgment\, psychopathology\, and epistemic dispositions. She has authored or co-authored papers for journals such as Philosophical Studies\, Synthese\, Transcultural Psychiatry\, and Philosophy Compass. Lauren earned her BA in Philosophy from McGill University in Montreal\, and her MA and PhD from the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology program at Washington University in St. Louis \nAttendance is free\, no RSVP is required. Light refreshments will be served.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/rotman-visiting-speaker-lauren-olin/
LOCATION:Room 4190 – Western Interdisciplinary Research Building\, Western Interdisciplinary Research Building\, Room 4190\, London\, Ontario\, N6A 3K7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past Events,Public Events,Public Lectures
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/wp-content/uploads/Lauren-Olin-Rotman-Visiting-Speaker-1.png
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR