Since it was launched a year ago, the Changing Attitudes in Public Discourse multidisciplinary project has come a long way. We’ve hosted two workshops, and an international conference on Arrogance and Polarisation. Our blog (Open for Debate) has fortnightly posts by guest bloggers on a range of topics from fake news,…
On 6-7 November 2017, a group of leading academics met at Cardiff University to explore the manifestations and causes of arrogance, polarisation, and closed-mindedness in public debate. You can find a Storify of the event here, which covers the conference highlights. Our speakers have also kindly consented to provide slides…
We are thrilled to announce the programme for “Arrogance and Polarisation in Debate”, a two-day international conference at Cardiff University. Political opinions in many Western-style democracies show signs of increasing polarisation. This has coincided with a change of tone in debates. Seemingly arrogant behaviours like shouting, mocking, dismissing or rudely…
On 6-7 November 2017 we will host an international conference designed to bring together speakers from philosophy and psychology to explore arrogance, dogmatism and close-mindedness in debate. More details and call for participation to follow.
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