Date & time
Friday, October 30, 2015
4:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
4:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
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Future Earth, Future Life, Future People: Environment and Values
A panel part of the 2015 Conference of the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy
Speaker(s)
Matthias Fritsch, Lorraine Code, Ted Toadvine
Cost
This event is free
Where
Henry F. Hall Building
1455 De Maisonneuve W.
Room H-767
Wheel chair accessible
Yes
This panel features three philosophers discussing various aspects of the future, and how difficulties thinking about the future inform our approaches to discussions of values and the environment:
- Matthias Fritsch, (Concordia University), “Future People: the Problem of Intergenerational Responsibility”
- Lorraine Code, (York University), “Future Earth: the Problem of Epistemic Responsibility vs. Scepticism about Future Climate”
- Ted Toadvine, (University of Oregon), “Our Monstrous Futures: Global Sustainability and Eco-Eschatology”
For more information, consult the conference program or the event website.
The 2015 Conference of the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy is sponsored and hosted by the Department of Philosophy; sponsored by Office of the Vice-President Research and Graduate Studies; Presidents Office; David OBrien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise (DOCSE); Department of Religion; Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISSC); Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability; Department of Sociology and Anthropology.