Karen Brown - University of Victoria

Dr. Karen Brown

Position

Sessional Instructor

Philosophy

Contact

Office: CLE B314

klbrown@uvic.ca

(250) 472-5560

History: B.A. (College of William and Mary), M.A. (University of Washington), Ph.D. (Indiana University), sessional lecturer, has taught at Cornell College, Indiana University and the University of Washington.

Areas of Specialization: Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Linguistic Semantics.

Publications: has published in Indiana University Independent Studies Program, Indiana University Board of Trustees, CSLI Lecture Notes and MIT Working Papers in Linguistics. Dr. Brown has presented papers in the USA and Japan as well as moderating Ethical Perspectives on the News, KCRG TV9, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

UVic Philosophy

1 month ago

More evidence of the employment prospects of philosophy grads: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/why-businesses-are-hiring-philosophers-to-help-their-bottom-line-1.4601980

Why businesses are hiring philosophers...

Philosophy attracts some brilliant minds, and now the business world is starting to take advantage of that potential.

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UVic Philosophy

2 months ago

Colloquium Friday! Friday, March 16th, 2018 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Clearihue A303 Dr. Regina Rini, (York University) Moral Disagreement is Special Abstract: Most of the literature on moral disagreement is framed in strictly epistemic terms. I argue that this framing is misleading, as moral disagreement is unlike peer disagreement in other epistemic domains, owing the special character of the moral domain. I defend the claim that disagreement with peers gives us reason to reduce confidence in disputed moral beliefs, but not for epistemic reasons. Rather, we have moral reason to do so. Reducing confidence in this way is morally required by recognition respect for the moral agency of the peer with whom we disagree.

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