Heidi Maibom (University of Cincinnati): "What is a perspective"

Thursday, June 18th, 2020.

3:30 pm.

Venue: Black Board Collaborative online platform.

Abstract:

It is generally assumed that we can take another person's perspective on things and that if we do, that will have a significant effect on interpersonal understanding. But relatively little work has been done on what a perspective is supposed to be. Here, I explore the current evidence for there being formal features to the way we think about things that might constitute the basis of what we call 'a perspective'.