Kierkegaard, Objectivity, and Subjectivity

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Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion (3PR), Princeton University

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Workshop on Kierkegaard, Objectivity, and Subjectivity

Wednesday, July 16th – Thursday, July 17th

Princeton University

Organizers: Hans Halvorson (Princeton University), Z Quanbeck (Princeton University)

This workshop is sponsored by the Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion (3PR). 3PR is a project of the University Center for Human Values, the Philosophy Department, and the Religion Department at Princeton University.

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Wednesday, July 16th

Laura Wooten Hall, Room 301

9:00-9:30          Coffee

9:30-10:40        “What is Kierkegaardian ‘Inwardness’? ‘Heartfeltness’ as Positive Freedom”

                                Daniel Brinkerhoff Young, Union College

11:00-12:10     “Kierkegaardian and Hegelian Perspectives on Philosophical Belief”

                                Z Quanbeck, Princeton University

12:10-1:30        Lunch (on your own)

1:30-2:40          “Becoming Subjective: Relating to the Eternal as the Regulative Ideal”

                                Lanxin Shi, Cornell University

3:00-4:10          “The Town Crier of Education: Kierkegaard’s Challenge to Ryle and Freire”

                                Benjamin Elzinga, Georgetown University

4:30-5:40          “Why Should We Defer to an Authority?”

                                Lara Buchak, Princeton University

Thursday, July 17th

Laura Wooten Hall, Room 301

9:00-9:30          Coffee

9:30-10:40        “Either/Or: Subjectivity, Objectivity and Value” (via Zoom)

                                Katalin Balog, Rutgers University – Newark

11:00-12:10     “How to Know What You Care About: Kierkegaard on Convictions”

                                Jonas Hodel, Universität Tübingen

12:10-1:30        Lunch (on your own)

1:30-2:40          “Climacus on the Objective Way”

                                Hans Halvorson, Princeton University

3:00-4:10          “Does the Present Exist? Relativistic Time and Subjectivity”

                                Timothy Maness, Bexley Seabury Episcopal Seminary

4:30-5:40          “The Integration of Subjectivity and Objectivity in Kierkegaard’s Epistemology”

                                Marilyn Piety, Drexel University

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