When theorising about the real world, philosophers and political theorists sometimes need to engage real-world information and empirical knowledge. But how can theorists accurately assess knowledge claims made by empirical disciplines, especially if the methods and approaches of these disciplines are unfamiliar to them? When should theorists take the knowledge […]

Mihaela Mihai (Edinburgh) will be discussing a paper co-authored with Danielle Celermajer (Sydney): As environmental crises intensify, growing numbers of people experience painful emotions – grief, despair, and horror – at ongoing devastation. While eco-emotions largely remain trapped within presentist and anthropocentric frameworks (i.e., they are informed by present humans’ […]