Seminar given in Theory of science MA course; attendance

Today I have given a one-hour seminar in the master course Theory of science (MSO120), which is offered by the University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies. The topics were pragmatism (applied to the Cornell University rape case) and Lakatos´ notion of research programs (applied to social studies). 6 students attended. I also attended the preceding three hours of lectures.

Second Ex.phil. seminar

Today I have given the second seminar this semester in Ex.phil. at the University of Stavanger´s Department of psychology (SVEXPHIL-IP) for bachelor and one-year students in psychology. Activities included information from the university library on use of sources, repetition and Q&A on issues in epistemology and political philosophy, and information about a compulsory assignment. Altogether some 100 students attended, over two seminar runs.

First Ex.phil. seminar

Today I have given the first seminar this semester in Ex.phil. at the University of Stavanger´s Department of psychology (SVEXPHIL-IP) for bachelor and one-year students in psychology. Activities included repetition, Q&A on issues in epistemology, and excercises in critical thinking through discussions and analysis of a recorded discussion. Altogether some 100 students attended, over two seminar runs.

Lectures, seminar given in Theory of science MA course

Today I have taught, for the first time, in the master course Theory of science (MSO120), which is offered by the University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies. The topic was introduction to philosophy of science and theory of science, and the teaching included 3 hours of lectures and a one hour seminar. Some 17 students attended.

This Autumn semester I am course coordinator (i.e., "emneansvarlig") for two courses, namely the abovementioned course Theory of science as well as Examen Philosophicum (Ex.Phil.) at Department of psychology.

Sixth Ex.phil. seminars

Today I have given the sixth seminar in Ex.phil. this Autumn, at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies, in two rounds. The course is part of the bachelor in psychology as well as the year-long study in psychology. Today´s topics included feedback on the compulsory assignment that I recently assessed and exam preparations.

This concludes my teaching this Autumn semester.

Fifth Ex.phil. seminars

Today I have given the fifth seminar in Ex.phil. this Autumn, at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies, in two rounds, with altogether some 85 students attending. The course is part of the bachelor in psychology as well as the year-long study in psychology. Today´s topics included criticism, and authority and truth.

Fourth Ex.phil. seminars

Today I have given the fourth seminar in Ex.phil. this Autumn, at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies, in two rounds, with altogether some 85 students attending. The course is part of the bachelor in psychology as well as the year-long study in psychology. Today´s topics included what it means to be human, academic writing and argumentation, and lies in politics.

Third Ex.phil. seminars

Yesterday and today I have given the third 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 ethics, academic writing and argumentation with emphasis on logics, and orientation about a compulsory submission.

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.

First Ex.phil. seminars

Today I have given the first 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 how to have good discussions and use of references, with Anne Beth Våga contributing on the latter.

3 hours of condensed teaching in environmental psychology master course

Today I have given two one-hour lectures and a one-hour seminar digitally in the environmental psychology master course (MPS180) that is part of University of Stavanger´s master degree in psychology. The lectures (which were originally scheduled as two hours each) and seminar was earlier cancelled due to sickness. The topics were ecological psychology with emphasis on affordances, and lifeworld perspectives on human and animal perception and behaviour.

This concludes my teaching this Spring term.

Seminar on how to solve the climate crisis given in environmental psychology course

Today I have given the seminar "Hvordan løse klimakrisen?" (How to solve the climate crisis) in the environmental psychology course that is part of the University of Stavanger´s master programme in psychology. About 10 students attended online.

Seminar "Ethics in a time of animal crisis" held; presentation given

Today I have attended, co-chaired, and presented at the seminar "Ethics in a time of animal crisis", held at university of Stavanger at the occasion of Alice Crary´s Steffens lecture 2024 at University of Stavanger (November 21st), and co-organised by Cato Wittusen and me. Some 25 people attended the seminar, which featured presentations by Hannah Winther, Dolly Jørgensen and me, with Alice Crary and the audience responding. My talk was titled «The range of dignity and suffering».

Langsikt seminar given

Yesterday I held a public lecture or presentation in the Langsikt seminar at the think tank Langsikt, titled "Hvordan få mest mulig velferd for pengene" (loosely translates as: How to get the most welfare for the money spent), drawing on my article "Wasted GDP in the USA". The seminar took place at Mesh Nationaltheatret in Oslo and was attended by 8 people.

Partaking in 4 events in Stavanger and Oslo next week

I have been scheduled to take place in three more events next week, in addition to Dyreetikkonferansen 2024 (Wednesday November 20, Oslo):

Langsikt-seminar: Hvordan få mest mulig velferd for pengene, med Morten Tønnessen (Oslo, Thursday November 21, 2024) - takes place at 12.00-13.30 at Mech, Nationaltheatret

Academic seminar: Ethics in a time of animal crisis (University of Stavanger, Friday November 22, 2024) - takes place at 10.00-13.00 at University of Stavanger  

Steffens-forelesningen 2024, by Alice Crary: "All justice is animal justice" (University of Stavanger, Thursday November 21, 2024) - takes place at University of Stavanger at 18.00-20.00; I have been asked to introduce her

Sixth and final seminars in Ex.phil.

Today I have given the final seminar in two rounds in Ex.Phil. this Autumn, as part of the University of Stavanger´s bachelor degree in psychology. Topics included political philosophy, specifically freedom and justice, as well as general feedback on the compulsory assignment in the course, and exam preparations.

Fifth Ex.phil. seminar

Today I have given the fifth Ex.phil. seminar this Autumn as part of the bachelor in psychology at the University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies, in two rounds. Topics included source use in academic texts, and who´s exempted from moral and juridical responsibility. 

Fourth Ex.phil. seminar

Today I have given the fourth seminar, in two rounds, in Ex.Phil. this Autumn, as part of the University of Stavanger´s bachelor degree in psychology. The topics were views on humans, as well as two oral discussions, and two writing or more specifically text analysis tasks.

Third Ex.phil. seminar

Today I have given the third Ex.phil. seminar, in two rounds, in the University of Stavanger´s bachelor in psychology, in collaboration with Anne Beth Våga from the UIS library, who covered referencing and use of sources for the first hour of the seminar. Today´s seminar was also open som student in their second or third year of the bachelor study.

Second Ex.phil. seminar prepared; funeral attended

Today the second seminar in Ex.Phil. this term, as part of the University of Stavanger´s bachelor degree in psychology, was given by Maria Mjaaland Sele (it was prepared by me). Among the topics were a compulsory written assignment.

Meanwhile, I was in Grimstad attending the funeral of my aunt Unni Mirjam Hellerslia.