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Generative Artificial Intelligence & Historiography
Room 3000 - Western Interdisciplinary Research Building Western University, LondonEVENT DESCRIPTION BIO: William J. Turkel is Professor of History at the University of Western Ontario and internationally recognized for his innovative work in digital history. He uses machine learning, text mining, and computational techniques in his study of the histories of science, technology and environment, drawing on many decades of programming experience. He [...]
Rotman Seminar: Pleasure Fundamentalism
Room 4190 - Western Interdisciplinary Research Building Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, Room 4190, LondonEVENT DESCRIPTION SPEAKER PROFILE: Neil Sinhababu is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore. He is author of Humean Nature (2017), published by Oxford University Press; and Nietzsche on the Eternal Recurrence, forthcoming with Cambridge University Press. ABSTRACT: Pleasure fundamentalism is the view that moral value is pleasure, and this explains [...]
Hasok Chang: Realism for Realistic People
Room 4190 - Western Interdisciplinary Research Building Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, Room 4190, LondonAbstract: In his innovative book, "Realism for Realistic People," Hasok Chang constructs a philosophy of science for 'realistic people' interested in understanding and promoting the actual practices of inquiry in science and other knowledge-focused areas of life. Inspired by pragmatist philosophy, he reconceives the very notions of reality and truth on the basis of [...]