South American-German Kant-Conference: Kant and Our Present Times

The Digital Kant-Centre NRW (https://kant-zentrum-nrw.de) is pleased to announce a South American-German Kant-conference on the topic "Kant and Our Present Times: Climate Change, Poverty, Expertise, and Education." We aim to discuss relations of Kant's philosophy to problems of our present times with Kant-scholars from South and Central America and Germany. The conference will take place on August 16 & 17 via Webex (see link below). 

We would be very delighted to welcome you at this conference! No registration required. 

Link: https://uni-siegen.webex.com/uni-siegen/j.php?MTID=mcda0a54733122afb0646cb0a3e432c44

Time: August 16 &17, 2024; 2-7 pm (German time)

Topic: Kant and Our Present Times: Climate Change, Poverty, Expertise, and Education

Program

August 16

2-2.30 pm                   Brief introduction of the topic(s) and the participants

Kant on climate change

2.30-2.55 pm            Natalia Lerussi & Pablo Pachilla: Kant in the Anthropocene.  Transcendentality,    Nature and Normativity

2.55-3.05 pm             Commentary:  Efraín Lazos

3.05-3.25 pm             Discussion

3.30-3.55 pm             Joel Klein: Kant on the Value of Biodiversity

3.55-4.05 pm             Commentary: Faviola Rivera Castro

4.05-4.25 pm             Discussion

4.30-5 pm                   Break

Kant on poverty

5.00-5.25 pm              Corinna Mieth: Kant on Poverty, Dignity and the Kingdom of Ends

5.25-5.35 pm              Commentary: Lara Scaglia

5.35-5.55 pm              Discussion

6.00-6.25 pm              Alessandro Pinzani: Kant and Hegel on Poverty

6.25-6.35 pm              Commentary:  Elke E. Schmidt 

6.35-6.55 pm              Discussion

August 17

Kant on expertise

2.00-2.25 pm              Sven Bernecker: tba

2.25-2.35 pm              Commentary:  Christopher Benzenberg

2.35-2.55 pm              Discussion

3.00-3.25 pm              Sasha Mudd: Kant on AI

3.25-3.35 pm              Commentary: Hatice Kaya

3.35-3.55 pm              Discussion

4-4.30 pm                   Break

Kant on the human right for education

4.30-4.55 pm             Marie Göbel: Kant and the Human Right to Education

4.55-5.05 pm             Commentary: Thomas Sukopp

5.05-5.25 pm             Discussion

5.30-5.55 pm             Luis Placencia: Functions of Education in Kant's Philosophy

5.55-6.05 pm             Commentary: Larissa Berger

6.05-6.25 pm             Discussion

6.30-7 pm                   Final discussion; end of the conference