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SUMMARY:Committed Beliefs and Brute Beliefs
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DESCRIPTION:<p>I would like to draw your attention to the following online philosophy seminar series hosted by Beijing Normal University&rsquo\;s Department of Philosophy.</p>\n<p><br> On October 12th\, 3pm&nbsp\;China Standard Time\,&nbsp\;Ben Winokur (Assisant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Macau)&nbsp\;will be presenting a talk titled "Committed Beliefs and Brute Beliefs&rdquo\;.</p>\n<p><br> Attendance is free.</p>\n<p><br> Please register for the event by sending an email to <a href="mailto:m.dentith@bnu.edu.cn">m.dentith@bnu.edu.cn</a> for the Zoom link and password.</p>\n<p><br> <strong>Abstract:&nbsp\;</strong>It has sometimes been said that only certain beliefs are constitutively tied to our natures as rational beings who weigh reasons for taking things to be true or false. For there are other beliefs\, they say\, that lack the &ldquo\;judgement-sensitive&rdquo\; nature of the former kind\, thus falling outside the scope of rational self-control. I interrogate this division among beliefs and defend it by way of three conclusions. First\, it is argued that there are plausible cases of belief on each side of the division. Second\, it is argued that many beliefs which do not seem to fit the division can nevertheless be made to fit it. Third\, and finally\, it is argued that we have reason to regard both kinds of belief as species of a shared genus. Accordingly\, the division has a claim to explanatory fecundity and withstands a good deal of scrutiny.</p>\n<p><br> <strong>Bio:</strong>&nbsp\;Benjamin Winokur is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Macau. He researches self-knowledge as well as topics in social epistemology and philosophy of mind\, including first-person authority\, epistemic manipulation\, and norms of inquiry. He is the author of Knowing Where You Stand: On the Value of Reflective Commitment (Routledge 2026) and a coeditor of New Perspectives on Transparency and Self- Knowledge (Routledge 2025). His other publications appear in venues such as The European Journal of Philosophy\, Synthese\, Episteme\, Dialectica\, Philosophical Psychology\, Inquiry\, and elsewhere.</p>\n<p>The meeting time is the 12th of October\, 3pm China Standard Time. </p>\n<p>Meeting time in other timezones:</p>\n<p>- 9am Central European Standard Time</p>\n<p>- 12am\, Pacific Daylight Time</p>\n<p>- 8pm\, New Zealand Standard Time</p>
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