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Thursday, June 25, 2020
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Knowledge and Understanding SeminarBy ZoomSpeaker: Ellisif Wasmuth (Essex) Title: "What the many know and teach: Plato on the knowledge of language users" Abstract. "Plato is known for his low opinion of the epistemic achievements of the many. He usually grants knowledge (epistēmē or technē) only to the expert or master dialectician, but in the First Alcibiades Socrates seems to agree with Alcibiades that even the many have some knowledge – they know Greek (111c3). In this paper I ask what, if anything, the many actually know in knowing Greek. What kind of grasp of reality must they have, according to Plato, in order to be competent users of language, and can knowledge of language be had independently of knowledge of the world? |
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Global Insights: COVID-19 and the Future of the International Order. A live-streamed panel discussing the challenges of COVID-19.PAIS presents the final panel in the first series of our weekly live-streamed Global Insights webinar with our partners in Canada, the US, Ethiopia and Germany - we'll be back in September for more... Pundits argued that the rules-based international order (RBIO) of the post World War II has been unraveling in the twenty-first century, a trend that is now being exacerbated by the pandemic. Panelists will discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the RBIO, and speculate on what future may hold for the order in a post-pandemic world. Panelists Miles Kahler, American University Abdul Mohammed, African Union High Level Panel Michael Saward, University of Warwick David Welch, University of Waterloo/BSIA Moderated by Ann Fitz-Gerald, Director, Balsillie School of International Affairs About the Global Insights series “Global Insights” is a weekly live-streamed, moderated panel series which provides different national and regional perspectives on big questions currently facing researchers, policymakers and planners worldwide in light of the Coronavirus pandemic. All are welcome. Sign up for free here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-insights-covid-19-and-the-future-of-international-order-tickets-109973409428 |