[HPS_EST] Invitation: WFAP Talk on "Gaslighting and Epistemic Agency"

Dear all, On behalf of the Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy (WFAP), I warmly invite you to a talk this friday held by Phyllis Pearson. She is a research fellow in the FWF Cluster of Excellence "Knowledge in Crisis" and her talk is titled "Gaslighting and Epistemic Agency". Abstract: Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation that involves making another doubt the deliverances of their epistemic capacities. Gaslit individuals are made to believe their epistemic faculties are defective, thereby coming to doubt their sense perception, reasoning, and memory. How exactly does this happen? I argue that gaslighting should be understood as involving a kind of weaponized skepticism. Gaslighting involves the unjust manipulation of another’s epistemic context, making it the case that one must take seriously difficult-to-rule-out possibilities, like the possibility that one’s memory is faulty. This is an important way in which a person’s epistemic agency can be undermined. This promises to be an insightful discussion, and I warmly invite everyone to join us. ____________________________________________________________ There is, of course, also the option to join the meeting via Zoom, and I have included the Zoom link here: When? Friday, 24.01.2025, 18:30 Where? Hörsaal 3B, NIG Universitätsstaße 7 or via Zoom This is the permanent Zoom Link for this year’s Forum Sessions: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/65469787612?pwd=waSaaRCESzjFjQmb7aJq275B3ikkDV.1 Meeting-ID: 654 6978 7612 Passcode: Forum4ever ____________________________________________________________ Looking forward to seeing you this Friday! Best, Veronika Lassl Vice-Chair, Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy wfap.philo.at To get weekly updates, including the reading material for each session per mail, subscribe to our Mailing List: https://lists.univie.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/forum