In collaboration with the Irish Young Philosophers Awards, PERITIA is launching the European Youth on Trust Awards. The competition invites students from across Europe to share their views in a forum where their voices can be heard on the topic of trust in our social and political life. Students, from 13 to […]
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PERITIA is happy to participate one more year in the Berlin Science Week, the biggest science festival in the capital of Germany. This time, we will contribute to the event with an online lecture of our series of Public Lectures [Un]Truths: Trust in an Age of Disinformation. Philosopher Philip Kitcher (University of Columbia) will be […]
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The International Journal of Philosophical Studies (IJPS) has announced the 2021 call for the Robert Papazian Essay Prizes. The topic for the 2021 competition is “Ethics and the Emotions”. The call is open to researchers from all philosophical approaches and will consist of two main prize categories, the annual Robert Papazian Prize Essays in Ethics […]
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We are happy to announce the winners of the 2020 Robert Papazian and PERITIA Prizes. The essay competition is a joint initiative led by the UCD Centre for Ethics in Public Life in collaboration with the International Journal of Philosophical Studies (IJPS) and the Robert Papazian Prize. The Robert Papazian awardee is Charlotte Knowles (University of […]
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The second part of the PERITIA Lectures is about to start. Hosted by the UCD Centre for Ethics in Public Life and the American University of Armenia, the series [Un]Truths: Trust in an Age of Disinformation explores the concept of trust and truth in light of current events. The lectures start on 21 September and will run every […]
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We are all living in a world flooded by online information, fast messaging, and app notifications interrupting our train of thoughts. We get shocked by intrusive targeted advertisement or hear stories about Twitter “troll factories” or geopolitical battles ignited by cell phone producers. What is all this about? Who governs this tangled mix of daily […]
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Professor Dan Sperber joined the PERITIA Lectures last June to discuss the relation of trust versus argument and epistemic vigilance in the fifth talk of the online series “[Un]Truths: Trust in an Age of Disinformation”. Sperber is a philosopher and social and cognitive scientist, researcher at the Institut Jean Nicod in Paris and professor in […]
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Philosopher Heather Douglas (Michigan State University) is one of the leading figures investigating the intersection between science and democracy. In a new lecture of the PERITIA series “[Un]Truths: Trust in an Age of Disinformation“, she presented a practical framework to identify trustworthy science advice. According to her, one of the most challenging aspects of science […]
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In June, ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, and Wisschenschaft im Dialog (WID), the organization for Science Communication in Germany, hosted the Future of Science Communication Conference. The two-day event brought together European researchers and practitioners of science communication to discuss trends, findings and insights incorporating five major topics. One of which was trust in science, allowing […]
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Michael Lynch, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, was the presenter of the third PERITIA Lecture. Hosted by the University College Dublin and the American University of Armenian, the event took place on 4 May and is part of the series [Un]Truths: Trust in an Age of Disinformation. Lynch is the director of […]
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