So far, political philosophers have largely neglected the phenomenon of self-deception by democratic decision-makers, i.e., their unintended ‘distortion of reality against the available evidence and according to one’s wishes’ (Galeotti, 2018, p. 1). However, self-deception creates a unique set of problems concerning the misuse of the best available evidence in...

The goal of this two-day workshop is to explore the roots of the notion of habit in the phenomenological tradition by looking at its structure and development in relation to intersubjectivity. Among other questions, the conference aims to address the following topics: the relevance of habit for understanding empathy, intersubjectivity,...

This workshop is funded by the Society for Applied Philosophy. It is an academic event organised in the context of the Geneva Colloquium in Political Theory (GECOPOL), a series of guest talks and conferences that take place every semester at the University of Geneva Registration is free but places are...