Humility & Conviction in Public Life

New book announcement:

Polarisation, Arrogance, and Dogmatism: Philosophical Perspectives edited by Alessandra Tanesini and HCPL PI Michael P. Lynch is now available.

Congrats to Alessandra, Michael, and all the contributors!

Polarisation, Arrogance, and Dogmatism: Philosophical Perspectives Polarisation, intransigence and dogmatism in political and moral debate have in recent years threatened to overwhelm many Western-style democracies, where for centuries reasoned argument has been a hallmark feature of tackling disagreement. For many people, this marks a worrying deterioration in the...

‎The Humility Gap: Episode #4: Cafe chat - How can we live with difficult histories and disagreement? on Apple Podcasts ‎Show The Humility Gap, Ep Episode #4: Cafe chat - How can we live with difficult histories and disagreement? - 12 Dec 2019

In case you missed it, check out our October newsletter: what we have done, what our team has accomplished, and what events lie ahead. http://ow.ly/Fa4N50wRriN

In case you missed it: the Connecticut Law Review symposium "How We Argue Now: The Moral Foundations of Politics & Law," available now on the Connecticut Network: http://ct-n.com/ondemand.asp?id=16779

Michael Lynch Named 2019 George Orwell Award winner | Humanities Institute Director of the Humanities Institute and the Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Michael Lynch, has been named winner of the 2019 George Orwell Award. This award, which has been granted annually since 1975 by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), recognizes dis ...

Philosophy Talk: The Allure of Authoritarianism Why would anyone prefer to be ruled by a despot?

Congratulations to our very own Ruth Braunstein for being named a 2019–2020 public fellow of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)! She is one of 11 fellows who will work to "produce data-driven , thought leadership, commentary and teaching on contemporary issues at the intersection of , , and ." http://ow.ly/PscA50wyilO

Normalization—Practices Make It So Rising nationalism and nativism around the world generate a toxic brew of arrogance and xenophobia that pits people against one another in often frightening ways. Understanding some discursive mech…

Opinion | Do We Really Understand ‘Fake News’? We think we are sharing facts, but we are really expressing emotions in the outrage factory.

Save the Date: UConn School of Law & CT Law Review's "How We Argue: The Moral Foundations of Politics & Law" symposium is on Oct. 11 with Danielle Allen as keynote speaker & featuring David Gergen & US Senator Chris Murphy. Register by Oct. 4th. http://law.uconn.edu/civility19!

Luce Foundation Grant Launches 'Seeing Truth' Exhibit - UConn Today The exhibition will challenge notions of what counts as a 'scientific' object or as 'art,' which will, in turn, challenge the assumption that there is only one way of understanding truth and knowledge.