As pa rt of the Colloquia Series\, the Department of Philosophy with support from UBC's Robert. H.N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contempora ry Society will host a guest lecture speaker\, by Professor Amber Carpenter \, entitled:
"Epistemic Ideals and Moral Transformation"
About the Event:
“Epistemic Ideals and Mo ral Transformation”
Lecture by Amber Carpenter\, Associate Professor at YaleNUSCollege.
April 1st\, 2022
3:00-5:00 p.m
BUCH A 201
Abstract:
What does the process
of coming to know reality do to one engaging in it\, such that one might cl
aim that knowledge\, or seeking it\, is morally improving? For both the Bud
dhist and the Platonist\, striving to know reality is good for us and makes
us good. Indeed both therapeutic epistemologies have the explicit aim of d
rawing attention away from ourselves and even from human-specific goals\, t
owards an impersonal reality. But their conceptions of transformative knowi
ng differ profoundly. Plato not only thinks that knowledge is of u
nchanging intelligible things\; he thinks\, further\, that such knowledge i
s or implies an ability to explain (Republic VII) and to teach (
About A mber Carpenter
Associate Professor Amber D Carpenter works i n ancient Greek and classical Indian philosophy\, with a topical focus on t he metaphysics\, epistemology and moral psychology underpinning Plato’s eth ics and Indian Buddhist ethics.
Her work increasingly brings Greek an d Indian Buddhist philosophy together around topics at the intersection of metaphysics\, mind\, epistemology and ethics. She is also interested in con temporary relevance of ancient views\, as well as interdisciplinary work\, as in her collaboration on the Integrity Project.
Associat e Prof Carpenter recently held a fellowship with The Beacon Project\, explo ring ‘Ethical Ambitions and their Formation of Character’ in Plato and in B uddhist thought\, and is currently running an international grant-funded pr oject on Buddhist-Platonism.
*Note: “Due to COVID restrictions\, please note that this event is closed to members of the public.”
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