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  • CogTeacho: A Special Two-Day Cogtweeto and AAPT Event (1)
    CogTeacho: A Special Two-Day Cogtweeto and AAPT Event (1)
    Zoom
    Aug 05, 2028, 8:00 AM PDT – Aug 06, 2028, 7:00 PM PDT
    Zoom
    If you're a Cogtweeto fan, you know what it means to study philosophy. But what does it mean to *teach* it? We're partnering with The American Association of Philosophy Teachers to find out! Join us for talks, panels, teaching & public philosophy demos, "pro-tips", and a "Teaching Hub" with AAPT!
  • CogSweeto: A Special Edition Workshop on Philosophy of Love
    CogSweeto: A Special Edition Workshop on Philosophy of Love
    April 13, 2024
    Apr 13, 2024, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM PDT
    April 13, 2024
    This workshop will explore philosophy of love and relationships, including the ethics metaphysics, and social politics of intimacy, sex, friendship, commitment, caring, emotions, and desire.
  • CogTeacho: A Special Two-Day Cogtweeto and AAPT Event
    CogTeacho: A Special Two-Day Cogtweeto and AAPT Event
    August 5-6, 2023
    Aug 05, 2023, 8:00 AM PDT – Aug 06, 2023, 7:00 PM PDT
    August 5-6, 2023
    If you're a Cogtweeto fan, you know what it means to study philosophy. But what does it mean to *teach* it? We're partnering with The American Association of Philosophy Teachers to find out! Join us for talks, panels, teaching & public philosophy demos, "pro-tips", and a "Teaching Hub" with AAPT!
  • "A Dew(eyan) Hope"
    "A Dew(eyan) Hope"
    Johnathan Flowers
    Apr 28, 2022, 1:00 PM PDT – Apr 29, 2022, 1:00 PM PDT
    Johnathan Flowers
    I draw on John Dewey to understand hope as the felt sense of possibility in the world. To be hopeful, therefore, is to have a sense of positive possibility; hoplessness is a sense of restricted possibility or restricted capacity to make the possible actual.
  • "The Incurables, Reincarnation, and Plato's Cosmic Drama"
    "The Incurables, Reincarnation, and Plato's Cosmic Drama"
    Thomas Bonn
    Apr 23, 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Thomas Bonn
    In some of Plato's myths, incurable people suffer endless torment. In others, they don't. The Neoplatonists rightly rejected the notion that Plato held anyone to be incurable. Plato's actual sketch of the soul's endless journey (given e.g. in the Myth of Er) is oddly comforting.
  • “Don’t Stop Believing: Believing in Yourself As Pretense"
    “Don’t Stop Believing: Believing in Yourself As Pretense"
    Blakely Phillips
    Apr 23, 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Blakely Phillips
    What is believing in yourself? Using Evans's theory of pretense I argue that believing in oneself is a pretense that when successful undergoes a 'game-to-reality shift': the belief held as a pretense becomes true in the real world.
  • “Hope in the Shell: Why it’s Wonder-full that our Brains are not Computers”
    “Hope in the Shell: Why it’s Wonder-full that our Brains are not Computers”
    Jonathan McKinney
    Apr 23, 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Jonathan McKinney
    As the global ecological, psychological, and economic crises worsen by the day, it would seem that hope for life on our planet is dimming. Luckily for us, human beings (& philosophers) are profoundly stupid. In this coffee hour, we will sacrifice our brains for a glimmer of hope?
  • "Meliorating Self-Doubt: How Communities Can Help Mitigate the Epistemic Harms of Microaggression"
    "Meliorating Self-Doubt: How Communities Can Help Mitigate the Epistemic Harms of Microaggression"
    Bella-Rose Kelly | comments by Joe Glover
    Apr 23, 2022, 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PDT
    Bella-Rose Kelly | comments by Joe Glover
    Microaggression causes epistemic harm to marginalized subjects. They have cumulative effects that diminish the epistemic confidence of the subject. Communities, I argue, can help mitigate such harms by fostering the subject's epistemic confidence and providing her with hope.
  • “Dependence, Transformation, and Meaning"
    “Dependence, Transformation, and Meaning"
    Philip Schwarz | comments by Laura Nelson
    Apr 23, 2022, 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PDT
    Philip Schwarz | comments by Laura Nelson
    I outline a reading of Alasdair MacIntyre to show how relationships of dependence shape our lives. Under the right conditions, these relationships are transformative experiences. They become meaningful and therefore valuable to us. This constitutes special moral demands.
  • "Foundational Hope"
    "Foundational Hope"
    Trevor Adams
    Apr 23, 2022, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Trevor Adams
    Hope theorists say that if S’s hope is to be rational, it is a necessary condition on hope that their subsequent belief and desire be justified. I want argue that the belief component can sometimes be unjustified, and yet the hope will remain justified.
  • "Seeking Beauty, Even in Darkness"
    "Seeking Beauty, Even in Darkness"
    Michael R. Spicher
    Apr 23, 2022, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
    Michael R. Spicher
    Aesthetic experience is a basic motivation for human action, which in part leads to flourishing. It is still necessary (possibly more so) during dark times, as illustrated by people, like Primo Levi.
  • "Back to the Rough Ground: Radical Philosophy for a New Optimism"
    "Back to the Rough Ground: Radical Philosophy for a New Optimism"
    Leo Lepiano
    Apr 23, 2022, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Leo Lepiano
    Facing multiple global crises, what room is there, if any, for optimism? Is it ontologically correct? Is it psychologically possible? Can we make room for happiness without relinquishing responsibility? And does philosophy harm or help our efforts to answer these questions?
  • Cogtweeto: A New Hope? Optimism & the Good Life
    Cogtweeto: A New Hope? Optimism & the Good Life
    April 23, 2022
    Apr 23, 2022, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM PDT
    April 23, 2022
    Philosophy can equip us with the tools to manage dark times. This workshop aimed to highlight how philosophy can brighten our lives.
  • Cogtweeto: A New Hope? Optimism and the Good Life
    Cogtweeto: A New Hope? Optimism and the Good Life
    via Zoom and YouTube livestream
    Apr 23, 2022, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
    via Zoom and YouTube livestream
    Philosophy can equip us with the tools to manage dark times. This workshop aims to highlight how philosophy can brighten our lives.
  • CogWeirdo: A Special Spooky Cogtweeto Event
    CogWeirdo: A Special Spooky Cogtweeto Event
    October 30-31, 2021
    Oct 30, 2021, 8:00 AM PDT – Oct 31, 2021, 6:00 AM PDT
    October 30-31, 2021
    In this spooky, special edition of Cogtweeto, we dove into the inky philosophical depths of horror, sci fi, fantasy, magic and witchcraft, and all things weird!
  • this but unironically: philosophical hot takes (PART II)
    this but unironically: philosophical hot takes (PART II)
    August 21, 2021
    Aug 21, 2021, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM PDT
    August 21, 2021
    In this second installment of hot takes, folks from Philosophy Twitter made their best case for even more unpopular and (too-)easily dismissed philosophical views.
  • this but unironically: philosophical hot takes (PART I)
    this but unironically: philosophical hot takes (PART I)
    July 17, 2021
    Jul 17, 2021, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
    July 17, 2021
    In the first of two workshops in this series, folks from Philosophy Twitter made their best case for some unpopular and (too-)easily dismissed philosophical views.
  • ok, boomer: can the ancients tell us anything about today?
    ok, boomer: can the ancients tell us anything about today?
    March 20, 2021
    Mar 20, 2021, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM PDT
    March 20, 2021
    In this workshop, folks from Philosophy Twitter explored whether, and how, ancient philosophy can help us address contemporary problems.

coffee hour

8:30-9:30
PDT

A new Hope?

cogtweeto

optimism and the good life

23 Apr 2022

Philosophy can equip us with the tools to manage dark times. This workshop aims to highlight how philosophy can help brighten our lives.

newhope
  • CogTeacho: A Special Two-Day Cogtweeto and AAPT Event (1)
    CogTeacho: A Special Two-Day Cogtweeto and AAPT Event (1)
    Zoom
    Zoom
    If you're a Cogtweeto fan, you know what it means to study philosophy. But what does it mean to *teach* it? We're partnering with The American Association of Philosophy Teachers to find out! Join us for talks, panels, teaching & public philosophy demos, "pro-tips", and a "Teaching Hub" with AAPT!
  • CogSweeto: A Special Edition Workshop on Philosophy of Love
    CogSweeto: A Special Edition Workshop on Philosophy of Love
    April 13, 2024
    April 13, 2024
    This workshop will explore philosophy of love and relationships, including the ethics metaphysics, and social politics of intimacy, sex, friendship, commitment, caring, emotions, and desire.
  • CogTeacho: A Special Two-Day Cogtweeto and AAPT Event
    CogTeacho: A Special Two-Day Cogtweeto and AAPT Event
    August 5-6, 2023
    August 5-6, 2023
    If you're a Cogtweeto fan, you know what it means to study philosophy. But what does it mean to *teach* it? We're partnering with The American Association of Philosophy Teachers to find out! Join us for talks, panels, teaching & public philosophy demos, "pro-tips", and a "Teaching Hub" with AAPT!
  • "A Dew(eyan) Hope"
    "A Dew(eyan) Hope"
    Johnathan Flowers
    Johnathan Flowers
    I draw on John Dewey to understand hope as the felt sense of possibility in the world. To be hopeful, therefore, is to have a sense of positive possibility; hoplessness is a sense of restricted possibility or restricted capacity to make the possible actual.
  • "The Incurables, Reincarnation, and Plato's Cosmic Drama"
    "The Incurables, Reincarnation, and Plato's Cosmic Drama"
    Thomas Bonn
    Thomas Bonn
    In some of Plato's myths, incurable people suffer endless torment. In others, they don't. The Neoplatonists rightly rejected the notion that Plato held anyone to be incurable. Plato's actual sketch of the soul's endless journey (given e.g. in the Myth of Er) is oddly comforting.
  • “Don’t Stop Believing: Believing in Yourself As Pretense"
    “Don’t Stop Believing: Believing in Yourself As Pretense"
    Blakely Phillips
    Blakely Phillips
    What is believing in yourself? Using Evans's theory of pretense I argue that believing in oneself is a pretense that when successful undergoes a 'game-to-reality shift': the belief held as a pretense becomes true in the real world.
  • “Hope in the Shell: Why it’s Wonder-full that our Brains are not Computers”
    “Hope in the Shell: Why it’s Wonder-full that our Brains are not Computers”
    Jonathan McKinney
    Jonathan McKinney
    As the global ecological, psychological, and economic crises worsen by the day, it would seem that hope for life on our planet is dimming. Luckily for us, human beings (& philosophers) are profoundly stupid. In this coffee hour, we will sacrifice our brains for a glimmer of hope?
  • "Meliorating Self-Doubt: How Communities Can Help Mitigate the Epistemic Harms of Microaggression"
    "Meliorating Self-Doubt: How Communities Can Help Mitigate the Epistemic Harms of Microaggression"
    Bella-Rose Kelly | comments by Joe Glover
    Bella-Rose Kelly | comments by Joe Glover
    Microaggression causes epistemic harm to marginalized subjects. They have cumulative effects that diminish the epistemic confidence of the subject. Communities, I argue, can help mitigate such harms by fostering the subject's epistemic confidence and providing her with hope.
  • “Dependence, Transformation, and Meaning"
    “Dependence, Transformation, and Meaning"
    Philip Schwarz | comments by Laura Nelson
    Philip Schwarz | comments by Laura Nelson
    I outline a reading of Alasdair MacIntyre to show how relationships of dependence shape our lives. Under the right conditions, these relationships are transformative experiences. They become meaningful and therefore valuable to us. This constitutes special moral demands.
  • "Foundational Hope"
    "Foundational Hope"
    Trevor Adams
    Trevor Adams
    Hope theorists say that if S’s hope is to be rational, it is a necessary condition on hope that their subsequent belief and desire be justified. I want argue that the belief component can sometimes be unjustified, and yet the hope will remain justified.
  • "Seeking Beauty, Even in Darkness"
    "Seeking Beauty, Even in Darkness"
    Michael R. Spicher
    Michael R. Spicher
    Aesthetic experience is a basic motivation for human action, which in part leads to flourishing. It is still necessary (possibly more so) during dark times, as illustrated by people, like Primo Levi.
  • "Back to the Rough Ground: Radical Philosophy for a New Optimism"
    "Back to the Rough Ground: Radical Philosophy for a New Optimism"
    Leo Lepiano
    Leo Lepiano
    Facing multiple global crises, what room is there, if any, for optimism? Is it ontologically correct? Is it psychologically possible? Can we make room for happiness without relinquishing responsibility? And does philosophy harm or help our efforts to answer these questions?
  • Cogtweeto: A New Hope? Optimism & the Good Life
    Cogtweeto: A New Hope? Optimism & the Good Life
    April 23, 2022
    April 23, 2022
    Philosophy can equip us with the tools to manage dark times. This workshop aimed to highlight how philosophy can brighten our lives.
  • Cogtweeto: A New Hope? Optimism and the Good Life
    Cogtweeto: A New Hope? Optimism and the Good Life
    via Zoom and YouTube livestream
    via Zoom and YouTube livestream
    Philosophy can equip us with the tools to manage dark times. This workshop aims to highlight how philosophy can brighten our lives.
  • CogWeirdo: A Special Spooky Cogtweeto Event
    CogWeirdo: A Special Spooky Cogtweeto Event
    October 30-31, 2021
    October 30-31, 2021
    In this spooky, special edition of Cogtweeto, we dove into the inky philosophical depths of horror, sci fi, fantasy, magic and witchcraft, and all things weird!
  • this but unironically: philosophical hot takes (PART II)
    this but unironically: philosophical hot takes (PART II)
    August 21, 2021
    August 21, 2021
    In this second installment of hot takes, folks from Philosophy Twitter made their best case for even more unpopular and (too-)easily dismissed philosophical views.
  • this but unironically: philosophical hot takes (PART I)
    this but unironically: philosophical hot takes (PART I)
    July 17, 2021
    July 17, 2021
    In the first of two workshops in this series, folks from Philosophy Twitter made their best case for some unpopular and (too-)easily dismissed philosophical views.
  • ok, boomer: can the ancients tell us anything about today?
    ok, boomer: can the ancients tell us anything about today?
    March 20, 2021
    March 20, 2021
    In this workshop, folks from Philosophy Twitter explored whether, and how, ancient philosophy can help us address contemporary problems.

"apa-style"

9:45-10:45
PDT