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24 November, 2023
Beyond reductionism: Contingent grounding and the Mind-Body Problem

Beyond reductionism: Contingent grounding and the Mind-Body Problem

I det här projektet undergrävs de två traditionella sätt på vilka man har betraktat kropp-medvetandeproblemet och föreslår en ny teori.

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24 May, 2023

Grounding the legitimacy of international institutions in personal and collective autonomy? Human rights, state consent and alternative standards

Place: The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, StockholmInternational institutions make claims to authority that can clash with both personal and collective autonomy. At the same time, th

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25 November, 2016
Anandi Hattiangadi

Anandi Hattiangadi

I am a professor of philosophy at Stockholm University and a researcher here at the institute. I received my PhD from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, at the University of Cambridg

Professor, Philosophy
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25 November, 2024

Digital fist bumps: searching for datafication and digitalisation in everyday CrossFit coaching practice

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Abstract The research presented here explores the nuances of data collection and sharing via digital platforms in everyday CrossFit coaching practice. There is a gr

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tucker, Jason , & Sandra Krugly
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07 January, 2016

Laura Valentini: There Are No Natural Rights: Rights, Duties and Positive Norms

Laura Valentini, Associate Professor of Political Science at London School of Economics ABSTRACTMany contemporary philosophers—of a broadly deontological disposition—believe that there exist some pre-i. In this paper, I defend this unpopular view. I argue that all rights are grounded in —namely, norms constituted by the collective acceptance of gives “oughts”—, provided the norms’ content meets some independent standards of moral acceptability. This view, I suggest, does justice to the relational nature of rights, by explaining how it is that right-holders acquire the authority to demand certain actions (or omissions) from duty-bearers. Furthermore, the view does not divest human beings of fundamental moral protections. Even if, absent some rights-grounding positive norms, obligations cannot be to others, we still have  (non-directed) placing constraints on how we may permissibly treat one Another.

Laura Valentini, Associate Professor of Political Science at London School of Economics
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06 April, 2018

Non Ideal Social Ontology III

By 'non-ideal social ontology', we have in mind social ontology that starts with difficult, complicated cases of immediate importance to social theory, rather than starting from simplified or abstractOur thinking is that just as critical philosophers of race such as Charles Mills have made a case for the importance of non-ideal political philosophy, non-ideal social ontology could play an important role in advancing emancipatory social theory. 09.00 Welcome 09.15–10.30 Robin Zheng (Yale-NUS College) “Responding to Bias: Oughts, Ideals, and Appraisals” 11.00–12.15 Åsa Burman (Stockholm University & Institute for Futures Studies) ”Collective responsibility for implicit bias” 12.15–13.30 Lunch 13.30–14.45 Katharina Berndt Rasmussen (Institute for Futures Studies) ”Implicit bias and discrimination” 15.15–16.30 Alex Madva (California State Polytechnic University), ”Responsibility for Interpreting Implicit Bias” 19.00 Workshop dinner 09.00–10.15 Rebecca Mason (University of San Francisco) ”Oppression and Incredulity” 10.30–11.45 Johan Brännmark (Malmö University) ”Institutions, Ideology, and Non-Ideal Social Ontology” 11.45–13.15 Lunch 13.15–14.30 Staffan Carlshamre (Stockholm University) ”Natural kinds, social kinds, mixed kinds” 14.45–16.00 Katharine Jenkins (University of Nottingham) ”Sex and gender, grounding and anchoring” Organized by Åsa Burman & Katharina Berndt Rasmussen. Sponsored by Jane and Dan Olsson Foundation, Institute for Futures Studies, and the Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University Questions? Please contact:

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19 November, 2024
Politics of AI & Health: From Snake Oil to Social Good

Politics of AI & Health: From Snake Oil to Social Good

The potential for AI to improve health and healthcare systems is considerable. However, there is a pressing need to critically engage with the politics of AI and health, and this project will do so from an interdisciplinary perspective.

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27 September, 2022

Can AI be used to avoid discrimination during recruitment?

More and more businesses use AI – artificial intelligence – in recruitment. But what happens when they do so? The research project Can the implementation of artificial intelligence in the recruitment p, led by sociologist Moa Bursell, can give us some answers.

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12 April, 2024
IneQint - Inequality and Integration

IneQint - Inequality and Integration

This study will focus on inequality and spatial sepgregation, and how they affect the children of immigrants in Sweden in terms of their wellbeing and structural, social and cultural integration.

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04 April, 2025

Is it possible to reduce the number of prisoners without increasing crime? Lessons from California

Venue: The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm REGISTER > During Chesa Boudin's 2,5 years in office as San Francisco's elected district attorney, incarceration plummeted - the

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