BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T023427Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20200130T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20200130T190000 SUMMARY:Practical Rationality and Human Difference UID:20240329T023427Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Bergamo\, Italy DESCRIPTION:
In Dependent Rational Animals (1999) Alasdair MacIntyre articulates the specific difference between human beings and other &ldquo\;rational animals&rdquo\; in terms of a distinct mode of practical reason\, made possible by linguistic capacities\, which enables the human beings to distance themselves from and adopt a critical stance toward their desires. MacIntyre considers this distancing to be a fundamental condition of the human journey toward goods and the Good.
\nIn order to take account of the questions raised by MacIntyre&rsquo\;s work\, considering its broad scope and variety\, papers that focus on one or more of the following themes with reference to differing traditions of research will be particularly welcome:
\nAlternative conceptions of practical reason and their respective modes of discourse.
\nThe inter-subjective nature of practical reason.
\nPractical reason and ideology.
\nPractical reason in human beings and animals.
\nRethinking practical reason in the light of the relationship between human beings and machines.
\nPractical reason and Artificial Intelligence.
\nPractical reason and new media technologies.
\nThe education of practical reason.
\nThe approach to these questions will be focused and interdisciplinary\, and will draw upon various research streams such as\, moral philosophy\, social theory\, political philosophy\, philosophy of mind\, philosophy of law\, theology\, bio-ethics\, bio-politics\, sociology\, psychology\, and pedagogy.
\nWe invite proposals for papers to be presented at the conference. Proposals of no more than 300 words should be sent as an email attachment to isme2020bergamo@gmail.com.
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