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Gilles Campagnolo (Université Paris 1, CNRS) @ Room 309, UdeM, Hybrid mode
12 h 00 – 13 h 15
As part of the CRÉ lunchtime conferences, Gilles Campagnolo (Université Paris 1, CNRS) will offer us a presentation [in French] entitled “Questions d’épistémocratie et primauté du discours économique dans les considérations socio-politiques”.
To participate online, click here.
A former student of ENS (Ulm), professor and doctor of philosophy, former Fellow of Harvard and Tokyo universities, Gilles Campagnolo is director of research at the CNRS and member of the Center for Contemporary Philosophy at the Sorbonne (Institute of Legal and Political Sciences from the Sorbonne), as well as associated with the London School of Economics until 2023. Specialist in economic philosophy, he discusses questions of justice, interest(s), responsibility, coordination. Also an expert on the Austrian school of economic thought, he recently edited the 1871 Principes d’économie politique by Carl Menger (first French translation, Paris Le Seuil, 2020) and the youthful texts of Karl Popper (Apprentissage et Découverte , Editions de l’École normale supérieure la rue d’Ulm, 2019).
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“Éthique et emballement médiatique: le cas de la loi sur l’ immigration en France” @ Room 309, UdeM, hybrid mode
11 h 30 – 12 h 45
Brice Arsène Mankou will give a presentation titled “Éthique et emballement médiatique : le cas de la loi sur l’ immigration en France”, as part of the lecture series Les midis de l’éthique du CRÉ.
To participate on Zoom, it is here.
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Michael Cholbi (University of Edinburgh) @ Online
12 h 00 – 13 h 00
As part of the activities of the Philosophy of Work Network organized by Denise Celentano (Université de Montréal) and Pablo Gilabert (Concordia University), Michael Cholbi (University of Edinburgh) will give a presentation entitled: “Fit for beachcombers and workaholics alike: Productive pluralism as a post-work vision.”
More details to come!
Abstract
The notion of ‘post-work’ has been ascendant in both popular and academic discourses, but there is not yet a consensus on the nature of post-work or a cataloguing of different social visions that might plausibly be labelled post-work. Here I articulate and defend my own ‘productive pluralism’ as an attractive post-work vision. Productive pluralism imagines social arrangements in which individuals can (if they wish) be largely free from work, particularly paid work, but also free to work (if they wish). This vision is post-work not in striving for the elimination of work altogether but for (a) the withering away of harmful work-centred norms and assumptions, (b) fostering or celebrating a wider array of relationships to the productive sphere than are validated under work-centred norms, and (c) liberating the goods of work from work’s current dominant place among means for satisfying basic material needs.
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In the next session of the Philosophy of Psychiatry Webinar, Lucy Osler (Cardiff University) will give a lecture titled “Losses and Loneliness in Anorexia Nervosa.”
Organized by Anne-Marie Gagné-Julien and Sarah Arnaud, for the Research group on philosophy of psychiatry.
Abstract:
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder characterized by self-starvation. Talking of loss in the context of AN is not surprisingly associated with weight loss. However, in this presentation, I consider how AN can involve experiences of social loss in the form of recognition and understanding. While loneliness is not generally considered a core diagnostic feature of AN, many individuals with AN report being lonely. They describe feeling stigmatized, stereotyped, and cut off from communities who can understand and support them. I suggest that individuals with AN can experience a loss of access to the social resources, relationships, and recognition that others take for granted. I explore how loneliness can prompt the start of, return to, and continuation of disordered eating. On the one hand, AN can give rise to experiences of loneliness and isolation. On the other hand, attempts to find community and support can encourage people to enter social spaces, such as ProAnorexia sites, that both scaffold disordered eating practices and cement one’s identity as an anorectic person by providing recognition that is missing from other communities. In these ways, loss and loneliness drive and even exacerbate the disorder. In order to successfully — and respectfully — treat AN, therefore, it seems likely that we need to understand the key role loneliness plays in perpetuating it.
Open to everyone, no charge. Please, register here: site web.
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“Marginal Epistemic Injustice” @ Room 309, UdeM, hybrid mode
12 h 00 – 13 h 15
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CRÉ 2023-2024 Scholarship Graduate Scholars Recipient Seminar – 2nd session @ Room 309, UdeM, hybrid mode
9 h 00 – 11 h 15
You are warmly invited to the 2nd session of the CRÉ Graduate Scholars Seminar 2023-2024. In turn, 4 of the 8 CRÉ scholarship recipients will present their work. The goal of the seminar is to provide our master’s and doctoral students with feedback, constructive criticism, and recommendations that will help them improve their research projects.
We propose the following program:
9:00 – 9:45 AM Presentation by Ann-Sophie Gravel, master degree in philosophy at Université Laval, working with Catherine Rioux and Patrick Turmel: “La rationalité de l’amour au XXIe siècle : ludification de l’amour et éthique des applications de rencontre”.
9:45 – 10:30 AM Presentation by Thomas Emmaüs Adetou, PhD in philosophy at Université de Montréal, working with Christine Tappolet and Martin Gibert: “Agentivité artificielle et responsabilité morale”.
10:30 – 10:45 AM Break
10:45 – 11:30 AM Presentation by Véronique Chetmi Eyali, PhD in political science at Université Laval, working with Sylvie Loriaux and Thierry Rodon: “Injustices épistémiques et résistances épistémiques : expériences de dix femmes militantes autochtones au Canada”.
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM Presentation by Alexandre Poisson, PhD in philosophy at Université du Québec à Montréal, working with Amandine Catala and Mauro Rossi: “Import conceptuel et interdisciplinarité: les apports épistémiques de la philosophie féministe, de la théorie critique de la race et des études critiques du handicap pour l’éthique animale”.
12:15 PM Lunch, room 309 – bring your lunchbox!
To participate via Zoom, click here (secret code 758885).
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Marc-Antoine Fournelle (PhD, Religious Studies, UQAM) @ Salle 309, UdeM, mode hybride
12 h 00 – 13 h 15
During this CRÉ and Obvia ethics lunch talk, Marc-Antoine Fournelle (PhD, Religious Studies, UQAM) will present in French various theoretical frameworks that shed light on a blind spot in loving and intimate relationships between humans and conversational agents. His presentation is titled “Éros dans l’algorithme (sur quelques enjeux entourant les relations humains-IA).”
Hybrid mode: zoom link here.
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Epistemic Injustice and Religious Identities Workshop @ McGill - Leacock, room 429
6 Mar – 7 Mar All day
Epistemic Injustice and Religious Identities Workshop
Venues are accessible and it is possible to participate online
Day 1 – March 6, 2024
McGill – Leacock (855 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal), room 4298h30: Coffee
9h00: Welcome and preliminary remarksReligious identities in the political realm
Chair: Maëlle Turbide
9h10 – 10h00: Rethinking Democratic Deliberation Religion, Secularism and Epistemic Injustice – A. Sophie Lauwers (KU Leuven) – Online
10h10 – 11h00: Whose Freedom of Conscience Should Laicity Protect? – Gilles Beauchamp (McGill)
11h10 – 12h00: Obstacles to the Epistemic Agency of Atheists in Islamic Countries – Zoheir Bagheri Noaparast (Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) – Online12h00 – 13h00: Lunch
Normativity and religion
Chair: Gilles Beauchamp
13h15 – 14h05: Philosophy Religion on Trial – A Problem of Epistemic Injustice – Zoe Longworth (University of Groningen)
14h15 – 15h05: The Concept of Religion as a Tool of Hermeneutical Marginalization – David Spewak (Marion Military Institute)
15h15 – 16h05: Mitigating Epistemic Injustice in the Realm of Normative Explanation – Rachel Finlayson (Columbia)McGill, Birks (3520 Rue University, Montreal), Senior Common Room
17h00 – 18h00 (Keynote address): All Things Work Together For Good: Theodicy as Gaslighting (co-authored with Blake Hereth) – Michelle Panchuk (Murray State University)18h – 19h: Cocktail
Day 2 – March 7, 2024
McGill – Leacock (855 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal), room 4298h30: Coffee
Religious insights on epistemic injustice
Chair: Maëlle Turbide
9h00 – 9h50: Jain Perspectivalism and (Religious) Epistemic Justice – Raja Rosenhagen (Ashoka University, University of Pittsburgh) – Online
10h00 – 10h50: Intercepting Epistemic Domination of Religions: An Indian Perspective – Baiju P. Anthony (BITS Pilani) – Online
11h00 – 11h50: Vandalization of a world-picture: Religious Offense and Hermeneutical Injustice – Mehdi Ebrahimpour (Independent Scholar)12h00 – 13h00: Lunch
Religion in education and in the media
Chair: Gilles Beauchamp
13h15 – 14h05: Epistemic injustice in the RE classroom – Lina Snoek Hauan (University of South-Eastern Norway) – Online
14h15 – 15h05: Risks of structural epistemic injustice when reporting religious testimony in the news – Maëlle Turbide (Université de Sherbrooke)
15h15 – 16h05: Religious Freedom, LGBTQ+ Non-Discrimination, and Epistemically Vicious Media – Louise Richardson-Self and Sharri Lembryk (University of Tasmania)Organizers: Gilles Beauchamp (McGill) et Maëlle Turbide (UdeS).
This event is made possible by financial support from the following organizations:
- La Chaire de recherche du Canada en épistémologie pratique
- Le Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ)
- Le Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire sur la normativité (GRIN)
- La Société de philosophie du Québec
- La Chaire de recherche du Canada sur l’injustice et l’agentivité épistémique
- PPSMUA Postgraduate Philosophy Students of McGill University Association
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“Epistemic Injustices and Participatory Research” @ Room 309, UdeM, hybrid mode
12 h 00 – 13 h 15
Anne-Marie Gagné-Julien will give a presentation on “Epistemic Injustices and Participatory Research.”
To participate via Zoom, it’s here (Meeting ID: 817 0167 0760; Passcode: 100251).
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5th session of the Reading Group in Philosophy of Economy
Discussion session around the text by Lisa Herzog & Frauke Schmode ” ‘But it’s your job!’ the moral status of jobs and the dilemma of occupational duties” (Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 2022).
To participate or receive the article by email, contact the organizers (Morgane Delorme: morgane.delorme.1@umontreal.ca; or Gabriel Monette: gabriel.monette@hec.ca).
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Nancy Nyquist Potter (University of Louisville) @ Online
12 h 00 – 13 h 30
For the next session of the Philosophy of Psychiatry Webinar, we will have the pleasure of welcoming Nancy Nyquist Potter (University of Louisville) for a lecture titled “Traumatic Lives and Trustworthy Psychiatrists.”
Abstract
The central virtue of psychiatrists and, indeed, of all of us, is to be trustworthy. Psychiatrists are trained in many facets of care for service users. But for some service users’ difficulties, psychiatrists may be inadequately prepared for working with those who experience living with trauma. Others may have the needed skills but are unsure of how to strengthen their skills for interpersonal and institutional improvement, thus decreasing distrust whether in the institution itself or in particular psychiatrists. This paper draws together the relationship between people living traumatic lives and what it might look like for psychiatrists to be trustworthy to them. I set out various definitions of trust and trustworthiness, distrust, and trauma, with commentary on strengths and weakness of those definitions. Next, I set out several different kinds of trauma, mindful of the overlaps and the problem of generating too many distinctions. The last section of the paper offers a number of epistemic and ethical qualities that trustworthy psychiatrists need in order to be trustworthy—and to be seen to be trustworthy—to those who live with the aftermath of trauma as well as those who live with everyday ongoing trauma in their lives.
The conference will be in English. Participation in the webinar is free, but registration is required on our website.
Organized by Anne-Marie Gagné-Julien and Sarah Arnaud, for the Philosophy of Psychiatry Research Group.
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“Ethics by (Organizational) Design: The Structure of Ownership and Governance” @ Room 309, UdeM, hybrid mode
12 h 00 – 13 h 15
Dominic Martin (UQÀM) will offer a presentation titled “Ethics by (Organizational) Design:
The Structure of Ownership and Governance”, as part of the lecture series Les midis de l’éthique du CRÉ.To participate through Zoom, clic here.
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Thierry Ngosso (EthicsLab, U. catholique de l’Afrique Centrale, Yaounde, Cameroon) @ Room 309, UdeM, hybrid mode
10 h 30 – 12 h 00
The CRE is delighted to welcome Thierry Ngosso (EthicsLab, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon), who will give, in French, a presentation entitled “Thinking Post-State in Africa“.
Thierry is visiting Montreal as part of a pilot project for an annual partnership between the CRÉ and EthicsLab, based at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, Cameroon, which he founded and has been leading since. Moreover, Thierry Ngosso is a researcher at the Institute of Business Ethics at the University of St.Gallen, a Swiss National Foundation Ambizione Fellowship awardee (2019-2023) focusing on the ‘Human Right to Health in Africa and the obligations of African societies themselves’. He was also researcher at the Chaire Hoover, and Visiting Researcher 2021-2022 at both the EJ Safra Center for Ethics of Harvard University and at the Center for Population-Level Bioethics at Rutgers University. With Ernest-Marie Mbonda, he is also the co-founder, of the Yaoundé Doctoral Seminar.
To participate on Zoom, clic here.
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Protéger les écosystèmes: Enjeux philosophiques @ Local C2-165, Collège Ahuntsic
14 h 00 – 16 h 00
Conferences by Antoine C. Dussault (Collège Lionel-Groulx) and by Ghyslain Bolduc (Collège Édouard-Montpetit).
Organized by Geneviève Barrette, Ghyslain Bolduc, Léa Derome, Jérôme AHavenel.
Information: genevieve.barette@collegehuntsic.qc.ca
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“Contemplating Authenticity in a Changing World with Eboussi Boulaga” @ Room 309, UdeM, hybrid mode
10 h 30 – 12 h 00
A critical dialogue between Ernest-Marie Mbonda (Catholic University of Central Africa & Cégep de Sherbrooke) and Thierry Ngosso (Ethics Lab / Catholic University of Central Africa & University of St. Gallen) to restore and update the stakes of authenticity in the work of philosopher Eboussi Boulaga. The session will be facilitated by Ryoa Chung.
To participate via Zoom, click here.
Please note that the conversation will be held in French.
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Mathias Girel (École normale supérieure) @ Room: W-5505, 5th floor, Pavillon Thérèse-Casgrain (W), UQAM
10 h 00 – 12 h 00
La production d’ignorance: avec ou sans intention?
Conference by Mathias Girel (École normale supérieure)
When : 16 février, 2024 @ 10:00 – 12:00
Where : Room W-5505, 5th floor, Pavillon Thérèse-Casgrain (W), UQAM (455, Boulevard René-Lévesque Est)
*The conference will also be presented on Zoom.
Abstract: Les études de l’ignorance (Ignorance Studies/Agnotologie) qui se sont développées au cours des deux dernières décennies ont abordé des thèmes et domaines extrêmement différents, allant du rapport aux produits toxiques à l’ignorance dans les rapports culturels et sociaux. Il semble difficile aujourd’hui de les rassembler sous une rubrique unique, tant les styles et les présupposés méthodologiques sont différents. La présente conférence s’attachera à comparer deux grandes approches qui s’opposent méthodologiquement sur de nombreux points: celles qui font figurer des motifs stratégiques et intentionnels dans leurs explications et estiment qu’ils sont irréductibles, et celles qui s’attachent davantage à des motifs structuraux. Tout en reconnaissant les spécificités de chaque approche, la conférence montrera sur quels points cette opposition frontale reste par bien des aspects stérile.
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Reading group in philosophy of economy @ HEC (Côte-Ste-Catherine building), 2nd floor, room CSC-02-840.
16 h 00 – 17 h 00
4th session of the Reading Group in Philosophy of Economy
Discussion session around the text by Kian Mintz-Woo and Justin Leroux, “What do climate change winners owe, and to whom?” (2021, Economics & Philosophy), in the presence of Justin Leroux.
To participate or receive the article by email, contact the organizers (Morgane Delorme: morgane.delorme.1@umontreal.ca; or Gabriel Monette: gabriel.monette@hec.ca).
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Anna Drożdżowicz (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences) & J.P. Grodniewicz (Jagiellonian University) @ Online.
12 h 00 – 13 h 30
In the next session of the Philosophy of Psychiatry Webinar, Anna Drożdżowicz (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences) and J.P. Grodniewicz (Jagiellonian University) will give a lecture titled ‘Epistemic Injustice in Psychotherapy.’
Abstract:
Psychotherapy is a form of psychological service that involves a collaborative process based on the relationship between a psychotherapist and a client/patient. Arguably, the main goal of psychotherapy is practical, i.e., alleviating mental suffering and/or enabling patients/clients to live a more fulfilling life. Nevertheless, in virtually all therapeutic traditions, the achievement of the practical goal is accompanied or even mediated by the achievement of auxiliary epistemic goals. We will focus on what we take to be the primary epistemic goal of psychotherapy, i.e., the acquisition or deepening of one’s self-understanding, characterized as grasping coherence-making relations between constituents of a body of information about oneself. Crucially, the epistemic interdependence between psychotherapists and clients raises important questions concerning epistemic authority and power, as well as epistemic injustice, i.e., a kind of injustice that arises when one’s capacity as an epistemic subject is wrongfully denied. Our goal in this talk is to characterize, categorize, and discuss how epistemic injustice can be perpetrated in psychotherapy. To this end, we will provide examples that illustrate ways in which three forms of epistemic injustice (testimonial, hermeneutical, and contributory) can arise in psychotherapeutic encounters. We will explain how these forms of epistemic injustice threaten one’s ability to deepen self-understanding through psychotherapy. We will close by briefly discussing some ways to mitigate the risk of epistemic injustice in psychotherapy.
Open to everyone, no charge. Please, register here: site web.
Organized by Anne-Marie Gagné-Julien and Sarah Arnaud, for the Research group on philosophy of psychiatry.
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Basak Kus (Wesleyan University) @ Room 309, UdeM, hybrid mode.
12 h 00 – 13 h 30
At the initiative of Frédéric Mérand and in collaboration with the research team “La mondialisation sous tension” (FRQSC) as well as the CÉRIUM, the Centre for research in ethics (CRÉ) will have the pleasure of welcoming Basak Kus (Wesleyan University), who will offer a presentation titled “Guardians of Prudence: Economists, Risk Regulation, and the Protective State.”
To participate via Zoom, it’s here.
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5th day in ethics of AI CRÉ/OBVIA: Surveillance @ Salle C-2059, Pavillon Lionel-Groulx, UdeM (hybride)
10 h 00 – 17 h 00
