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Research Seminar: Prof Sophie Grace-Chappell (Open University)

Dates:15 November 2017
Times:15:15 - 17:00
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Organiser:School of Social Sciences
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Title: No More Heroes Any More

Abstract: In this paper I discuss the connected notions of heroism and admiration. I suggest that the paradigm case of admiration is the case where we respond with a "Wow" to something or someone that seems epiphanic--that seems a kind of miracle or wonder given its unpredictability from its preconditions. I argue that this analysis of admiration helps explain (a) how admiration is vulnerable to explaining-away determinism, and also (b) why there is a distinction between our admiration of sporting heroes and of other heroes.

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