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25 October, 2024

The Triviality Worry About Gender Terms and Epistemic Injustice

Social Epistemology Abstract According to contextualism, a gender term such as ‘woman’ does not invariantly refer to a specific social orbiological kind. Instead, gender terms have different extensions dincludingexcluding

Type of publication: Journal articles | Björkholm, Stina
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03 September, 2024

Declining birth rates - should we worry?

Are declining birth rates one of the biggest threats to humanity? Among others, Elon Musk and Donald Trump's vice-presidential candidate JD Vance seem to think so. But Karim Jebari disagrees. In the p, he explains why we don't need to worry so much.

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21 June, 2023

Climate-friendly food-choice intentions among emerging adults: extending the theory of planned behavior with objective ambivalence, climate-change worry and optimism

Frontiers of Psychology, Sec. Environmental Psychology, vol. 14. Abstract Climate-friendly food choices are still relatively rarely addressed in studies investigating climate engagement, particularly am

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jylhä, Kirsti , , Ojala, M., Odisho, S. & A. Riise
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22 January, 2020

David Sumpter: Reasons why we should NOT worry about fake news, echo chambers, filter bubbles and Cambridge Analytica

David Sumpter, Professor of Applied Maths at Uppsala University Abstract Much of the recent media reporting about social media has revolved around the potential dangers. Terms such as fake news, filter

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16 May, 2019

Hedonism, Desirability and the Incompleteness Objection

Thought, doi.org/10.1002/tht3.410 Abstract Hedonism claims that all and only pleasure is intrinsically good. One worry about Hedonism focuses on the “only” part: Are there not things other than pleasure

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andric, Vuko
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05 September, 2022

Climate anxiety: Conceptual considerations, and connections with climate hope and action

Global Environmental Change, vol. 76, 2022. Abstract Climate anxiety is a phenomenon which raises growing attention. Based on a national survey of climate-related feelings and behaviors (N= 2070) in Fin

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jylhä, Kirsti , Julia Sangervo, Panu Pihkala
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01 November, 2021
Adina Preda: Can there be positive human rights?

Adina Preda: Can there be positive human rights?

Research seminar with Adina Preda, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. Abstract This paper aims to establish that there can be human rights to socio-economic goods or services

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13 April, 2023

Research seminar with Krister Bykvist: Who should care about impossibility theorems in population ethics?

Online seminar. Register here > Research seminar with Krister Bykvist, Professor in Practical Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University and Institute for Futures Studies. This se, New Jersey, USA.

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05 May, 2023
Krister Bykvist: Who should care about impossibility theorems in population ethics?

Krister Bykvist: Who should care about impossibility theorems in population ethics?

Research seminar with Krister Bykvist, Professor in Practical Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University and Institute for Futures Studies. This seminar was arranged by the Insti

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24 October, 2016

Epistemic Utility Theory Meets Population Ethics

Epistemic utility theorists have recently started addressing the question of how to compare epistemic states that differ in the number of propositions they have an opinion on. It has become apparent t

Epistemic utility theorists have recently started addressing the question of how to compare epistemic states that differ in the number of propositions they have an opinion on. The aim of this workshop is to discuss what epistemic utility theorists can learn from population ethicists (and vice versa).
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