SYMPOSIUM 2010, ART AND IDENTITY

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FOREDRAG

Onsdag den 12 maj

Tid: 19.00-21.00

Sted: CSS, Institut for Psykologi, Øster Farimagsgade 5, room 7.0.08.

Passing Judgment: Justice as a Personal Virtue

Tara Smith
Professor of Philosophy
University of Texas at Austin

Wednesday May 12, 19.00 – 21.00

Abstract

While people routinely debate the demands of justice in the legal and
political arenas, in the trenches of everyday life, justice is largely
neglected. This lecture aims to remedy that neglect.

By exploring the vital significance of personal justice to an
individual’s well-being, Professor Smith challenges the commonplace
assumption that injustice results from selfishness, arguing that the
exercise of justice is, in fact, an egoistic necessity.

The lecture will first clarify the essential nature of justice and
then explain the practical case for a person’s being just in his
routine interactions with others. It will proceed to explore certain
unconventional implications of this view, stressing the emphatic need
to judge other people, the conflict between justice and
egalitarianism, and considering when, if ever, forgiveness and mercy
might be appropriate.

Professor Smith is the author of "Ayn Rand’s Normative Ethics – The
Virtuous Egoist", Cambridge University Press, 2006.

The Danish Society for Philosophy and Psychology/Selskabet for
Filosofi og Psykologi
Venue: CSS, Institut for Psykologi, Øster Farimagsgade 5, room 7.0.08.

Non-members: 20 kr.

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FOREDRAG
Onsdag 19 Maj 2010

Tid & sted: 19.00- 20.00,
Gothersgade 140 Auditorium 1.

Arrangeret af Selskabet for Filosofi og Psykologi

Afkodning af bevidsthedsindhold under binokulær rivalisering ved brug af magnetencefalografi (MEG)

Kristian Sandberg, cand.psych. (Ph.d.-studerende)
Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU),
Dansk Neuroforskningscenter (DNC) og
Regionshospitalet Hammel Neurocenter,
Aarhus Universitetshospital.

Fænomenet binokulær rivalisering opstår, når et forskelligt billede præsenteres til hvert øje. I denne situation vil to synsindtryk være samme sted i synsfeltet men fordi de ”rivaliserer” vil man kun opleve ét af billederne. Under foredraget præsenteres et eksperiment der viser hvor og hvornår i hjernen rivaliseringen imellem billederne finder sted. Eksperimentet afslører også interessante hjernemæssige forskelle i sansebehandling af oplevede vs. ikke-oplevede billeder.