Pregnancy as a site of research in the arts and social sciences is newly flourishing. However, the interplay of maternity and pregnancy with conceptions of the mind and the self have rarely been the focus of interdisciplinary research. This conference aims to bring together philosophers studying pregnancy and the self...

University of Liverpool, Sponsored by the Society for Applied Philosophy Thursday 16th May 2019 Foresight Centre

The last decades have seen an increasing interest of philosophers and social theorists in the analysis of risk. Wide-ranging research has significantly advanced our understanding of the empirical, normative, and conceptual dimensions of risk. The growing interest in risk has been closely linked to a societal awareness of the possibly...