Posts tagged with: Conference 2012

Materials from our conference 'The intoxication of power: From neurosciences to hubris in healthcare and public life' are now available. The event, held on 9 October 2012, was organised by the Daedalus Trust in...

This set features notes from the following presentations to session 1 (From power to hubris) of our conference 'The Intoxication of power: From neurosciences to hubris in healthcare and public...

This set features notes from the following presentations to session 2 (Hubris and neuroscience) of our conference 'The Intoxication of power: From Neurosciences to hubris in healthcare and public life'....

This set features notes from the following presentations to session 3 (Preventing and responding to hubris) of our conference 'The Intoxication of power: From neurosciences to hubris in healthcare and...

Our first major conference marked an important step in raising public awareness of hubris and its potential for far-reaching impacts. Organised jointly by the Daedalus Trust and the Royal Society...

Blaug, Ricardo. "Hubris is a serious and recurrent problem associated with the processes by which individual, group and organisations simultaneously create meaning. Dr Ricardo Blaug, Reader in Democracy and Political Theory,...

"Human intelligence is made up of four different mental systems. None is infallible. You need a "jazz quartet of them" or the decision-making process can become unreliable and potentially dangerous.  ...

"Practical measures to fight hubris should focus on fostering self-doubt. Public intellectuals could better acknowledge that science is a ‘knowing ignorance’ - a ‘philosophical faith’ is one in which one...

Ward, Dr Jamie: "Powerpoint of Dr Ward's presentation to our 2012 Conference. Dr Jamie Ward , University of Sussex. The social brain: neuroscience perspectives on empathy, trust and cooperation. Download: The Social...

"...presents hubris as a disorder of intelligence and, more specifically as a particular form of stupidity, representing a breakdown in what are normally regarded as self-regulating systems   Professor Guy...