Events
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BOOK WORKSHOP – The Quest for Human Nature: What Philosophy and Science Have Learned – MARCO J. NATHAN
CEPS Room - ELACH Rua da Universidade, Braga, PortugalTentative program 10.00-10.15 Greetings 10.15-10.45 Marco Nathan (University of Denver) Introduction 10.45-11.15 Daniele Santoro (CEPS, University of Minho) “Is There a Human Nature?” 11.15-11.45 Coffee Break 11.45-12.15 Cristina Villegas (CFCUL, University of Lisbon) “Are We Genetically Determined?” 12.15-13.00 Sofia Alexandratos (CEPS, University of Minho) “Oppression or Emancipation? Sex and Gender” 13.00-15.00 Lunch 15.00-15.30 Giuseppe Ballacci (CEPS, University of Minho) “Oppression…
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Workshop – To Open or Not? The Black Box in Science, Ontology, and Politics
CEPS Room - ELACH Rua da Universidade, Braga, PortugalProgram 10:00 - 10:15 — Greetings 10:15 - 10:45 — Marco Nathan (University of Denver) Black Boxes: Précis and Afterthoughts 10:45 - 11:00 — Stefano Calboli (CEPS, University of Minho) Black Box AI Nudges: Are They Cause for Concern? 11:00 - 11:15 — Nicola Piras (CEPS, University of Minho) Diets as Black Boxes: Unpacking What We Eat 11.15 - 11.30 …
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Colloquium – Basic Income, Workplace Democracy, and Future of Work
University of Barcelona: Faculty of Philosophy Barcelona, SpainThis event explores the transformative possibilities within Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) and Workplace Democracy (WD). This Colloquium seeks to open up a rich dialogue on how these two frameworks can help reshape the future of work by addressing critical questions of freedom, fairness, and empowerment in labor and economic relations. Participants: Adrián Herranz (University of Barcelona); Bru Laín (University of…
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WORKSHOP – Counter-Experiences, Dissent, and Social Interests: Articulating the Social World
CEPS Room (ELACH) + Online Rua da Universidade, Braga, PortugalThe aim of the workshop is to reflect on counter-experiences, namely, on the development by social groups of common experiences of the social world alternative to the dominant ones, which disclose critical perspectives on social wrongs and power relationships, practices of resistance, and new social requests. The workshop will approach this topic in its complexity, considering its processes, conditions, categories,…
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What are values?
OnlineAbstract: This second chapter of my dissertation examines the nature of values and their role in shaping scientific theories. From this it aims to understand how values, by the same token, affect economic theories and practices, laying the groundwork for understanding how they intertwine with facts in economic thought. A significant development in recent literature is the questioning of rigid…
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A grim future for workers? Technological developments and work-related domination
University of Minho | Braga Campus Rua da Universidade, Braga, PortugalWorkshop on Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
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Rodrigo Merayo Fernández // Poverty and Political Philosophy: Special Attention to Theories of Justice
OnlineSession of the CEPS PhD Seminars.
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Mark Reiff // Into the De-Enlightenment: Analytical Fascism
CEPS Room (ELACH) + Online Rua da Universidade, Braga, PortugalSession of the CEPS Seminar Series.
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Jeff Spinner-Halev // Workshop on Respect and Loathing in American Democracy: Polarization, Moralization, and the Undermining of Equality
CEPS Room - ELACH Rua da Universidade, Braga, PortugalSession of the CEPS Seminar Series.
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A Doutrina do Duplo Efeito na Ética da Guerra de Elizabeth Anscombe
CEPS Room (ELACH) + Online Rua da Universidade, Braga, PortugalBIO Pedro Erik Arruda Carneiro holds a master's degree in Economics and a doctorate in International Relations, both from the University of Brasilia. ABSTRACT Elizabeth Anscombe is part of a quartet of contemporary Oxford philosophers, with Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, Iris Murdoch, and Mary Warnock. She is known for her defence that there are moral absolutes that prevent the killing…
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Distributive vs. Corrective Climate Justice
CEPS Room (ELACH) + Online Rua da Universidade, Braga, PortugalOn 16 April 2025, the CEPS Seminars programme will host Axel Gosseries, Professor of Philosophy at UC Louvain and President of the Institute of Philosophy. The Seminar will be on Distributive vs. Corrective Climate Justice. It will take place at 3pm in person at CEPS's meeting room in the ELACH building. If it is not possible for you to attend…
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The Concept of Sovereignity as a Neo-Repubican Source of Legitimacy in the European Union
CEPS Room (ELACH) + Online Rua da Universidade, Braga, PortugalAbstract: This article investigates the legitimacy of political authority within the European Union (EU) through the lens of neo-republican theory, emphasizing the principle of non-domination as the normative foundation of democratic sovereignty. It confronts a central question regarding the source of legitimacy, distinguishing legitimacy from justice and arguing that legitimacy arises not from pre-political legal frameworks, but from political processes…