Philosophy Suter Lecture: José Medina

Philosophy Suter Lecture: José Medina

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When:
September 23, 2016 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
2016-09-23T15:00:00-04:00
2016-09-23T17:00:00-04:00
Where:
105 South Kedzie Hall
368 Farm Ln
East Lansing, MI 48823
USA
Cost:
Free
Philosophy Suter Lecture: José Medina @ 105 South Kedzie Hall | East Lansing | Michigan | United States

Suter Distinguished Lecture: Professor José Medina, Vanderbilt University

Uses and Misuses of the Imagination and the American Racial Imaginary

This lecture will elucidate what our capacity to imagine consists in and how it can be used to open up our minds, but also to perpetuate distortions and biases. Drawing on Wittgenstein and contemporary philosophy of mind, the talk will discuss social uses and misuses of the imagination in relation to race and the American racial imaginary. The lecture will include a discussion of racial images in our contemporary visual culture. How can we develop resistant imaginations that can help us overcome racial biases?

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