CLA Hale Lecture Series

The CLA Hale Chair in Applied EthicspresentsSimon Blackburn, EmeritusUniversity of CambridgeDepartment of Philosophy Friday, October 28th3:00 – 5:00 pmLiberal Arts HallRoom A205 (Basement Level)“Feelings & Judgments”There is a rationalist tendency in moral philosophy and aesthetics which downplays, or makes invisible the role of feelings, unless they are given a purely cognitive gloss. If we reconceptualize feelings instead as orientations towards things, a better account opens up, but potentially at the cost of having to deny that there can be a true or right way to feel about things. In this talk, using ammunition from Peirce and James, I argue that this is not, in fact, a real problem.FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLICInterpreters provided upon request & subject to availability.Please make your request TODAY by going to Access.rit.edu.