Online Talk Series on Conspiracy Theories, April - July 2021

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From: Tobias Schlicht

Announcement: Talk Series

Why do people believe weird things?

Bayesian Brains, Conspiracy Theories, and Intellectual Vices

Online via Zoom | April - July 2021 | Thursdays 2-4 pm (Berlin Time)

April 22 Michael Butter (Tübingen):

The history of conspiracy theories and conspiracy theory research

April 29 Quassim Cassam (Warwick):

Misunderstanding conspiracy theories

May 6 Romy Jaster (Berlin):

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May 20 Jan Willem van Prooijen (Amsterdam):

Belief in conspiracy theories during a pandemic

June 10 Keith Harris (Iowa):

The problems with particularism: Warranted suspicion of conspiracy theories

June 17 M. Giulia Napolitano (Irvine):

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June 24 Karen Douglas (Kent):

The psychology of conspiracy theories

July 1 Clare Birchall (London):

Paranoia Inc.: Monetising conspiracy theories

July 8 Heather Battaly (UConn):

Engaging closed-mindedly with your polluted media feed

July 15 Daniel Cohnitz (Utrecht):

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July 22 Philip Corlett (Yale):

Paranoia and belief updating during the Covid-19 crisis: Volatility, Vaccines and Qanon

The seminar will take place Thursdays at 14:00 CET (Berlin time zone) and all talks will be conducted on Zoom. This series is part of our Volkswagen Foundation sponsored project focused on viewing recent work on conspiracy theories through the lens of currently popular formal approaches to modeling rationality and behavior.

In order to participate, please register by sending an email to firuze.m...@rub.de to acquire the zoom-link.

Organization

Krzysztof Dolega, Tobias Schlicht

Institute for Philosophy II

Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Prof. Dr. Tobias Schlicht

Professor for Philosophy of Consciousness and Cognition

Dean, Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Science

Institute for Philosophy II

Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Universitätsstr. 150, GA3/29

44780 Bochum, Germany

www.rub.de/philosophy/situatedcognition