Analytical and Continental political theory are divided not only over substantial issues\, but also over the very nature of political theorising. Theorists working within one tradition view with scepticism the work and conclusions of theorists within the other tradition\, and the two traditions often speak past one another because they do not agree what theorising amount to in the first place. Further\, the division is also marked by different conceptions of politics and the political. Consequently\, Analytical and Continental theorists have different understandings of the role of and relationship between philosophy and politics.
\nWe invite contributions that address the divisions between Analytical and Continental political theory\, and between liberal normative theory and post-structuralism. Is it possible to bridge the different traditions? If so\, what would this entail? If divisions will remain\, what is the exact nature of those divisions? Are they primarily political or philosophical? And are there approaches that eschew these divisions?
\nRoundtable participants: Prof. Paul Patton\, University of New South Wales\, Prof. David Owen (University of Southampton) and Dr David Howarth (University of Essex)
\nContact: Clayton Chin (c.chin@qmul.ac.uk) and Lasse Thomassen (l.thomassen@qmul.ac.uk).
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130601T090000 DTEND:20130601T090000 SUMMARY:Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy UID:20131206T044952Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Toronto\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy
La socié\;té\; canadienne de philosophie continentale
The Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy \;will hold its annual conference from October 10-12\, 2013\, in Toronto. The conference is hosted by the Institute for Christian Studies and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.
\nWe invite papers or panels \;on any theme relevant to the broad concerns of Continental philosophy. Please submit complete papers (no more than 4000 words)\, along with a brief abstract (150 words).
\nIf you are submitting a panel\, then please submit 3 complete papers (no more than 2500 words each)\, along with brief abstracts for each paper (150 words).
\nIn either case\, \;please prepare your paper for blind review\, with personally identifying information appearing only in your submission e-mail. Only attachments readable in Word will be considered. Papers written in English or French will be considered. (Please note that there is a limit of one submission per person.)
\nEach submission should include \;one \;attached document containing your abstract and paper\, in that order. Panel proposals should likewise be grouped into one file. Along with your personal information\, please remember to include your institutional affiliation\, if any.
\nAll submissions (in French or English) must be sent electronically by June 1\, 2013\, to: \;2013@c-scp.org
\nIf you are a graduate student\, please identify yourself as such in order to be eligible for the graduate student essay prize. The winner will be announced at the annual conference and considered for publication in the following spring issue of \;Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy.
\nMore information about the conference is available on our \;website.
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130601T234500 DTEND:20130601T234500 SUMMARY:North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics UID:20131206T044955Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Chicago\, United States DESCRIPTION:Submissions for papers are invited on all themes related to philosophical hermeneutics. In order to promote a spirit of dialogue and meaningful reflection on each paper\, presenters will be asked to make their papers available for posting on our web site to be read in advance. Sessions will consist of 25-30 minute presentations of papers\, followed by 45 minutes of discussion. Though there will only be time to read 25-30 minute versions of papers in sessions\, there is some flexibility regarding the length of submissions: \; submissions may be between 3\,000 and 6\,000 words. Complete papers in English\, formatted for blind review\, must be submitted electronically to nasphermeneutics@gmail.com. Attachments in either *.doc\, *.rtf\, or *.pdf format are preferable. The deadline for full-paper submissions is June 1\, 2013. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by July 15\, 2012. For more information about the society and/or to be put on an e-mail list\, please visit our blog at the URL below or contact David Vessey (davevessey@yahoo.com) or Monica Vilhauer (vilhauer@roanoke.edu).
\nAbout the Society: NASPH was formed in 2005 in order to further the study of philosophical hermeneutics. While honoring the roots of philosophical hermeneutics in the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer\, NASPH also recognizes that the future of such thinking depends on its engagement with a diverse range of figures and issues. Our intention is to promote dialogical discussions focusing on both the sources of\, and the prospects for\, philosophical hermeneutics.
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130604T090000 DTEND:20130608T170000 SUMMARY:Society for the study of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture (EPTC) 2013 Conference UID:20131206T044958Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:America/Vancouver LOCATION:Victoria\, Canada DESCRIPTION:The society for the study of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture (EPTC) \;is able to waive Congress fees for a few delegates each year. Such awards will be made according to criteria of financial need and quality of paper at the discretion of the conference program coordinator. Non-tenure-stream delegates interested in this award should append a note indicating as much to their submission materials.
\nContact: \;eptctcep2013@gmail.com
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130604T090000 DTEND:20130607T170000 SUMMARY:Panels on Animals and Philosophy UID:20131206T045000Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:America/Vancouver LOCATION:3800 Finnerty Rd \, Victoria\, Canada DESCRIPTION:June 5th 9:00-11:30 \;: Panel «\; Phenomenological Approaches to Animal Otherness »\;
&rarr\; Brett Buchanan (Laurentian University) Being Towards Extinction (details)
&rarr\; Don Beith (McGill University)\, Merleau-Ponty&rsquo\;s Animate Epistemology: Learning to Perceive (as) Animals
June 5th 14:00-16:30 \;: Panel «\; Animals: Rights\, Veganism and Justice »\;
&rarr\; Valé\;ry Giroux (Universite de Montreal)\, An Antispeciest Approach to Fundamental Rights
&rarr\; Sue Donaldson (co-author with Will Kymlicka of Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights\, OUP\, 2011)\, Unruly Beasts: Humans and Animals Sharing the Demos
June 6th 9:00-12:30 \;: Panel «\; Veganarchism and Paleoethics: Equality beyond Species »\;
\n&rarr\; Cynthia Willet (Emory University) Interspecies Living (a serious ethics with a comic twist).
&rarr\; Dinesh Wadiwel (University of Sidney)\, Resisting the War Against Animals: Counter-Conduct and Truce
&rarr\; John Sanbonmatsu (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)\, Critical Theory and Animal Liberation(Rowman &\; Littlefield\, 2011)
June 6th 14:00-17:30 \;: «\; Book Panel on Gary Steiner&rsquo\;s Animals and the Limits of Postmodernism (CUP\, 2013) »\;
&rarr\; Patrick Llored (Université\; de Lyon) author of Jacques Derrida\, Politique et é\;thique de l&rsquo\;animalité\; (Sils Maria\, 2013)
&rarr\; Chloë\; Taylor (Université\; d&rsquo\;Alberta)\, «\; \;Foucault and the Ethics of Eating \;»\; (Foucault Studies\, 2010)
&rarr\; Jan Dutkiewicz(PhD candidate in the Department of Politics at the New School for Social Research)
&rarr\; Gary Steiner (Bucknell University)\, Animals and the Moral Community (CUP\, 2008)\, Anthropocentrism and Its Discontents: The Moral Status of Animals in the History of Western Philosophy (University of Pittsburgh Press\, 2005)
Pedagogies of Disaster \;is organized to address the fate of relation and the future of pedagogical practice in the University\, and especially as it concerns the humanities. \;We seek to address the infrastructural or interpersonal changes in the modes of production as it relates to current academia. \;Through this conference we aim to examine the elements and spaces of the rifts opening up in the \;polis \;of the University&mdash\;its students\, professors and administrators. \;Through two general\, though not mutually exclusive\, topics&mdash\;Teaching \;and \;Being Taught&mdash\;we desire to address the pedagogical horizon at a critical limit. We ask \;for whom or for what are we teaching \;and we ask \;from whom or from what are we learning?
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130611T090000 DTEND:20130611T170000 SUMMARY:Wittgenstein / Phenomenology UID:20131206T045005Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Norwich\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Time: 9am-1pm + 2pm-5pm \;
\nS P E A K E R S: \;
\nJEAN-PHILIPPE NARBOUX (Uni. Bordeaux 3 SPH\; Inst. Uni. de France) Is Self-Consciousness Consciousness of One&rsquo\;s Self? \;
\nR e s p o n d e n t: OSKARI KUUSELA (Uni. of East Anglia) \;
\nDENIS MCMANUS (Uni. of Southampton) Anxiety\, Responsibility\, and the Autonomy of Grammar \;
\nMIHAI OMETITA (Uni. of East Anglia) Middle Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s Turn from Fundamental to Grammatical Phenomenology \;
\nTIMUR UÇ\;AN (Uni. of East Anglia\; Uni. Bordeaux 3 SPH) The Notion of &lsquo\;World&rsquo\; in the Early Works of Sartre and Wittgenstein \; \;
\nP A N E L \; \; \;D I S C U S S I O N: \;
\nTHOMAS GREAVES (Uni. of East Anglia) \;
\nRUPERT READ (Uni. of East Anglia) \; \;
\nCo-org. by UEA and Univ. of Bordeaux 3 SPH:
\nO. Kuusela (UEA) J.-P. Narboux (Uni. Bordeaux 3 SPH\; Inst. Uni. de France) M. Ometita (UEA) R. Read (UEA) T. Uç\;an (UEA\; Uni. Bordeaux 3 SPH) \;
\nRegistration free\, but necessary &ndash\; contact: M. Ometita: \;m.ometita@uea.ac.uk T. Uç\;an: \;t.ucan@uea.ac.uk \;
\nTHE &ldquo\;WITTGENSTEIN / PHENOMENOLOGY&rdquo\; 1-DAY WORKSHOP WILL BE PRECEDED ON THE 10TH \;OF JUNE BY A 1-DAY WORKSHOP ON THE LEGACY OF CARNAP.
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130611T090000 DTEND:20130611T170000 SUMMARY:Wittgenstein/Phenomenology UID:20131206T045007Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:UEA\, Norwich\, United Kingdom\, NR4 7TJ DESCRIPTION:Programme available on UEA Wittgenstein workshop page. \;
\nRegistration free but required.
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130612T040000 DTEND:20130614T170000 SUMMARY:Describing & Exploring Early Phenomenology UID:20131206T045010Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:London\, Canada DESCRIPTION:The aim of this conference is \;to investigate the works of early phenomenologists across a broad range of topics\, including ethics\, mathematics\, logic\, \;aesthetics\, politics\, epistemology\, ontology\, etc. Figures covered include\, but are not limited to: Edmund Husserl\, Max \;Scheler\, Moritz Geiger\, Alexander Pfä\;nder\, Adolf Reinach\, Carl Stumpf\, Theodor Conrad\, Johannes Daubert\, Dietrich \;Mahnke\, Hans Lipps\, Hedwig Conrad-Martius\, Wilhelm Schapp\, Edith Stein\, Alexandre Koyré\;\, Jean Hering\, \;Winthrop Bell\, Maximilian Beck\, Roman Ingarden\, Dietrich von Hildebrand\, Fritz Kaufmann\, Theodor Celms\, Aron \;Gurwitsch\, Gustav Shpet\, Gerda Walther\, Wolfgang Kö\;hler\, Dorion Cairns\, and Eugen Fink. \; \;
\nPlease send inquiries to: \;Dr. Kimberly Baltzer-Jaray\, \;NASEP President (phenomenology@me.com). \;
\nFollow NASEP Events and News on our blog:
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130612T080000 DTEND:20130614T170000 SUMMARY:Describing & Exploring Early Phenomenology UID:20131206T045012Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:London\, Canada DESCRIPTION:DESCRIBING &\; EXPLORING EARLY PHENOMENOLOGY \;
\nThe North American Society for Early Phenomenology \;
\n\nJune 12-14th\, 2013\, at King&rsquo\;s University College\, Western University\, London\, Ontario\, Canada \;
\n\nKeynote Speaker: \; \;Dr. Lester Embree\, \;Florida Atlantic University \;
\n&ldquo\;Speculations about Bridging the Gö\;ttingen-Freiburg Gap in Phenomenology&rdquo\; \;
\n\nCALL FOR ABSTRACTS \;
\nNASEP invites scholars to submit abstracts on any aspect of early phenomenology. This encompasses all philosophical investigations into the members of the Munich and Gö\;ttingen circles\, their place within the early period of phenomenology (roughly 1900-1939)\, their relationships to their students and contemporaries\, and their contributions to the development of phenomenology. The aim of this conference is to investigate the works of early phenomenologists across a broad range of topics\, including epistemology\, ontology\, ethics\, mathematics\, logic\, aesthetics\, politics\, etc. Figures covered include\, but are not limited to: Edmund Husserl\, Max Scheler\, Alexander Pfä\;nder\, Adolf Reinach\, Moritz Geiger\, Carl Stumpf\, Theodor Conrad\, Johannes Daubert\, Hans Lipps\, Hedwig Conrad-Martius\, Wilhelm Schapp\, Dietrich Mahnke\, Edith Stein\, Alexandre Koyré\;\, Jean Hering\, Winthrop Bell\, Alfred von Sybel\, Maximilian Beck\, Roman Ingarden\, Dietrich von Hildebrand\, Fritz Kaufmann\, Theodor Celms\, Aron Gurwitsch\, Gustav Shpet\, Gerda Walther\, Wolfgang Kö\;hler\, Dorion Cairns\, and Eugen Fink. We also welcome papers on the relationship between early phenomenology and the School of Brentano\, Hermann Lotze\, Theodor Lipps\, the American Pragmatists\, and the Neo-Kantians. \;
\n\nAbstracts should be prepared for blind review\, and should not exceed 300 words. Deadline for submissions is extended to March 10th\, 2013. \;
\n\nBoth senior researchers and graduate students are welcome to submit proposals. Graduate students should indicate their status in the email with their submission. \;
\n\nApplicants will be notified by April 1st as to whether or not their proposal has been accepted. \;
\nInformation regarding accommodations and conference fees will be sent out once the list of speakers has been decided. \;
\nPlease send submissions and inquiries to: \;
\nDr. Kimberly Baltzer-Jaray\, NASEP President \;
\nphenomenology@me.com
\nNASEPBlog: \;http://nasepblog.wordpress.com/author/nasepblog/
\nNASEP FB Page: \;http://www.facebook.com/NorthAmericanSocietyForEarlyPhenomenology
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130615T090000 DTEND:20130615T090000 SUMMARY:Politics at the Limits of Civil Society: A Conference in Political Philosophy UID:20131206T045014Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Guelph\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Our present political moment has been marked by the diversification of political landscapes and the emergence of new antagonisms. These transformations demand that we rethink the extent to which our concepts in political philosophy are adequate to the task of making sense of our present situation. One pertinent question is whether the concept of society underlying our normative and critical theories is called into question by recent events\, from the collective contestations of capitalism to the construction of state constitutions under military occupation. This question is attested to by the return to concepts from modern political thought\, such as &ldquo\;civil society\,&rdquo\; the &ldquo\;commons\,&rdquo\; and the &ldquo\;multitude.&rdquo\; Part of the promise of these concepts is that they seem to provide conceptual resources for thinking the diverse forces of the social body\, as well as new modes of political subjectivity\, outside of and against the theoretical coordinates of the state and the market. An answer to this question will be both practical and ontological. It must take into account not only concrete changes to the institutional and political structures of society\, but also the ideal models by which we judge claims to social justice and conceive the possibilities of political existence.
\n\;The Philosophy Graduate Students Association welcomes submissions in the history of social and political philosophy on\, but not limited to\, the following themes:
\nCivil society and its transformations
Democracy: challenges and limits
Conceptions of the political
The People\, Citizens\, Multitude
Critiques of modernity
Collective political organization and action
Theories of political sovereignty
Theories of power
History\, utopia\, and the future
Crisis\, limit\, and social transformation
Limits of political representation
Potential politics
Politics and culture
Governmentality
Politics of time
Capital\, crisis\, and political economy
Property and the Commons
Critique and method
The state\, borders\, and mobility
Liberalism and its detractors
Antagonism and conflict in society
Constitution-building under occupation
Submissions: Abstracts should be between 400&ndash\;700 words. Submissions must be formatted for blind-review: abstract and title should be attached as a .pdf file and should not bear the name of applicant or any identifying information. Please include the following information in the body of the email: full name\, title of paper\, contact email and phone number\, institutional affiliation and status (e.g. faculty\, graduate student\, independent). Final papers should be around 20 minutes spoken.
\n** There are two financial awards for top graduate student submissions to help cover travel expenses.
\nPlease send all submissions to: guelphphilosophy@gmail.com
\nAll submissions must be received no later than June 15th\, 2013. \;
\n ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130623T194500 DTEND:20130624T170000 SUMMARY:MSCP Heidegger Workshop UID:20131206T045017Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:University of Melbourne\, Melbourne\, Australia\, 3010 DESCRIPTION:A one-day free workshop on the work of Martin Heidegger. \; Everyone's invited.
\nKeynotes:
\nOther Participants:
\nWhen:
10.45am - 6.00pm
Sunday June 23\, 2013
Where:
Room details to come\,
University of Melbourne.
Organized and hosted by Department of English\, National Taiwan Normal \;University\, Taipei\, Taiwan\, with the participation of Institut d&rsquo\;É\;tudes \;Transtextuelles et Transculturelles\, Université\; Jean Moulin\, Lyon\, France.
The University of Groningen\, The Radboud University Nijmegen and The Young Academy organize a conference on the impact of Ricoeur in the Humanities. This conference will take place in Groningen\, the Netherlands\, June 27-29\, 2013. \;
\nConference theme
\nIn the realm of the humanities\, Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) is widely viewed as one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century. He published many important books and articles which made an impact on almost all areas of the humanities\, including history\, linguistics\, literary studies\, theology and philosophy.
\nIn his works\, Ricoeur combined the resources and insights of phenomenology and hermeneutics. In line with this double focus\, he came to see &lsquo\;the text&rsquo\; as a paradigm for addressing important historical\, ethical and philosophical problems. This enabled him\, among other things\, to recast the problem of personal identity in terms of narrative emplotment\; or to consider human action as a meaningful whole that is structured as a text. \; \;
\nHowever\, in the last decades\, the vast expansion of new media (video installations\, social networks\, games\, etc.) is rapidly changing the landscape of the humanities\, making it entirely different from the text-oriented culture in which Ricoeur was working. In addition\, new research approaches like genetics and cognitive science\, penetrate the humanities and introduce alternative paradigms which\, at first sight\, seem to be more in tune with the spirit of the times. Furthermore\, considering the increasing marginalization of the humanities in many countries\, their future course is far from self-evident. Under pressure of the financial crisis and a changing political reality\, the humanities have to find new arguments for legitimating their existence and proving their importance. \;
\nCultural\, scientific and political developments like this\, challenge Ricoeur&rsquo\;s perspective\, but also create opportunities to keep his work alive and develop it in new and unforeseen directions. By means of this conference\, we hope to confront present-day concerns with Ricoeur&rsquo\;s fruitful insights in order to help envision a future for the humanities. \; \;
\nThus the aim of this conference is to investigate what Ricoeur&rsquo\;s extensive oeuvre has to offer in rethinking and re-imagining the humanities. We will do this by focusing on three domains of questions. \;
\n1. Questions of interpretation
\nHow do we have to (re)locate Ricoeur&rsquo\;s work in relation to the humanities? Which of Ricoeur&rsquo\;s major contributions can be expected to remain relevant for the humanities? Etc. \;
\n2. Questions of discussion and context
\nIn what way can we relate Ricoeur&rsquo\;s oeuvre to ideas and methods of other philosophers and scientists? Does Ricoeur&rsquo\;s paradigm of the text still provide a relevant framework for thinking about the basic questions that concern the humanities? If so\, how can we bring Ricoeur&rsquo\;s perspective in a fruitful tension or dialogue with other\, competing paradigms? Etc. \; \;
\n3. Questions of application
\nHow can Ricoeur&rsquo\;s attributions to the humanities be adapted (if necessary) and applied to the new and changing situation of contemporary humanities? What are the possibilities and problems that we will have to explore while further elaborating on Ricoeur&rsquo\;s contributions to the humanities? Can we derive arguments and insights from Ricoeur that will improve our understanding of the contemporary situation of the humanities? Etc. \;
\nWe are planning to publish a selection of the papers of this conference in a proceedings collection.
\nOrganizing committee
\n- Martijn Boven (Faculty of Arts\, University of Groningen)
\n- Eddo Evink (Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Groningen)
\n- Gert-Jan van der Heiden (Faculty of Philosophy\, Theology and Religious Studies\, Radboud University Nijmegen) \;
\nMore information: http://ricoeur.com/the-future-of-the-humanities/ \;
\nContact: info@ricoeur.com
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130701T170000 DTEND:20130701T170000 SUMMARY:Kierkegaard: A Christian Thinker for Our Time? UID:20131206T045024Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:1311 South 5th Street\, Waco\, United States\, 76798 DESCRIPTION:On May 5\, 1813\, Sø\;ren Kierkegaard was born to Christian parents in Copenhagen\, Denmark\, where the Evangelical Lutheran Church was supported by the state with the Danish monarch as its supreme authority. Forty-two years later\, Kierkegaard died while in the midst of directing an extended philosophical and theological attack on the Church of Denmark and its official representatives\, whom he believed were undermining\, rather than fostering\, the practice of authentic Christianity.
\nWith great passion and vision Kierkegaard engaged the challenges of his age: he articulated in his work and displayed in his brief life the journey of "becoming a Christian" within the crucible of early nineteenth-century Danish Christendom. He was perhaps the most important Christian thinker of his time. But is he a Christian thinker for our time&mdash\;do his ideas resonate in our 21st-century context? To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Kierkegaard's birth\, the 2013 Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture will host a wide-ranging exploration of this question.
\n"Kierkegaard: A Christian Thinker for Our Time?" invites reflection from a broad range of disciplinary perspectives about Kierkegaard's life and thought\, including his intellectual antecedents and the later influence of his work in philosophy\, theology\, literature\, history\, psychology\, and other fields. Instead of a forum for only Kierkegaard specialists\, the symposium seeks to gather a broad and diverse audience interested in the value (and limitations) of Kierkegaard's thought for our contemporary age.
\nPresentation proposals are welcome from any discipline\, as well as cross-disciplinary areas\, especially literature\, the arts\, psychology\, sociology\, political science\, communications\, theology\, philosophy\, and biblical studies.
\nPossible topics include:
\nProposals for individual papers\, panel discussions\, and responses to current books are welcome. Abstracts of no more than 750 words should be submitted by July 1\, 2013 using the online form at www.baylor.edu/ifl/cfp. Call 254-710-4805 or e-mail ifl@baylor.edu for more information.
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130707T180000 DTEND:20130713T170000 SUMMARY:Disagreement - Désaccord - Uneinigkeit UID:20131206T045028Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:20 av de Noailles\, Évian-les-Bains\, France DESCRIPTION:Is there disagreement? That is\, do we really disagree? From the standpoint of everyday life\, the answer seems to be clear. Disagreements among us are legion: about scientific\, political\, and social questions\, about questions of right conduct and religion\, about questions concerning subjective preferences and aesthetic taste. From the standpoint of rationality\, however\, it is not so clear how these disagreements should be assessed. Shouldn&rsquo\;t the forceless force of the better argument carry the day in almost all cases of disagreement? Isn&rsquo\;t it possible in principle to determine which view is the better one among rival views? Aren&rsquo\;t disagreements better seen\, therefore\, as intermediate stages on the way toward a more comprehensive agreement &ndash\; at least among all those who conduct themselves rationally? If not\, can a disagreement itself be rational\, even when two interlocutors share the same epistemic presuppositions and the same relevant information? Is &ldquo\;reasonable disagreement&rdquo\; an enduring feature of our practices and reaches deeper than we generally assume? What is the theoretical and practical relevance of persistent disagreement? Does the latter lead to the acceptance of relativism\, skepticism\, or pluralism?
A detailed exposition of the topic and all relevant information concerning the character and history of the colloquium as well as matters of accommodation and costs can be found on our website.
Passive comprehension of all three languages of the colloquium (French\, German\, and English) is a prerequisite for all applicants.
Call for Applications
\nWe are pleased to announce the Pittsburgh Summer Symposium in Contemporary Philosophy\, held at Duquesne University. \;Details for the program are as follows:
\nSchelling and Naturphilosophie
\nAugust 5 - 9\, 2013 (Optional Participants&rsquo\; Conference\, August 3-4)
\n&ldquo\;What then is that secret bond which couples our mind to Nature\, or that hidden organ through which Nature speaks to our mind or our mind to Nature?&rdquo\; (Ideas for a Philosophy of Nature)
\n&ldquo\;The concept of nature does not entail that there should also be an intelligence that is aware of it. Nature\, it seems\, would exist\, even if there were nothing that was aware of it. Hence the problem can also be formulated thus: how does intelligence come to be added to nature\, or how does nature come to be presented?&rdquo\; (System of Transcendental Idealism)
\nSeminar Leaders:
\nProf. Iain Hamilton Grant (University of the West of England\, Bristol)
\nProf. Jason Wirth (Seattle University)
\nCourse Description:
\nIn recent \;years \;there has been a surge of research on the work of the German philosopher F.W.J. Schelling\, aided in the English-speaking world by a number of recent translations. This movement has included reexaminations of Schelling as a figure in the history of philosophy\, as a source of influence on a number of twentieth century thinkers\, and as a rich resource for addressing contemporary philosophical debates.
\nSchelling&rsquo\;s distinctive influence in the history of philosophy has been\, in part\, a product of his objective approach to transcendental idealism. In opposition to Fichte&rsquo\;s Wissenschaftslehre\, which argued that the subject must be the fundamental ground for transcendental idealism\, Schelling argued that an objective approach\, taking the form of Naturphilosophie\, is equally necessary for explaining the subject-object form of knowledge. Additionally\, in his later works\, Schelling&rsquo\;s concepts of freedom\, existence\, and the non-ground\, would give some of the earliest critiques of Hegel&rsquo\;s absolute idealism\, and would later influence thinkers like Kierkegaard\, Marx\, and Nietzsche. In the twentieth century\, the impact of his work would continue. His Freiheitsschrift\, for instance\, forms an important part of the conceptual context within which Martin Heidegger developed his notions of event\, ground\, and the plight of the human being\, operative in the 1930s and early 40s. Likewise\, Schelling&rsquo\;s influence profoundly marked Maurice Merleau-Ponty&rsquo\;s later ontology of the flesh\, his understanding of art\, the unconscious\, and the provocative task of doing a &ldquo\;psychoanalysis of Nature.&rdquo\;
\nMore recently\, Iain Hamilton Grant has mobilized Schellingian Naturphilosophie as a basis for recasting epistemological and metaphysical or ontological issues regarding the relation of physics and metaphysics\, the nature of time\, the nature of ground\, and more broadly calling for a radical reevaluation of the post-Kantian philosophical framework dominant over much of the last two centuries. This project has established one of the major arms of the recent movement to rethink the realist/anti-realist debate. Likewise\, Jason Wirth has revitalized Schellingian accounts of the Good\, intellectual intuition\, aesthetics\, nature\, and life in contemporary debates. He has also worked to put Schelling into conversation with a number of other recent thinkers\, both Western and\, notably\, of the Japanese Kyoto School.
\nOther contemporary philosophers have also taken up Schelling in related manners. Markus Gabriel\, for instance\, has integrated Schelling&rsquo\;s notion of non-ground into his &ldquo\;domain ontology&rdquo\; and its treatment of the nature of the world (or more properly the non-existence of the world)\, mythology\, evil\, contingency\, and necessity. Further\, in the Lacanian meta-psychology of Slavoj Žižek and Adrian Johnston\, Schelling&rsquo\;s philosophy has been used to give an account for the genesis of the transcendental subject out of natural and material substance conceived with reference to Trieb\, or drive.
\nThis summer symposium will bring together interested graduate students\, postdoctoral students\, and junior faculty \;for a week of discussion\, lecture\, and close textual study concerning \;this important philosopher. The topic for the seminar is Schelling's \;Naturphilosophie. We will examine questions about nature\, objectivity\, matter\, life\, knowledge\, and whether or not transcendental philosophy can be reconciled with the findings of the empirical sciences. All texts and discussion will be in English.
\nApplication:
\nWe invite current graduate students\, postdoctoral students\, and junior faculty in philosophy or related disciplines to submit an application composed of a C.V. and a short letter of intent (500 words maximum) to pghsummersymposium2013@gmail.com. The deadline for applications is April 5\, 2013. The seminar will be limited to 20-30 participants. For more information as it becomes available\, we have created a website for the symposium:
\nhttp://pghsummersymposium.wix.com/pghsummersymp2013
\n
Participants&rsquo\; Conference (August 3-4):
In order to \;facilitate a further exchange of ideas and research\, a participants&rsquo\; conference will be held the weekend before the seminar begins. Applicants who receive notice of acceptance as participants will be asked - if interested - to submit an abstract of \;up to 500 words on any theme related to the topic of the seminar. The participants&rsquo\; conference will take place on Saturday and Sunday\, August 3-4\, 2013.
\nFinancial Information:
\nThere will be a $125 registration fee for each participant of the seminar. This money will be used for a conference dinner\, celebration\, and daily expenses such as coffee\, etc. Please note that participants will be responsible for arranging their own housing as well as financing most of their own meals for the duration of the symposium. However\, with respect to lodging\, we expect a number of arrangements with graduate students will be available on a first come\, first serve basis.
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130812T100000 DTEND:20130816T170000 SUMMARY:Copenhagen Summer School in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind UID:20131206T045034Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:Europe/Copenhagen LOCATION:Copenhagen\, Denmark\, 2300 DESCRIPTION:The Copenhagen Summer School will provide essential insights into central themes within the philosophy of mind\, viewed from a phenomenological perspective.
\nTopics include:
Perceiving the World\, Place\, \;Normality and Embodiment\, the Self\, the You\, and the We.
The course will consist of a mixture of key note lectures\, PhD presentations and seminars (30 hours total)\, aimed at advanced MA students and PhD students. Post Docs are also invited to apply. The Summer School is co-funded by the PhD programme in philosophy at the University of Copenhagen.
\nRegistration is now open
http://cfs.ku.dk/summer-school-2013/
We warmly invite all scholars who regard process philosophy as a viable tool in face of contemporary issues of philosophy and the modern world.
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130920T090000 DTEND:20130922T170000 SUMMARY:Politics at the Limits of Civil Society: A Conference in Political Philosophy UID:20131206T045039Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:Guelph\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Our present political moment has been marked by the diversification of political landscapes and the emergence of new antagonisms. These transformations demand that we rethink the extent to which our concepts in political philosophy are adequate to the task of making sense of our present situation. One pertinent question is whether the concept of society underlying our normative and critical theories is called into question by recent events\, from the collective contestations of capitalism to the construction of state constitutions under military occupation. This question is attested to by the return to concepts from modern political thought\, such as &ldquo\;civil society\,&rdquo\; the &ldquo\;commons\,&rdquo\; and the &ldquo\;multitude.&rdquo\; Part of the promise of these concepts is that they seem to provide conceptual resources for thinking the diverse forces of the social body\, as well as new modes of political subjectivity\, outside of and against the theoretical coordinates of the state and the market. An answer to this question will be both practical and ontological. It must take into account not only concrete changes to the institutional and political structures of society\, but also the ideal models by which we judge claims to social justice and conceive the possibilities of political existence. \;
\nThe Philosophy Graduate Students Association welcomes submissions in the history of social and political philosophy on\, but not limited to\, the following themes:
\nCivil society and its transformations
Democracy: challenges and limits
Conceptions of the political
The People\, Citizens\, Multitude
Critiques of modernity
Collective political organization and action
Theories of political sovereignty
Theories of power
History\, utopia\, and the future
Crisis\, limit\, and social transformation
Limits of political representation
Potential politics
Politics and culture
Governmentality
Politics of time
Capital\, crisis\, and political economy
Property and the Commons
Critique and method
The state\, borders\, and mobility
Liberalism and its detractors
Antagonism and conflict in society
Constitution-building under occupation
Submissions: Abstracts should be between 400&ndash\;700 words. Submissions must be formatted for blind-review: abstract and title should be attached as a .pdf file and should not bear the name of applicant or any identifying information. Please include the following information in the body of the email: full name\, title of paper\, contact email and phone number\, institutional affiliation and status (e.g. faculty\, graduate student\, independent). Final papers should be around 20 minutes spoken.
\n** There are two financial awards for top graduate student submissions to help cover travel expenses.
\nPlease send all submissions to: guelphphilosophy@gmail.com
\nAll submissions must be received no later than June 15th\, 2013. \;
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130926T010000 DTEND:20130930T170000 SUMMARY:Place UID:20131206T045041Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:San Francisco\, United States DESCRIPTION:The aim of PACT is to create a platform for philosophical dialogue on the West Coast. The annual conference alternates between Seattle (Seattle University)\, Hawai&rsquo\;i (University of Hawai&rsquo\;i\, Hilo) and San Francisco (University of San Francisco). PACT takes &ldquo\;Continental Philosophy&rdquo\; in its broadest sense\, and everyone with an interest in continental thinking is invited to participate.
\nFor more information\, please contact: Jason Wirth \;wirthj@seattleu.edu \;or Gerard Kuperus \;gkuperus@usfca.edu
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20130927T090000 DTEND:20130928T170000 SUMMARY:North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics UID:20131206T045043Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Chicago\, United States DESCRIPTION:The 2013 Annual Meeting of the North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics will take plae at DePaul University Sept. 27th and 28th. See the related CFP or go to www.nasph.org for more information.
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20131010T090000 DTEND:20131012T170000 SUMMARY:Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy UID:20131206T045045Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:Toronto\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy
La socié\;té\; canadienne de philosophie continentale
Contact: \;2013@c-scp.org
\nMore information about the conference is available on our \;website.
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20131015T230000 DTEND:20131015T230000 SUMMARY:The Kristeva Circle UID:20131206T045047Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Nashville\, United States DESCRIPTION:\nTHE KRISTEVA CIRCLE
\nMarch 27-30\, 2014\, Vanderbilt University
\n\nKeynote Speakers:
\nJulia Kristeva\, University of Paris VII
\nTina Chanter\, DePaul University \;
\n\nPlease submit abstracts (500-750 words) on any topic related to the work of Julia Kristeva\, to kristevacircle@gmail.com. We welcome submissions from across all disciplines. Abstracts should be suitable for blind review\; include a separate document with name\, paper title\, affiliation\, and contact information. The deadline for abstracts is \;October 15\, 2013. \;For more information about The Kristeva Circle\, please visit our website: www.kristevacircle.org.
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20131025T100000 DTEND:20131026T170000 SUMMARY:The History of the Relation Between Idealism and Pragmatism UID:20131206T045049Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Leavygreave Road\, Sheffield\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:The objective here is to look in detail at how the classical American pragmatists saw themselves in relation to idealism. We will also trace the continuing development of this connection through into the twentieth century\, as reflected in the work of figures such as Sellars\, Apel\, Habermas\, Putnam\, Rorty and Brandom.
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20131031T120000 DTEND:20131102T170000 SUMMARY:Kierkegaard: A Christian Thinker for Our Time? UID:20131206T045052Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:1311 South 5th Street\, Waco\, United States\, 76798 DESCRIPTION:On May 5\, 1813\, Sø\;ren Kierkegaard was born to Christian parents in Copenhagen\, Denmark\, where the Evangelical Lutheran Church was supported by the state with the Danish monarch as its supreme authority. Forty-two years later\, Kierkegaard died while in the midst of directing an extended philosophical and theological attack on the Church of Denmark and its official representatives\, whom he believed were undermining\, rather than fostering\, the practice of authentic Christianity.
\nWith great passion and vision Kierkegaard engaged the challenges of his age: he articulated in his work and displayed in his brief life the journey of "becoming a Christian" within the crucible of early nineteenth-century Danish Christendom. He was perhaps the most important Christian thinker of his time. But is he a Christian thinker for our time&mdash\;do his ideas resonate in our 21st-century context? To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Kierkegaard's birth\, the 2013 Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture will host a wide-ranging exploration of this question.
ORGANIZER: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T212652Z DTSTART:20131203T200000 DTEND:20131205T170000 SUMMARY:2013 Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy (ASCP) Conference UID:20131206T045054Z-iCalPlugin-Grails TZID:Australia/Sydney LOCATION:Parramatta\, Australia DESCRIPTION:The ASCP Conference will be held from Tuesday\, December 3 to Thursday\, December 5 at UWS (Parramatta campus).
\nThe Hegel and Heidegger Symposium\, funded by my ARC Future Fellowship\, will be scheduled on the fourth day\, Friday December 6.
These are the confirmed keynote speakers: