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SUMMARY:Openness and Deference: The Role of Awe in Scientific and Religiou
 s Practice - Dr Helen De Cruz [Oxford Brooks University]
DTSTART:20190514T120000Z
DTEND:20190514T130000Z
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CONTACT:Alice Jackson
DESCRIPTION:Dr Helen De Cruz is currently senior lecturer in philosophy at
  Oxford Brookes University. Before joining Brookes I had appointments at t
 he VU Amsterdam\, the University of Oxford\, and the University of Leuven.
  My main specialization is philosophy of cognitive science\, and I have al
 so published in philosophy of religion\, epistemology and general philosop
 hy of science. My work is concerned with the question how humans form beli
 efs in domains that are remote from everyday concerns such as in mathemati
 cs\, theology\, and science. I examine how we can form such beliefs\, and 
 what explains their transmission.\n\nMy present research interest is meta-
 ethics and evolutionary explanations of morality. I intend to flesh out a 
 form of moral realism where true moral statements correspond to facts abou
 t human cooperation. My distinctive contribution to this debate is to brin
 g archaeological findings into the philosophical discussion\, looking spec
 ifically at archaeological evidence for care for disabled individuals\, fo
 r cooperative hunting and childcare\, and for large-scale social security 
 networks between hunter-gatherers bands as evidence for the ancient origin
 s of a uniquely human morality.
LOCATION:Garden Room\, Library Building\, St Edmund's College
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