Our first weekly meeting! This first session will be led by our Assistant Director, Laura Santer :) We will begin with a conversation about
What is “public philosophy?” What has it come to mean in the discipline? What are some of the forms we see it in?
What ought “public philosophy” be? Are there some forms that are unethical, or better than others?
Who might you be as a public philosopher? We will ask you to reflect on what questions currently drive your philosophical research. What do you specialize in? Why do you care about those questions?
Stakeholder Mapping Exercise: We will then ask what other stakeholders are invested in your questions— which have the most power and influence over those questions? Where does their power and influence come from? What is your existing relationship to those stakeholders? Do you agree? Disagree with them?
Those of you who have done PPI before may remember these exercises. However, they are good, starting-point reflections to refresh over and over as you refine your project. You can find more resources on this topic in our now under-construction “How to Become a Public Philosopher” open-access course