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This will be a talk (jww Ethan Russo and Chris Scambler) at the CFORS kick-off event on 11. September 2023, outlining an approach to imperatival foundations and some open questions.

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We’ll consider the ideas of ignorance (in distinction to knowledge) and bullshit. We’ll discuss this in different areas, and how ignorance is sometimes mobilised in both a scientific and political context.

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We’ll look at how and why we can be resistant to evidence and knowledge. We’ll discuss the degree to which agents are at fault for knowledge resistance and common pitfalls.

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We’ll examine how we might distinguish scientific claims from non-scientific/pseudo-scientific ones. We’ll also examine some of the political aspects of this distinction.

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In this lecture, we’ll look at how we evaluate and incorporate evidence. A key theme will be that we may evaluate evidence badly given our other commitments.