[News] [CHANGE OF VENUE] KiC visiting speaker talk by Liz Camp, Friday 26 June 2026, 11h

[CHANGE OF VENUE] Dear all, please note that the venue for the following visiting speaker talk by Liz Camp has changed: Fr, 26 June 2026, 11–12:30 New Venue: New Institute Building (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, Lecture Hall HS 3A Liz Camp (Rutgers): Framing for Perspective: Tools for Making Meaning Abstract: The world bombards us with information; in order to act, we must make sense of it. Philosophers typically construe such engagement as one of forming and assessing hypotheses or plans. But much of our epistemic and practical engagement with the world is more intuitive: we explore hunches and inclinations without being able to articulate exactly what these consist in. Getting to the point of even forming a hypothesis or disagreeing with an interlocutor requires deploying and refining a perspective: a complex disposition to selectively attend to, integrate, and respond to information, in virtue of a background of values and statistical assumptions. In order to explore and share perspectives, we often turn to frames: expressive devices like mantras, metaphors, and stories that encapsulate regulative principles for intuitive interpretation. Drawing on an analogy to perception, I identify three ways that the structure of perspectives differs from that of canonical propositional thought and talk, and illustrate the power of frames to guide rational inquiry and communication. Additional Information: After the talk we will be heading to the Salettl in Uni Campus for lunch, participants are welcome to join.