Second Ex.phil. seminars

Today I have given the second seminar in Ex.phil. this Autumn, at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies, in two rounds, with altogether some 95 students attending. The course is part of the bachelor in psychology as well as the year-long study in psychology. Today´s topics included types of knowledge and good sources, with Anne Beth Våga contributing on the latter.

Presentation on love and knowledge given at Dyreetikkonferansen 2023; panel discussion participation

Today I have taken part in Dyreetikkonferansen 2023 (the Norwegian animal ethics conference 2023) at Litteraturhuset in Oslo, which had the theme «Er kjærlighet nok? Når omsorgen for dyr går galt» (Is love enough? When care for animals goes wrong). I had a 20 minute presentation, "Kjærlighet og kunnskap – henger det sammen? Del II" (Love and knowledge - are they connected? Part II)*, and participated in a concluding panel discussion, titled "Hvordan best forebygge vanskjøtsel og mishandling av dyr" (How to best prevent neglect and abuse of animals). Some 60 people attended physically, and at least 40 more online. The whole conference is available via YouTube post-event as well - here (my presentation starts at ca. -3hrs57m).

* Turid Buvik delivered Part I of the same theme, from a different point of view.

Scheduled to speak on love and knowledge at the Norwegian Animal Ethics Conference 2023, December 12th

The program for Dyreetikkonferansen 2023, the Norwegian Animal Ethics Conference 2023, has now been released. The theme is "Er kjærlighet nok? Når omsorgen for dyr går galt" (literally: Is love enough? When care for animals goes wrong). The event is held at Litteraturhuset in Oslo on December 12th.

I am scheduled to speak about the topic "Kjærlighet og kunnskap – henger det sammen?" (Love and knowledge - is there any connection?), and take part in the panel discussion, with the theme "Hvordan best forebygge vanskjøtsel og mishandling av dyr" (How best to prevent neglect and mistreatment of animals).

6 hours of teaching

Today I have taught for 6 hours in Examen philosophicum at Department of social studies. First the fourth lecture this autumn, then the first two rounds of the second seminar. The lecture topic today was different forms of knowledge.

Third MA lecture

Yesterday I gave the third lecture in "Philosophy of science and research methods". The topic was Knowledge II and Language and Reality.

9th lecture

Today I have given the 9th lecture in Examen Philosophicum at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies. The topic was "justified knowledge", various notions of empirical data, and hermeneutics.

Ethnobiology conference: Call for session proposals

I have received a call for session proposals from the 13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology (deadline March 31st - the conference will take place in Montpellier, France, May 20-25, 2012).

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The format of sessions is open to suggestions, and crossing conventional boundaries appear to be valued and encouraged... One of the aims of the conference series is to respect knowledge holders from different backgrounds (including indiginous representatives) by encouraging dissemination of knowledge of scholarly and other nature...

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Cf. ISE´s Code of ethics and the 1988 Declaration of Belem.

"Is a wolf..." published in Humanimalia

My article "Is a wolf wild as long as it does not know that it is being thoroughly handled?" has been published today in the American online journal Humanimalia, published at DePauw University. Issue 3 (volume 2, number 1 - Fall 2010) includes two further Nordic contributions (book reviews by Helena Pedersen - Malmö - and Tora Holmberg, Uppsala).

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Abstract:

The topic of wildness is a matter of ongoing debate in the wildlife management community. In this essay it is related to questions of shyness and actual human interference (especially on the management side). The well-documented case of the Scandinavian wolf population suggests that shyness is not a sufficient criterion for wildness. For all the wolf knows, it is still a wild animal – and it still behaves like one. But are we justified in claiming that a (more or less) free-ranging wolf is truly wild, simply because it does not know that it is being thoroughly managed? The article introduces this theme and the case at hand, covering wolf mortality, human artifacts in the life-world of wolves, and captures. The long-term goal of wildlife conservation, the author proposes, should be to restore the independent viability of wildlife. Wildness, in short, has to go beyond appearances. In a closing note, Arne Næss’ philosophy of wolf policies is critically evaluated.