Philosophy Café – Knowing Better: Objectivity and the Skills of Self-Knowledge by Dr. Anna Mudde

The Philosophy Café is an open exchange of philosophical ideas led by a University of Regina Philosophy Professor or a Graduate Student. The series runs each Fall and Winter semester. The Philosophy and Classics Department invites you to our first Philosophy Café discussion of Winter 2016. “Knowing Better: Objectivity and the Skills of Self-Knowledge” by: Dr. Anna Mudde, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Campion College It is by now a common idea that to know well is to know objectively, that is, without subjective bias. Yet there have long been philosophical questions about objectivity – what it is and what it requires. In this talk, I consider theories of objectivity that require knowledge of one’s own subjectivity, and suggest that knowing better requires both a more robust account of objectivity and techniques for accessing subjective self-knowledge.

More information at: http://www.uregina.ca/events/philosophy-cafe-knowing-better-objectivity-and-the-skills-of-self-knowledge