The Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies invites you to the annual Burman lectures in philosophy. This years invited lecturer is C. Thi Nguyen, associate professor in Philosophy at the University of Utah. He will give three open lectures over three days.
Monday 14 oktober at 13.15-15.00 PM, Hjortronlandet, Lecture Hall HUM.D.220
Abstract: Value capture is the phenomenon where individuals, and small-scale communities, adopt institutional metrics and measures as their guiding values. We go on social media for connection, but get captured by Likes and Follows. We go to school for education, but get captured by grades and university rankings. We exercise for health, but get captured by weight loss. But what might be wrong with value capture? We are social animals, and often acquire our values from our communities and culture. But there is a distinctive feature to institutional metrics and measures, that makes them particularly harmful to internalize. They are engineered to fit the demands of large-scale institutions: in particular, to fit the demand for cross-contextual portability. They resist localized tailoring and adjustment.
Lecture 2: Mechanical Scoring Systems and Human Values
Tuesday 15 October at 13.15-15.00 PM, Hjortronlandet, Lecture Hall HUM.D.220
Lecture 3; Bureaucratic Meanings and Semantic Self-Determination
Wednesday 16 October at 13.15-15.00 PM, Hjortronlandet, Lecture Hall HUM.D.220
All interested are welcome to these lectures!
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