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Professor Quassim Cassam FBA

Epistemology; the philosophy of terrorism, extremism, and conspiracy theories; the philosophy of philosophy
Portrait photo of Professor Quassim Cassam FBA | Photo: Murray Ballard
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2022
Sections
Philosophy
Website
https://www.quassimcassam.com/
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/people/cassam/
https://twitter.com/qcassam?lang=en

Current Posts

University of Warwick Professor of Philosophy

Keble College, Oxford Honorary Fellow

10-Minute Talk

What is extremism?

16 Aug 2024 Professor Quassim Cassam FBA

In a famous 1963 letter, Martin Luther King Jr. argued that ‘extremism’ is not an inherently bad thing because it can be a way of describing radical action for the extension of justice. Professor Quassim Cassam FBA explores what we mean by extremism, what makes an ideology or course of action extremist, and whether King was right.

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Logic and philosophy of science, with concentration on foundations of physics, within an empiricist approach

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Professor Miranda Fricker FBA

Epistemic injustice; their relation to certain political ideas; epistemic vices and virtues; social interpretation; moral relativism; moral emotions and attitudes

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Professor Rae Langton FBA

Ethical aspects of speech act theory and social epistemology; metaphysics of properties; history of philosophy, especially Kant; free speech, hate speech and media ethics; feminist perspectives on pornography and objectification

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