Research Seminar: Prof Sophie Grace-Chappell (Open University)
| Dates: | 15 November 2017 |
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| Times: | 15:15 - 17:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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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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