BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20230901T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240515T170000 SUMMARY:Young Philosophers Lecture Series UID:20240319T103802Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:DePauw University\, Greencastle\, United States\, 46135 DESCRIPTION:
The DePauw University Philosophy Department is pleased to announce that our Young Philosophers Lecture Series will continue in 2023-2024. \; The department will invite two young philosophers (persons who have received a Ph.D. in philosophy within the past six years) to give in-person campus talks\, one during the fall and the other during the spring semester of the academic year. When on campus each young philosopher will give an undergraduate-friendly presentation of their paper. Young philosophers will also have the chance to workshop their research papers with other philosophers in a virtual setting. Participants in the workshop will be the other young philosophers\, philosophers who referee submissions\, and members of the DePauw philosophy department.
\nThe deadline for submissions for the 2023-2024 lecture series is July 3\, 2023. \;
\nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES
\n&bull\;Research Paper (max 4\,000 words) - Word or PDF
\n&bull\;Abstract of Research Paper (max 250 words) - Word or PDF
\n&bull\;Make sure everything is suitable for anonymous review. Don't include any identifying information in your paper or your abstract.
\n&bull\;Deadline: July 3\, 2023
\n&bull\;Submit via this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1j81Ib1VNBD290UTvrU-Pc7nw_epFPEIx-LIlubBf0X4/edit
\nDirect all questions to incoming department chair Jeremy Anderson (jeremyanderson@depauw.edu) and/or current chair Marcia McKelligan (mamck@depauw.edu). \;
\nHONORARIUM AND TRAVEL
\nSelected participants will have their lodging covered and their travel reimbursed up to $500 and will receive a small honorarium.
\n.
\nWHAT IS A YOUNG PHILOSOPHER?
\nYour age is irrelevant to whether or not you are a young philosopher. By &ldquo\;young philosopher&rdquo\; we mean someone who has received their Ph.D. in philosophy within the last 6 years. We will also consider submissions from exceptional graduate students who reasonably expect to defend by the Spring or Summer at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year.
ORGANIZER;CN=Marcia A. McKelligan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230918T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240520T170000 SUMMARY:Introduction to Aesthetics UID:20240319T103803Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:INTRODUCTION TO AESTHETICS
\nPROGRAM
\nThis course is structured in four parts &ndash\; (1) aesthetics and sense perception\; (2) speculative aesthetics\; (3) poetics\; and (4) experimental aesthetics &ndash\; \;and analyses a series of aesthetic concepts and phenomena &ndash\; such as aesthetic experience\, aesthetic judgement\, aisthesis\, art\, aura\, beauty\, emotion\, empathy\, imagination\, perception\, sublime\, and taste &ndash\; \;from both a speculative aesthetic perspective and an experimental aesthetic perspective. Whereas speculative aesthetics is the study of aesthetic concepts based on the use of pure reason\, experimental aesthetics &ndash\; a field of psychology founded by Gustav Theodor Fechner in the 19th century &ndash\; is the study of aesthetic phenomena that takes into account empirical evidences from disciplines such as biology\, experimental psychology\, and neurophysiology.
\nRead more about the course here: https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/outros-cursos/introduction-to-aesthetics/
\nThe course will be entirely in English and is intended for undergraduate\, postgraduate\, and doctoral students. \;
\nTeacher: Dr. Fabio Tononi
\nDeadline: 8 September 2023
\nCOSTS
\nFor information about the application process and costs\, see: https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/outros-cursos/introduction-to-aesthetics/
\nFor further questions\, contact fabiotononi@fcsh.unl.pt
ORGANIZER;CN=Fabio Tononi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230922T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240531T170000 SUMMARY:Introduction to Metaphysics UID:20240319T103804Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:INTRODUCTION TO METAPHYSICS
\nPROGRAM
\nThis course aims at investigating a series of metaphysical concepts through the analysis of some of the most important philosophical treatises in the history of Western thought. Students will develop adequate critical and analytical skills by reading philosophical and interdisciplinary texts on topics such as being\, causation\, freedom and determinism\, God\, idealism and realism\, mind and body\, philosophy\, and universals and particulars. Furthermore\, students will learn to orient themselves in thinking by addressing a series of questions\, including: What is philosophy? What does it mean to think? Do humans have free will?  \;
\nRead more about the course here: https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/outros-cursos/introduction-to-metaphysics/
\nThe course will be entirely in English and is intended for undergraduate\, postgraduate\, and doctoral students. \;
\nTeacher: Dr. Fabio Tononi
\nDeadline: 14 September 2023
\nCOSTS
\nFor information about the application process and costs\, see: https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/outros-cursos/introduction-to-metaphysics/
\nFor further questions\, contact fabiotononi@fcsh.unl.pt
ORGANIZER;CN=Fabio Tononi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230929T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240401T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy\, Race\, and Justice UID:20240319T103805Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Gainesville\, United States\, 32608 ORGANIZER;CN=Arina Pismenny: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231001T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240630T170000 SUMMARY:Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) UID:20240319T103806Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) is an international and interdisciplinary network whose primary aim is to promote work on slurs\, pejoratives\, and evaluative and expressive terms in general\, from languages that have been seldom discussed in the recent philosophical and semantic literature\, and in particular\, from sign languages and non-Indo-European languages. Its main aim is to bring to light new empirical data and uncover novel interesting phenomena that may have the potential to challenge current theories. Empirical studies of the expressions mentioned from such languages\, comparisons with English slurs\, as well as wider cross-linguistic approaches are welcome. We also welcome developments of extant theories in application to the new data or previously neglected phenomena.
\nThe network's coordinators are Isidora Stojanovic (Institut Jean Nicod/CNRS) &\; Dan Zeman (Slovak Academy of Sciences/University of Warsaw). More information about the network and its activities can be found at \;https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork.
\nWe organize a regular monthy SEMINAR (see details under the "Seminar" section of the website) and an annual WORKSHOP (see details under the "Workshops" section of the website.
\nIMPORTANT: We are currently accepting new members! To become a member of STAL\, please send an email to both coordinators with a short description of your work in the area and your motivation for joining the network.
\nContact: \;isidora.stojanovic@cnrs.fr \;and \;danczeman@gmail.com.
ORGANIZER;CN=Isidora Stojanovic;CN=Dan Zeman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231006T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240630T170000 SUMMARY:Sign-Language-Reality 2023/24 UID:20240319T103807Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CFP: Sign-Language-Reality seminar colloquia (2023/2024).
Sign-Language-Reality (organized jointly by the Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Warsaw and Polish Semiotic Society) is the oldest philosophical seminar in Poland.
We are interested in papers that address topics in philosophy of language\, philosophy of mind\, philosophical logic\, semantics\, pragmatics\, history of semiotic ideas\, philosophy of linguistics\, philosophy of psychology\, philosophy of cognitive science\, philosophy of law etc.
Deadline for submissions (for the academic year 2023/24): the 1st of September 2023
(the notification of acceptance shall be sent by the 20th of September 2023).
You are kindly asked to send your submission to Tadeusz Ciecierski (taci@uw.edu.pl)
In the submission please include the following information:
- TITLE OF PRESENTATION WITH SHORT ABSTRACT (UP TO 200 WORDS)
- AFFILIATION
- PROPOSED MONTH OF THE PRESENTATION (BETWEEN OCTOBER 2023 &ndash\; JUNE 2024)
The seminars are held on selected Fridays at 5 PM (Central European Time). The suggested speaking time is 45-75 minutes\, the seminar lasts until the end of the discussion (but no longer than till 8 PM).
Authors of accepted papers will be asked to send a longer abstract or the full text of the paper two weeks before the presentation (the material will be shared on the seminar's website).
The 2022/23 SLR seminar shall be held entirely online.
The following speakers accepted an invitation to deliver a talk at the 2023/24 SLR seminar:
Kamil Cekiera (University of Wrocław)
Maria de Ponte (University of the Basque Country)
Matej Drobnak (University Of Hradec Krá\;lové\;)
Michael Glanzberg (Rutgers University)
Alexandru Radulescu (University of Missouri)
Call for Abstracts
\nOver the 2023-2024 academic year\, the \;Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research \;at the Wharton School\, University of Pennsylvania\, will convene a regular works-in-progress series for scholars working in normative business ethics (NBE). In particular\, the Series will workshop papers pursuing business ethics issues from a normative perspective\, or papers in moral or political philosophy with implications for the market\, distributive justice\, labor relations\, the role of business in society\, etc.
\nWorkshop Objectives
\nThe Series is part of an effort to foster normative business ethics in the academy and the public sphere. This particular initiative has two key objectives: First\, it endeavors to provide a regular forum for scholars working on business ethics from a normative perspective. The community of such scholars is relatively small\, and dispersed across numerous institutions\, and there are few opportunities for these individuals to convene and share work. This Series is an effort to connect these scholars and to enrich their shared intellectual life. Second\, the Series aims to be especially valuable to junior faculty and advanced graduate students\, by providing them with feedback from\, and opportunities to interact with\, more established members of the normative business ethics community. To that end\, we hope to have (at least) one junior author and one senior author at each session.
\nWorkshop Format
\nThe workshop will meet six times over the academic year. Any academic or practitioner with an interest in normative business ethics is invited to attend the sessions. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come with feedback for the paper authors. To maximize the opportunity for paper improvement\, authors will not present their papers\; we will instead spend our time together on questions and comments for the author.
\nSessions will be held on Fridays\, beginning at 1:00 pm unless otherwise indicated. We will discuss two to three papers at each session. \;Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come prepared to offer feedback.
\nThe sessions will be held in-person in Philadelphia\, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.
\nOur planned session dates are:
\nOctober 6
\nNovember 10
\nDecember 1
\nJanuary 26
\nFebruary 16
\nApril 5
\n \;
\nAbstract Submission
\nWe invite abstract submissions from \;faculty and post-docs\, and from graduate students who have advanced to the ABD stage. \;Preferential treatment will be given to those who have not presented work at the Series before\, and we especially welcome submissions from women and under-represented minorities.
\nThe abstract should propose a paper in normative business ethics or related areas\, as described above. We ask that submissions offer a fairly detailed sense of the paper without exceeding 500 words.
\nWe ask that applicants identify three of the above dates\, in order of preference\, at which they would like to present their work.
\nPlease send your abstract to Brian Berkey &ndash\; \;bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu \;-- by July 1st\, 2023. \;Individuals will be notified about whether their paper has been selected for presentation by August 1st\, 2023.
\nInformation for selected authors
\nThe Zicklin Center is pleased to offer travel funding for paper authors for the session at which their paper will be discussed. Reimbursement for travel expenses is subject to two conditions. By accepting the offer to workshop a paper\, the paper author pledges that:
\n1. \; \; \; \; The paper they will share is at a stage of development where the author can incorporate feedback gained at the workshop (e.g.\, the paper is not yet in page proofs or in print)\; and
\n2. \; \; \; \; The paper author will send their draft paper to the organizers no fewer than 14 days before their presentation date.
\nFor co-authored papers\, we can ordinarily only provide travel funding for one of the authors\, though other co-authors are welcome to attend.
\nPlease address any questions about the CFA or the workshop to one of the organizers: Brian Berkey (bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu) or Amy Sepinwall (sepin@wharton.upenn.edu).
ORGANIZER;CN=Brian Berkey: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231010T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240528T170000 SUMMARY:PhenoLab AY 2023-2024 UID:20240319T103809Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The PhenoLab was set up in 2019 as a free of charge series of seminars and lectures organised and held by Prof. Dr. Francesca Brencio. Originally born with the support of Dr. Prisca Bauer of the Systemic Research and Psychotherapy Section at the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine at the Freiburg Medical Centre (Germany)\, from October 2021 the PhenoLab activities have procedeed autonomously under the sole responsibility of Prof. Brencio.
\nFrom the Academic Year 2023-2024 the PhenoLab activities will be divided in four types: two free of charge and two with registration fees:
\n1. Academic Lectures: for free\, once a month\, partially recorded and uploaded on the PhenoLab YouTube Channel
\n2. Encountering Health Professionals: for free\, once every two months\, partially recorded and uploaded on the PhenoLab YouTube Channel
\n3. Course in Applying Phenomenology: twice a month\, a team of scholars coming from a strong experience in the field of phenomenology and qualitative research will teach how to apply the phenomenological method. In order to participate to the course\, registration fees are required. They will include online lectures\, teaching materials\, reading and discussion groups. Recordings of the course will not be uploaded. \;
\n4. Course in Philosophical Counseling and Phenomenology: twice every two months\, certified practitioners in the field of Philosophical Counselling\, with a focus on phenomenology and hermeneutics\, will guide the participants in using the tools coming from these two distinct yet close fields of knowledge. In order to participate to the course\, registration fees are required. They will include online lectures\, teaching materials\, reading groups\, and pragmatical activities. Recordings of the course will not be uploaded.
\nIn June 2024 the PhenoLab will organise and host the 1st edition of the PhenoLab Summer School in Applying Phenomenology. \; More information about the call for papers\, keynote speakers\, dates and costs will be provided at the very beginning of 2024. \;
\nThe PhenoLab activities will start on October 10 2023. \;
\nThe new program will be published within the beginning of September. \;
\nLectures and discussions will be held in English.
\nFor any query or information please contact phenolab2019@gmail.com \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231017T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240506T170000 SUMMARY:Hobbes@Paris UID:20240319T103810Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:17 Rue de la Sorbonne\, Paris\, France\, 75005 DESCRIPTION:The seminar is entitled Hobbes@Paris to emphasize both the intellectual importance of Hobbes's Parisian sojourns and the fact that Paris continues to be a place of passage for Hobbes specialists from all over the world. The aim of the seminar is to draw attention to what is being done on Hobbes in Paris and France\, with a concern for openness and plurality in terms of methods and disciplines. \;From October 2023 to June 2025\, the thematic axis of the Hobbes@Paris seminar will focus on problems linked to the question of the personification of the modern state.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231027T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240524T170000 SUMMARY:Monthly Phenomenology\, New Season (2023–2024) UID:20240319T103811Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are very pleased to announce the new season (2023&ndash\;2024) of:  \;  \;
MONTHLY PHENOMENOLOGY
An online forum of discussion on recent work in phenomenology  \;
Description: This series of talks gathers together scholars interested in phenomenology and its relation to contemporary issues in philosophy\, especially in the philosophy of mind. It establishes a forum of discussion where people can meet on a regular basis and present their work-in-progress or recent publications. The topics addressed will stretch from the history of early phenomenology to the systematic application of phenomenological insights in recent debates in analytic philosophy.  \;
Schedule: The talks will take place once a month on a Friday from October to May. Time: 10:15am ET\, 3:15pm GMT/GMT+1\, 4:15pm CET. (Exceptions are the talks of February and March\, which will take place at 7:15am ET\, 12:15pm GMT\, 1:15pm CET.) Talks last 90 minutes\, including a 45 minutes Q&\;A.  \;
Participation: Talks are held on \;zoom. To participate\, please send an email to \;hamid.taieb@hu-berlin.de \;with the heading "Registration Monthly Phenomenology". A zoom link will be sent to you the day preceding each talk.  \;  \;
Programme:  \;
Robin Muller (California State University\, Northridge)
Critical Phenomenology and Phenomenological Critique: Ambiguities in the Legacy of Merleau-Ponty
27 October 2023
Bruno Langlet (University of Bordeaux)
On the Controversial Status of Meinongian Assumptions
24 \;November 2023  \;
Moritz von Kalckreuth (University of Wuppertal)
Connecting Value\, Culture and History &ndash\; The Approach of Nicolai Hartmann
15 \;December \;2023  \;
W. Clark Wolf (Marquette University)
In Defense of Pure Concepts
19 January 2024  \;
Takuya Niikawa (Kobe University)
Atmosphere and Mood
23 \;February 2024  \;
Kengo Miyazono (Hokkaido University)
Dissociations between Sensory and Presentational Phenomenology
8 \;March 2024  \;
Marie Guillot (University of Essex)
Phenomenal Concepts of Time\, Space and Self
5 \;April 2024  \;
Elisa Magrì\; (Boston College)
TBA \;
24 \;May 2024
Convenors:
Guillaume Fré\;chette (University of Geneva)
Marta Jorba (Pompeu Fabra \;University)
Alessandro Salice (University College Cork)
Hamid Taieb (Humboldt University Berlin)
Í\;ngrid Vendrell-Ferran (Philipps University Marburg)  \;
Organized on behalf of the \;Network for Phenomenological Research
We're delighted to invite you to the research seminar of the Department of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bucharest. These are organized in partnership with CELFIS\, the Center for Logic\, Philosophy and History of Science at UB.
\nFall 2023:
\nNovember 9\, 6pm: Torrance Fung (College of Idaho\, online)\, "Should We Colonize Mars?"
\nDecember 21\, 6pm: Alexandru Dragomir (University of Bucharest\, f2f) &\; Mihai Rusu (Babeș-Bolyai University\, Cluj\, online)\, "On Modal Expertise" \;
\nJanuary 29\, 4pm: Sophie Keeling (UNED\, Madrid\, online)\, "Reasons control: The research programme and its applications"
\nJanury 31\, 4pm: Sorin Bangu (University of Bergen\, f2f)\, "Wittgenstein on Scientism and Mathematics"
\nSpring 2024:
\nFebruary 26\, 4pm: Sandra Brâ\;nzaru (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "Understanding what it's like (empathy &\; VR experiences)"
\nMarch 7\, 6pm: Cătălin Teoharie (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "A new view of the Dark room problem under the Free Energy Principle framework"
\nMarch 21\, 2pm: Corneliu Bălan (National University of Science and Technology Politehnica București\, f2f)\, "De ce este mecanica fluidelor importantă pentru istoria și filosofia științei?" (in Romanian: "Why is fluid mechanics important for the history and philosophy of science?")
\nMarch 29\, 4pm: Bogdan Dumitrescu (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "The B-theory of Time and Libertarian Free Will"
\nApril 4\, 2pm: \;Zuzanna Rucińska (University of Antwerp\, \;f2f)\, "Mindshaping Social Roles in Pretend Play"
\nApril 11: Radu Iordache (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "(Re)Theorizing the Measurement of Conspiracy Theories" \;
\nApril 18: Mircea Dumitru (Romanian Academy &\; University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "Truth With and Without Satisfaction"
\nApril 22: Sophia Arbeiter (University of Pittsburgh\, \;online)\, "The Irrationality of Epistemic Akrasia"
\nMay: Bianca Savu (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "The Logic of Compliments" \;
\nMay: Marcus Arvan (University of Tampa\, online)\, TBA
\nMay: Nora Grigore (Romanian Academy\, \;f2f)\, "Kant and Kantians on Supererogation"
\nMay 20: Antonio Piccolomini d&rsquo\;Aragona (University of Siena\, f2f)\, TBA
\nJune: Nimra Asif (University of Connecticut\, \;online)\, TBA \;
\nJune: Paula Tomi (Polytechnic University Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, TBA
\nJune: Daniela Nica (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, TBA
\nJune: Mircea Toboșaru (Polytechnic University Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, TBA
\nJuly: Manuela Ungureanu (University of British Columbia\, \;f2f)\, TBA
\nAugust: Ioan Muntean (UI Urbana &\; UT Rio Grande Valley\, \;f2f)\, TBA
\nPrevious events in the series are available at: \;
\n2021-22: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/93365 \;
\n2022-23: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/105249 \;
\nhttps://filosofie.unibuc.ro/category/seminar-cercetare-dft/ \;
\nhttps://icub.unibuc.ro/2022/06/14/workshop-semantic-cognition-and-truth/ \;
\nFor those of you who would like to join some of the meetings but have overlapping commitments\, we will do our best to record the meetings whenever everyone in attendance consents to it\, and to then upload the recordings on the Department's YouTube channel. Previous talks are available here:
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOgUq3dN8CXI4L6DhZT1f_Q
\nStay tuned\, as there will be weekly announcements concerning the titles and abstracts of upcoming talks on the Facebook page titled "Seminarul Departamentului de Filosofie Teoretica UniBuc". \;
ORGANIZER;CN="Andrei Mărăşoiu";CN=Gheorghe Stefanov: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240101T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240531T170000 SUMMARY:Inquiry Network WIP Talks (Spring 2024) UID:20240319T103813Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Inquiry Network WIP Talks feature presentations of work in progress related to inquiry\, broadly understood. For example\, presentations might discuss (but are not limited to): the epistemology of inquiry\, the metaphysics of inquiry\, ethical norms of inquiry\, historical perspectives on inquiry\, or the structure of scientific inquiry.
We aim to foster the sharing of ideas in an inclusive\, welcoming and low-pressure environment. Papers that are already accepted for publication will not be accepted. We aim to be sensitive to the needs of early-career scholars.
The group meets biweekly on Zoom during each of the Fall and Spring semesters. Meeting times are determined shortly before the beginning of each semester with the goal of finding a time that works for as many members as possible. Special consideration is given to finding a meeting time that works for presenters of accepted papers.
https://inquirynetwork.weebly.com/
ORGANIZER;CN=Arianna Falbo;CN=David Thorstad;CN=Dennis Whitcomb: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240214T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240612T170000 SUMMARY:XPHI UK Work in progress workshop series\, Spring 2024 UID:20240319T103814Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce the next series of our monthly online workshop devoted to discussion of work in progress in experimental philosophy. The worshop is held via Teams\, the second Wednesday of each month\, 16:00-18:00 UK time. \; The link to the Teams meetings is below.
\nFeb 14\, 16-18 UTC+0
\nMar 13\, 16-18 UTC+0
\nApr 10\, 16-18 UTC+1
\nMay 8\, 16-18 UTC+1
\nJun 12\, 16-18 UTC+1
\nIt is with great pleasure that we are sharing the news that the The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy is holding its 2nd Annual Conference this summer\, on Saturday 22nd June\, 2024.
\nThe conference will take place at Balliol College\, University of Oxford (and hybrid via Zoom).
\nCall for Papers
\nWe have now opened a Call for Papers for the conference\, which will be a one-and-half-day\, pre-read conference with a focus on four papers.
\nParticipants will be selected through a competitive\, peer-reviewed process to include a mix of junior\, mid-career\, and more senior scholars.
\nThe deadline for submission of abstracts is 15th February\, 2024. Papers should be submitted through this web form (click on the link https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/3ec28a3f7bd4479c864c265393b886ca).
\nPapers should engage law and philosophy\, broadly defined\, with a preference for analytic philosophical methods. Papers may address any substantive or procedural area of law.
\nDecisions will be communicated by 18th April\, 2024. We are very much looking forward to this event and to getting as many of us as possible together!
ORGANIZER;CN=Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240301T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241231T170000 SUMMARY:Virtual Kant Congress with a Cosmopolitan Purpose UID:20240319T103816Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Virtual Kant Congress with a Cosmopolitan Purpose (VKC) is a decentralized series of virtual sessions curated by Kant societies and groups from around the globe to commemorate Kant&rsquo\;s 300th birthday. The series seeks to honor Kant's ideal of cosmopolitan dialogue by connecting Kant researchers worldwide. Sessions will take place online (on Zoom) roughly every two weeks throughout 2024\, starting in March. To receive the Zoom link\, please register at \;https://www.virtualkantcongress.org/registration. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Andrew Chignell;CN=Karin De Boer;CN=Luis Fellipe Garcia;CN=Z Quanbeck: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240314T153000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241130T170000 SUMMARY:ACU 2024 Philosophy Seminar Series UID:20240319T103817Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:250 Victoria Parade\, level 4\, 460-428\, East Melbourne\, Australia DESCRIPTION:Event Schedule (Mar-Jun 2024)
\nMarch 14: Adam Lovett\, &ldquo\;Democratic failures and the ethics of democracy&rdquo\;
\nMarch 28: Margot Strohminger: &ldquo\;Explaining Supposition&rdquo\;
\nEaster
\nApril 18: Matt Sharpe\, &ldquo\;Haybron&rsquo\;s Stoics\, &\; a Stoic response to Haybron on Happiness and Wellbeing&rdquo\;
\nWednesday May 1: Dermot Moran: On Edith Stein [TBD]
\nMay 16: Luke Russell [title TBD]
\nMay 30: Matt McManus on his book\, &ldquo\;The Political Right and Equality: Turning Back the Tide of Egalitarian Modernity&rdquo\;
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew Sharpe: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240318T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240319T170000 SUMMARY:Towards Genomic Newborn Screening in Germany: Risks\, Opportunities\, Challenges UID:20240319T103818Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The BMBF-funded collaborative project \;NEW_LIVES: Genomic Newborn Screening Programs \;(
 \;The talks will be streamed online. If you are interested in listening in\, please register in advance by email: \;LukasSimeon.Kiefer@med.uni-heidelberg.de
\n\nCONFERENCE PROGRAM
\nDay 1 (Monday March 18\, 2024) \;
\n08:30 - 08:40 CET: \;Welcome &\; Introduction\, Prof. Dr. Dr. Eva C. Winkler (Heidelberg University)
\n08:40 &ndash\; 09:40 CET: \;Sequencing healthy newborns is not yet ready for prime-time\, Prof. Dr. Lainie Friedman Ross (University of Rochester)
\n09:40 &ndash\; 10:40 CET: \;Strategies to reduce uncertainty (and harm) caused by recent and future NBS programmes\, Prof. Dr. James Bonham (Sheffield Children&rsquo\;s NHS Foundation Trust)
\n11:10 &ndash\; 11:40 CET: \;Revising the Wilson-Jungner criteria for (genomic) newborn screening: Lessons from the German NBS program\, Dr. Elena Schnabel (Heidelberg University)
\n11:40 &ndash\; 12:10 CET: \;Genome Sequencing Pilot Study: Evaluating feasibility and scalability for genome-wide newborn screening\, Dr. Heiko Brennenstuhl (Heidelberg University)
\n13:30 &ndash\; 14:30 CET: \;Genomic newborn screening: Which findings from 20\,000 genes should we report? &ndash\; Some strategic considerations\, Prof. Dr. Christian Schaaf\, Dr. Nicola Dikow (Heidelberg University)
\n14:30 &ndash\; 15:30 CET: \;How longitudinal observational studies can guide a screening strategy for rare diseases: Implications of genomic screening\, Prof. Dr. Stefan Kö\;lker\, PD Dr. Ulrike Mü\;tze (Heidelberg University)
\n16:00 &ndash\; 17:00 CET: \;The BabySeq Project: A randomized trial of genomic sequencing in newborns\, Prof. Dr. Ingrid Holm (Harvard Medical School\, Boston Children&rsquo\;s Hospital)
\n17:30 &ndash\; 19:00 CET: Keynote Lecture at \;Heidelberg Academy of Sciences &\; Humanities: \;Newborn Screening\, diagnosis\, and precision medicine by genome sequencing and AI\, Prof. Dr. Stephen Kingsmore (Rady Children&rsquo\;s Hospital)
\n\nDay 2 (Tuesday March 19\, 2024)
\n08:30 - 08:40 CET: \;Welcome &\; Introduction\, Prof. Dr. Dr. Eva C. Winkler (Heidelberg University)
\n08:40 &ndash\; 09:40 CET: \;Implementing genomic newborn screening: Challenges in the German legal context\, Prof. Dr. Ralf Mü\;ller-Terpitz\, Hannah Straub (Mannheim University)
\n09:40 &ndash\; 10:40 CET: \;Genomic newborn screening: Consent and privacy related concerns\, Prof. Dr. Mahsa Shabani (University of Amsterdam)
\n11:00 &ndash\; 11:30 CET: \;Genomic newborn screening for adult actionable conditions &ndash\; Why not?!\, Karla Alex\, Prof. Dr. Dr. Eva C. Winkler (Heidelberg University)
\n11:30 &ndash\; 12:00 CET: \;Medicalization risks in genomic newborn screening\, Dr. Sascha Settegast (University of Halle-Wittenberg)\, Prof. Dr. Dr. Eva C. Winkler (Heidelberg University)
\n13:00 &ndash\; 14:00 CET: \;The impact of genomic newborn screening on the family\, Prof. Dr. Stacey Pereira (Baylor College of Medicine)
\n14:00 &ndash\; 15:00 CET: \;Psychosocial determinants of familial decision-making in genomic newborn screening\, Prof. Dr. Beate Ditzen\, Dr. Julia Mahal\, Elena Sophia Doll \;
15:30 &ndash\; 16:30 CET: \;Genomic newborn screening: Principles and strategies for parental counselling\, Prof. Dr. Maja Hempel\, PD Dr. Stefan Bä\;r\, Dr. Sebastian Sailer (Heidelberg University)
\n16:30 &ndash\; 18:00 CET: \;Roundtable discussion with patient representatives
ORGANIZER;CN=Sascha Settegast: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240318T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240319T170000 SUMMARY:The Dynamics of Change UID:20240319T103819Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Via Sant’Antonio\, 12\, Milano\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The goal of this workshop is to shed new light on the dynamicity of change. Clearly\, changes enfold over time\, but what exactly makes change dynamic? Are specific changes made dynamic by specific features\, or is there a general feature of dynamicity shared by all changes? If so\, where is this feature to be found? In the physical underpinnings of world\, in an account of time\, the change makers\; or might it be found even more fundamental in a proto-temporal understanding of dynamicity? \;
\nSpeakers
Sonja Deppe (Gö\;ttingen)
Alison Fernandes (Dublin)
Florian Fischer (Siegen)
Vincent Grandjean (Zurich)
Cristian Mariani (Lugano)
Tim Maudlin (New York)
Martin A. Lipman (Leiden)
John Pemberton (Durham)
Giuliano Torrengo (Milano/UAB)
Federico Viglione (Milano)
Schedule &\; abstracts
For the workshop schedule and abstracts of all talks\, please visit \;ccm.uni-siegen.de/dynamics-of-change.
A joint event by the DFG-Network \;Change and Change-Makers \;and the \;Centre for Philosophy of Time.
ORGANIZER;CN=Florian Fischer;CN=Giuliano Torrengo: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240319T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240319T170000 SUMMARY:Sound in Helsinki: A Philosophical and Scientific Workshop UID:20240319T103820Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Helsinki LOCATION:Main Building\, University of Helsinki\, Helsinki\, Finland DESCRIPTION:This workshop investigates the multifaceted nature of sound\, merging philosophical inquiry with empirical research. It questions the ontological status of sounds&mdash\;whether they exist as physical phenomena\, perceptual experiences\, or abstract entities. It also examines if sounds reside at their source\, within the medium they traverse\, or are a product of auditory perception\, and raises the question of how sounds influence our perception of the environment and interact with our other senses\, especially sight. Moreover\, the workshop discusses the unique role of speech in bridging sound with meaning.
\n
Speakers
Błażej Skrzypulec (Jagiellonian University\, Institute of Philosophy)
\nElvira Di Bona (University of Turin)
\nKeith Wilson (University College Dublin)
\nMartti Vainio (University of Helsinki)
\nMatthew Nudds (University of Warwick)
\nValtteri Arstila (University of Turku)
\nAlex Carruth (University of Helsinki)
\n
Registration
There is no fee\, but due to space limitations registration is required.
\n
Organisers
Alex Carruth\, University of Helsinki
\nValtteri Arstila\, University of Turku
\n
Sponsors
Main sponsor is Research Council of Finland profiling action: Profi5 Mind and Matter.
\nAlso supported by Research Council of Finland project: Temporality in Predictive Processing
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240319T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240319T170000 SUMMARY:Interdisciplinary Workshop on Modelling Complex Systems UID:20240319T103821Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Lurwigstrasse 31\, München\, Germany DESCRIPTION:The topic of this interdisciplinary workshop is the modelling of complex systems with a focus on the practice of model-building in climate science. The workshop will encompass two types of contributions: (a) the contribution made by the scientists/mathematicians who will focus mainly on the specific problems that they are facing in modelling complex systems (particularly the climate system) and the tools that they employ in dealing with these problems\; (b) the contribution made by the philosophers which will focus on the philosophical issues associated with complex systems in general
\nProgram:
\n(March 19th)
\n9:00 - 9:10: Welcome Address
\n9:10 - 9:55: Thomas Birner &ndash\; A personal view on the value of working with both comprehensive and strongly idealized models of weather and climate
\n9:55 - 10:40: Gabriel Tâ\;rziu &\; Borut Trpin &ndash\; The role of inconsistency in modelling complex systems: the case of climate models
\n10:40 - 10:50: Coffee Break
\n10:50 - 11:35: Hella Garny &ndash\; How model hierarchies help to understand complex model behavior in atmospheric science
\n11:35 - 12:20: John Dougherty - TBD
\n12:20 - 14:00: Lunch Break
\n14:00 - 14:45: Gö\;ran Kauermann - Data Analysis with AI\, ML\, NLP\, Deep Learning\, Data Science&hellip\;.Did Statistics Disappear?
\n14:45 - 15:30: Tom Sterkenburg - Simplicity in Machine Learning
\n15:30 - 15:40: Coffee Break
\n15:40 - 16:25: Alexander Haumann - An Abrupt Transition of the Coupled Antarctic Sea Ice-Ocean System
\n16:25 - 17:10: Naftali Weinberger - The Comparative-Statics Approach to Modeling Causation in Dynamical Systems
\nLocation: Ludwigstr. 31\, ground floor\, Room 021 (You may also view the conference presentations live on Zoom. Please register in order to receive the Zoom link).
\nTo register send an \;email to Gabriel.Tarziu@lmu.de \;
ORGANIZER;CN="Gabriel Târziu": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240320T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240320T000000 SUMMARY:Discourse\, Meaning\, and Understanding UID:20240319T103822Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Discourse is a term that yields several meanings to academics in the human and social sciences. It is often used to describe a formal and/or informal way of text and talk\, which seeks to empower some social groups and subordinate others in the social world. This definition might sound hasty at first sight in as much as discourse per se came to signify multiple forms of knowledge\, systems of thought\, and perhaps most important of all\, the beliefs and attitudes people hold about life\, death\, (co)existence and the like.
\nWhen people use discourse\, they knowingly or unknowingly use not only language but also the power of language to establish connections\, make friendships and thus maintain a spirit of homogeneity within and beyond their discourse communities. On some occasions\, they are prone to entertain themselves through the exchange of humour and laughter. In other communicative situations\, they are more likely to influence the thoughts and ideas of their peers through persuasiveness and metaphoricity. Although there is a risk that discourse fosters ideology conducing misreading and miscommunication\, there is a large consensus in academia that discourse should be geared towards fostering dialogue\, cohesion and unison among people however their differences might be.
\nStarting from Gee&rsquo\;s (2005) premise that language is &ldquo\;saying\, doing and being&rdquo\; and that discourse is to be viewed as Discourse (with a big D) and not just as discourse (with a little d)\, we hope to provide adequate answers to these reverberating queries: What does discourse mean in the post-COVID-19 pandemic? How do people use discourse to empower themselves and alienate other social groups? How do they receive and produce discourse? Does discourse\, in the era of the pandemic and infodemic\, crystallize fear and anxiety? Does it corroborate a sense of understanding and safety? Is discourse most qualified to build bridges of dialogue and bring different individuals under the umbrella of humanity? Does it perpetuate the sense of individuality or could it promote a sense of collectivity? When does discourse feed off inequality\, ideology and hegemony? What sort of discourse\, and which potential meanings\, do old/new media promote to cater to the needs of the public at a local and global scale? Can discourse provide healing and convalescence to unwell people through humour and hilarity? Last but not least\, in what ways does discourse relate to the big questions of pedagogy and translation?
\nThe chapters we are soliciting include but are not limited to the following topics:
\nGuidelines for Manuscript Submission
\nBook Editors
\nInternational Society for Environmental Ethics
\n2024 American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting
\nDeadline: \;Tuesday September 1\, 2023
\nSubmissions are invited for the International Society for Environmental Ethics (ISEE) group sessions at the 2024 Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA). The meeting will be held March 20th-March 23rd\, 2024 in Portland\, Oregon.
\nISEE invites submissions of individual presentations (approximately 20 minutes) or proposals for themed sessions (particular topics\, author-meets-critics\, etc.) in any area of ethics and the environment.
\nYou do not need to be a member of ISEE to submit a proposal\; however\, if accepted we ask that all presenters have a current annual membership in the society ($50 regular / $35 student). Membership dues help fund room and A/V expenses at the APA\, along with the other activities of the Society. Financial assistance with membership is available on a case-by-case basis. For information on membership: \;https://enviroethics.org/membership-dues/
\nSubmission Procedure
\nFor individual paper submissions\, please submit an anonymized version of either: (1) a 500-word abstract\, or (2) a full paper (approx. 3000 words). Before submitting\, please confirm you will be able to attend the APA if your presentation is accepted.
\nFor themed sessions\, please submit the proposed session title\, a brief description of the session\, names of all those participating\, and titles for each paper/presentation. Paper abstracts (of approx. 500 words) are strongly encouraged. All materials should be anonymized for review. Participants should be confirmed as willing to attend if the session goes forward.
\nMaterials should be submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF format to \;Simona Capisani  \;(
Please make the subject of your email: \;ISEE Pacific APA 2024 Submission
ORGANIZER;CN=Simona Capisani: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240323T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Physics Society at the Pacific APA (2024) UID:20240319T103825Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:921 SW 6th Avenue\, Portland\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Philosophy of Physics Society invites submissions of abstracts (300&ndash\;500 words\, not including references) for our group meeting at the Pacific APA in Portland (OR)\, March 20&ndash\;23\, 2024. Accepted submissions will be given a 30-minute presentation time. \;  \; To submit\, please fill out the form at the below link by October 1\, 2023. \; Send questions to Sam Fletcher at scfletch@umn.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Samuel C. Fletcher: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240323T170000 SUMMARY:Meeting of the Hellenistic Philosophy Society UID:20240319T103826Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Hilton Portland\, Portland\, United States ORGANIZER;CN=Kelly E. Arenson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240323T170000 SUMMARY:AILACT @ Pacific APA UID:20240319T103827Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:921 SW 6th Avenue\, Portland\, United States\, 97204 ORGANIZER;CN=Carolyn Cusick: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240323T170000 SUMMARY:2024 Pacific APA UID:20240319T103828Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Portland\, United States ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240324T170000 SUMMARY:2024 Pacific APA UID:20240319T103829Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Portland\, United States ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240320T180000 SUMMARY:We Are What We Read: A Data-Driven Method for Analyzing and Diversifying Syllabi UID:20240319T103830Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Hilton Portland\, 921 SW 6th Avenue\, Portland\, United States\, 97204 ORGANIZER;CN=Carissa Phillips-Garrett;CN=Rebeka Ferreira: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240321T161500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240321T181500 SUMMARY:Quine on Quantification UID:20240319T103831Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:Alan Gilbert Building\, room 120\, Melbourne\, Australia DESCRIPTION:It has been said of Frege that he &lsquo\;introduced and brilliantly exploited second-order variables ranging over concepts&rsquo\; so that contemporary higher order logic &lsquo\;is a good model&rsquo\; of his logicist system. Quine has been a fierce critic of second-order logic and has consistently advocated restricting quantification to first-order variables. Second-order variables are commonly taken to range over concepts\, properties\, relations\, or functions and from early in his career\, Quine deemed these to be &lsquo\;abstract entities&rsquo\; of dubious scientific value. In this paper I ask\, do Quine&rsquo\;s objections to second-order quantification engage with Frege? I argue that they do not. Quine fails to differentiate\, within the notion of meaning\, Fregean concepts&ndash\;&ndash\; which are not objects&ndash\;&ndash\;from objects\, the referents of singular terms. Nor does he recognise the difference between the concept/object distinction and that between the sense of an expression and what is indicated by it. He has in his sights Carnapian &lsquo\;intensions\,&rsquo\; which confusedly merge Frege&rsquo\;s concept/object and sense/indication (reference) distinctions. Because he does not engage with Frege&rsquo\;s actual semantics\, Quine&rsquo\;s objections to Frege&rsquo\;s second-order quantifiers fail. Moreover\, it is argued\, once looked at in a Fregean light\, Quine&rsquo\;s account of quantification turns out to be seriously confused.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20240321T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20240322T170000 SUMMARY:Public Reason and Difference Conference UID:20240319T103832Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Colégio Almada Negreiros\, Campus of Campolide\, Lisbon\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:The debate on public reason seems to be fundamentally divided on the issue of how to deal with disagreement and the different understandings of what constitutes public justification. Given this divide\, one key issue that arises regards how the different theories of public reason can solve the disagreement problem while taking difference (what leads to disagreement in the first place) as a normatively relevant resource (both practically and epistemically). This issue arises because: on the one hand\, the consensus view is often accused of being exclusionary and non-democratic\; on the other hand\, while the convergence view allows for diversity\, it disregards public deliberation/public reasoning &mdash\; with the convergence view\, differenceis not necessarily a resource used in service of justifying one&rsquo\;s reasons to others.
\nIn summary\, it is unclear how each side of the debate can incorporate difference into the idea and the process of public justification. That is\, it seems both views might not use difference as a resource to improve deliberation\, public justification\, and decision-making over what we should do collectively. As such\, some of the questions the conference aims to explore are the following:
\n\nPlease send anonymised abstracts of no more than 750 words addressing the above (or other related) questions by October 31\, 2023. Applicants will be notified of the selection process results in December. For additional information and submission of abstracts\, please contact Diogo Carneiro (diogocarneiro@fcsh.unl.pt).
ORGANIZER;CN=Diogo Carneiro: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240321T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240322T170000 SUMMARY:How to Excel in Life? Theories of 'living well' before Aristotle UID:20240319T103833Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Genève\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:The workshop explores how ancient philosophers connect ethics to the science of living things. We aim to delve into the concept of excellence in Pre-Aristotelian philosophy and \;investigate the different levels on which a life can be well-lived and a being can be described as well-functioning\, ethically and physiologically.
\nThe conference is free and open to all. To register\, and for any questions\, please email \;caterina.pello@unige.ch.
\nProgramme
\nTHURSDAY
\n10.00-10.30 Welcome
\n10.30-12.00 Lorenzo Perilli (University of Rome Tor Vergata)\, "Error and Responsibility: Achilles\, Prometheus\, Hippocrates."
\n12.00-14.00 Lunch break
\n14.00-15.30 Karel Thein (Charles University\, Prague)\, &ldquo\;Plato on Women: Biology\, Politics\, and the Problems with Nature.&rdquo\;
\n15.30-16.00 Coffee break
\n16.00-17.30 Giulia De Cesaris (University of Torino)\, &ldquo\;Habituating the Senses as a Road to Virtue.&rdquo\;
\nFRIDAY
\n9.30-11.00 Arianna Piazzalunga (University of Torino)\, &ldquo\;Perfectioning \;Mimesis. Virtue and Imitation in the \;De victu.&rdquo\;
\n11.00-11.30 Coffee break
\n11.30-13.00 Alba Curry (University of Leeds)\, &ldquo\;Harmonizing Heart and Health: Exploring Emotional Excellence in Ancient Chinese Medicine and Philosophy.&rdquo\;
\nGraduate bursaries
\nDue to the generous support of the British Society for the History of Philosophy\, we have a limited number of small bursaries available for unfunded graduate students to defray some of the travel costs. If you wish to be considered\, please send a 500-word statement to \;caterina.pello@unige.ch \;by \;Friday 16 February\, including a short bio\, a statement of interest\, and the (un)availability of further institutional support.
ORGANIZER;CN="Caterina Pellò";CN=Giulia De Cesaris: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240321T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240322T170000 SUMMARY:Au prisme de la métaphore: repenser la relation entre philosophie et poésie UID:20240319T103834Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:UNIL - Château de Dorigny\, Lausanne\, Switzerland\, 1015 DESCRIPTION:En posant la poé\;sie comme rivale de la philosophie\, Platon a marqué\; du sceau de la querelle la relation entre philosophie et poé\;sie. Cette relation conflictuelle devient ainsi un problè\;me philosophique et un enjeu poé\;tique. Mais cette querelle ne doit pas nous faire oublier que Platon é\;crivait ses thè\;ses philosophiques sous formes de dialogues inté\;grant des mythes et autres figures poé\;tiques. S&rsquo\;il pose la poé\;sie comme rivale de la philosophie\, c&rsquo\;est é\;galement parce que celle-ci contamine né\;cessairement le discours philosophique. Les dé\;veloppements ulté\;rieurs ont ré\;é\;valué\; cette relation\, en prô\;nant parfois l&rsquo\;identification de la philosophie et de la poé\;sie\, comme chez les romantiques allemands\, ou au contraire en l&rsquo\;excluant\, comme chez les positivistes logiques. Mais cette relation n&rsquo\;est jamais neutre et la problé\;matique qu&rsquo\;elle abrite se doit d&rsquo\;ê\;tre é\;tudié\;e.
\nDans cette relation tensive\, une notion occupe une place essentielle: celle de mé\;taphore. En effet\, bien qu&rsquo\;elle soit souvent considé\;ré\;e comme une figure de style rattaché\;e à\; la poé\;sie\, la mé\;taphore é\;gaye constamment le discours philosophique\, nos multiples discours\, poé\;tiques ou ordinaires\, et nos diverses formes de pensé\;e\, cré\;ative ou utilitaire. Comment cette mé\;taphoricité\; du discours philosophique met-elle en jeu les rapports entre philosophie et poé\;sie ? On peut alors penser cette mé\;taphoricité\; selon les perspectives de Nietzsche\, Derrida\, Bachelard\, entre autres. Dans quelle mesure les conceptions cognitivistes de Lakoff et Johnson (&ldquo\;everyday metaphor&rdquo\;)\, Turner et Fauconnier (&ldquo\;conceptual blending&rdquo\;)\, ou Forceville et Urios-Aparisi (&ldquo\;multimodal metaphor&rdquo\;) modifient-elles ces rapports ? Quelles sont alors les spé\;cificité\;s de la mé\;taphore ? Faut-il distinguer plusieurs types de mé\;taphores (philosophique\, poé\;tique\, etc.) ? La mé\;taphore se dilue-t-elle dans le raisonnement philosophique ?
ORGANIZER;CN=Philip Mills;CN="Romain Debluë";CN=Melina Marchetti: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240321T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240322T170000 SUMMARY:Bridging the gap between neurorights and cyberights: introducing new ethical and legal safeguards for protecting humans in the digital era UID:20240319T103835Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Piazza Martiri della Libertà\, 33\, Pisa\, Italy\, 56127 DESCRIPTION:The Dirpolis Institute (Law\, Politics and Development) of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and the Digital Humanism Research Network (Sant&rsquo\;Anna School\, Università\; Suor Orsola Benincasa - Centro ReCEPL\, Università\; del Salento - Digital Humanities Center) are organizing the international conference "Bridging the gap between neurorights and cyberights: introducing new ethical and legal safeguards for protecting humans in the digital era&rdquo\;\, scheduled to be held in Pisa on 21 and 22 March 2024.
\nTopics
\nBy fostering a dialogue between philosophers and law scholars\, the conference aims to develop an innovative perspective on the issue of protecting the person and human rights in the face of the proliferation of digital technologies\, which are increasingly integrated into every aspect and dimension of human life\, and thus potentially create new dimensions of harm that are still vaguely defined at an ethical and legal level.
\nThe emergence of new possible harmful projections on the person\, linked to an increasingly pervasive and integrated use of new technologies\, requires a reflection on possible models and instruments of protection that specifically address this new dimension. To this end\, the speakers invited to the conference will be invited to respond\, from different perspectives\, to the question that inspires the title of the event\, i.e. to understand whether a more complete protection of the person in the digital society can be derived from a fruitful dialogue between "neurorights" and "cyberights".
\nThe former are ethical\, legal\, and social principles for the protection of the human mind\, developed in the face of technological advances in neuroscience and neuroengineering\, which could usefully be applied to a broader conceptualisation of the impact of new digital technologies on the (mind of) the person. The latter\, on the other hand\, although designed to respond precisely to the ethical and legal challenges posed by ICT/IA\, must now more effectively address the further detrimental effects on the person and his or her physical and mental integrity of possible violations of computer security and digital rights.
\nThe spirit of the conference is to define the normative tools to address new technological challenges to human rights arising from various technologies. Thus\, the scope of analysis is not limited to neurotechnologies that interact directly or indirectly with the brain\, but also to a broader range of digital technologies and AI systems that may undermine or threaten the fundamental human rights identified mainly by the neurorights framework\, such as cognitive freedom\, mental integrity\, psychological continuity and mental privacy\, to be read also through the lens of digital rights and safeguards such as privacy\, cybersecurity\, security\, manipulation.
\nMore information about the program of the conference will follow soon.
\nSpeakers
\nProf. Nita A. Farahany (Duke University)\; Prof. Marcello Ienca (Technische Universitä\;t Mü\;nchen)\; Dr. Jan Christoph Bublitz (Universitä\;t Hamburg)\; Dr. Sjors Ligthart (Tilburg University)\; Prof. Andrea Lavazza (Milan University)\; Prof. Fiorella Battaglia (Salento University)\; Prof. Lucilla Gatt (Suor Orsola Benincasa University)\; Dr. Maria Cristina Gaeta (Suor Orsola Benincasa University).
\nOther invited speakers to be confirmed soon.
\n\nCall for Abstracts
\nThe conference will also provide an opportunity for young researchers (PhD students\, post-docs\, early career researchers\, etc.) to present their research in a stimulating and open environment\, and to discuss their ideas with selected speakers and colleagues.
\nWe are looking for contributions that fit into the dialogue between 'neurorights' and 'cyberights'\, from a legal or a philosophical perspective (but interdisciplinary papers are also welcome). The conference aims to create an interdisciplinary dialogue between philosophical and legal scholars and encourages also a variety of perspectives within each disciplinary area (e.g. political philosophy\, moral philosophy\, philosophy of mind\, philosophy of technology\, as well as private law\, comparative private law\, constitutional and European law\, criminal law). Panels will be organized by theme\, rather than by disciplinary 'clusters'. The selection process will encourage the selection of legal and philosophical papers in equal proportions.
\n\nTopics of interest include (but are not limited to):
\nHow to apply
\nParticipants can submit their abstract in English (500 words) and a short bio to cyber.neurorights@santannapisa.it by 28 January 2024. Although we invite to present interdisciplinary contributions\, we ask to explicitly indicate whether the abstract proposed is intended to fall mainly within the &ldquo\;Philosophy&rdquo\; or &ldquo\;Law&rdquo\; domain. Abstracts will be reviewed and selected by the scientific committee of the Conference. Results will be notified by 11 February 2024.
\nSelected presenters will be expected to present their research in English in presence in Pisa. Online participation will be considered only under exceptional circumstances. Participants will be charged no fee for the attendance to the conference. Moreover\, if we receive a high number of valuable submissions\, we will organize a cycle of online seminars for letting contributors present their work there. The cycle would aim to favor reciprocal feedback\, networking and exchange of ideas.
\nSelected speakers will be given the opportunity to publish their paper in the ReCEPL 'European Journal of Privacy Law &\; Technologies'
ORGANIZER;CN=Guido Cassinadri: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240323T170000 SUMMARY:Unmasking Objectivity: A Critical Examination of the Nexus between Universal Truth Claims and Emergent Power Structures UID:20240319T103836Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:6 e 16th street\, New York\, United States\, 10003 DESCRIPTION:How does objectivity shape power\, and how does power shape objectivity? \;
\nWelcome to "Unmasking Objectivity: A Critical Examination of the Nexus between Universal Truth Claims and Emergent Power Structures\," a conference that plunges into the intricate relationship between knowledge and power. In this conference\, we will uncover how epistemological standpoints intersect with systems of coercion\, marginalization\, and oppression. Our topic extends to alternative visions of knowledge\, truth\, and learning\, offering the potential for shared beliefs while addressing the adverse impacts of entrenched power structures. \;
\nHow have claims to absolute\, objective\, or scientific truth driven oppression through ideologies like religious absolutism\, colonialism\, technocracy\, and scientific sexism and racism? Contemporary debates further emphasize the significance of this intersection. \;
\nOur discourse will also scrutinize epistemic injustice\, examining whether universalist epistemologies privilege specific knowledge systems while silencing valid alternatives. We aim to shed light on social and political issues overlooked by dominant knowledge frameworks through inclusive dialogues. This conference fosters critical exploration and inclusive discourse\, drawing on interdisciplinary studies in philosophy\, sociology\, and political theory. \;
\nTogether\, we will assess the ethical implications of our epistemological practices and explore pathways to creating more equitable systems of knowledge and social learning. Join us at "Unmasking Objectivity" as we navigate the intricate web of knowledge and power\, aiming for a just and inclusive future where the notion of objectivity is both scrutinized and harnessed for social transformation.
ORGANIZER;CN=Sophia Kanaan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240321T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240321T100000 SUMMARY:Generative AI Programs\, Oral Communication\, and Philosophical Curriculum UID:20240319T103837Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Hilton Portland\, 921 SW 6th Avenue\, Portland\, United States\, 97204 ORGANIZER;CN=Carissa Phillips-Garrett;CN=Rebeka Ferreira: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240324T170000 SUMMARY:The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology - 115th Annual Meeting UID:20240319T103838Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Hilton Netherlands Plaza 35 West Fifth Street \, Cincinnati\, United States\, 45202 DESCRIPTION:SSPP meetings feature concurrent programs in Philosophy and Psychology\, as well as plenary sessions jointly sponsored by the Philosophy and Psychology Program Committees.
ORGANIZER;CN=Zoe Drayson;CN=Evan Westra: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240321T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240321T110000 SUMMARY:Evidence of Original Engagement in the Age of AI UID:20240319T103839Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Hilton Portland\, 921 SW 6th Avenue\, Portland\, United States\, 97204 ORGANIZER;CN=Carissa Phillips-Garrett;CN=Rebeka Ferreira: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240321T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240321T140000 SUMMARY:Integrate Discussions of ChatGPT into Philosophy Courses UID:20240319T103840Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Hilton Portland\, 921 SW 6th Avenue\, Portland\, United States\, 97204 ORGANIZER;CN=Carissa Phillips-Garrett;CN=Rebeka Ferreira: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240321T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240321T150000 SUMMARY:Chat-GPT as a Teaching Tool for Ethics UID:20240319T103841Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Hilton Portland\, 921 SW 6th Avenue\, Portland\, United States\, 97204 ORGANIZER;CN=Carissa Phillips-Garrett;CN=Rebeka Ferreira: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240321T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240321T160000 SUMMARY:Ruling Technology in the Attention Economy UID:20240319T103842Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Hilton Portland\, 921 SW 6th Avenue\, Portland\, United States\, 97204 ORGANIZER;CN=Carissa Phillips-Garrett;CN=Rebeka Ferreira: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240322T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240323T170000 SUMMARY:Sources of Trust - Navigating the fragility of certainty UID:20240319T103843Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Heidelberg\, Germany\, 69115 DESCRIPTION:Workshop &ldquo\;Sources of Trust &ndash\; Navigating the fragility of certainty&rdquo\;
\nHeidelberg\, March 22-23\, 2024
\nIn recent years various kinds of uncertainty (epistemic\, normative\, or existential) have been the subject of philosophical debates. In particular\, the recently witnessed social\, political\, and technological transformations as well as multiple crises have fueled the need to reflect on how to cope with the growing dissolution of certainties that results from the suspension of established distinctions\, norms\, and standards of evaluation.
\nA key means of mitigating perceived uncertainty is to draw on sources of trust. However\, recent societal developments and transformations precisely concern the shift in dispositions\, standards\, and objects of trust and trustworthiness. The increasing erosion of epistemic authorities\, fragmentation of life scripts\, and the entrenched social polarization are also accompanied by uncertainty about who can be trusted and in what respect. The very structures that usually help to overcome or navigate the uncertainties of life are themselves in flux and require new responses&mdash\;from the individual and from society as a whole.  \;
\nPivotal questions at the heart of these challenges emerge: What is trust and how does it fan out into different forms of reliance and confidence? What are legitimate sources of trust and how can they be rationally evaluated and identified? In what different ways are trust and trustworthiness established?
\nOf particular importance is the social embeddedness of trust and trustworthiness. What counts as a legitimate source of trust is not up to the individual but depends largely on socially transmitted standards. Moreover\, practices of trust involve different people\, so they can only be established by more than one individual. That trust is mostly &ndash\; \;if not intrinsically &ndash\; a social phenomenon is also manifest in how individuals often respond to crises of uncertainty: e.g.\, compensating uncertainties by tending to biased perceptions of trustworthiness\, ascribing far more credibility to agents and institutions than is justified\, or on the contrary\, by completely losing their trust in institutions and society as a whole.
\nThus\, sources of trust and standards of trustworthiness themselves seem to be fragile and occasionally in need of justification\, reassurance\, and repair. To better understand the related processes and the interpersonal aspects involved\, the workshop aims to address the following main questions:
\n(1) \; \; What are phenomenological aspects of trustworthiness? Are there specific expressive signatures that are perceived as trustworthy? What behavioral patterns in interpersonal interactions support or undermine the development of trust? How do specific existential conditions\, personal concerns\, motivational factors\, or psychological character traits feed into perceptions of trustworthiness and propensities to trust?
\n(2) \; \; What is the role of the body in establishing\, maintaining\, and repairing trust as a form of coping with uncertainty?
\n(3) \; \; How do persons evaluate trustworthiness in situations of uncertainty? What are more fine-grained criteria for assessing these evaluations under non-ideal epistemic and normative circumstances?
\n(4) \; \; To what extent do dispositions to trust and perceptions of trustworthiness depend on the stability and informational transparency of interpersonal\, sociopolitical\, and cultural factors?
\nWe welcome submissions from a wide array of disciplines\, among others\, philosophy\, psychology\, cognitive sciences\, sociology\, or political sciences\, and are particularly interested in phenomenological\, 4E-cognition\, or interdisciplinary as well as empirically-informed approaches to the following non-exhaustive list of topics:
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Uncertainty (existential\, normative\, epistemic) and its relation to trust
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Uncertainty and psychological vulnerability
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Shared affectivity and trust
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Narrative scaffolding of trust
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Trust and (collective) irrationality
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Maladaptive sources of trust
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Epistemic injustice and trust
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Experiential dimensions of trustworthiness
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Media-specific epistemic and affective opacity (e.g.\, deep fakes\; social media) as impediments of trust
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Implicit bias and trustworthiness
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Trustworthiness and motivational reasoning
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Institutional scaffolding of trustworthiness
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Embodied and contextual factors engendering trust (e.g.\, in collective rituals)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Trusting relations as interactional processes
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The relation between sustaining trust and probing trustworthiness
\nPlease send anonymized abstracts of not more than 500 words with the subject line &ldquo\;Sources of Trust&rdquo\; to Miriam.Feix@med.uni-heidelberg.de by December 1\, 2023. Please include also a separate title page with title\, name\, contact email\, and institutional affiliation. We welcome submissions from researchers at all career stages and particularly encourage PhD students and early-career researchers to apply.
\nYou will receive feedback on whether your application was successful by December 15\, 2023.
\nThis Workshop is part of the DFG-project &ldquo\;Dynamics of Oikeiosis. Familiarity and Trust as Basic Elements of an Intersubjective Anthropology and Their Significance for Psychopathology&rdquo\; (Project number: 513696000\, PI: Thomas Fuchs).
\nScientific Organization:
\nThomas Fuchs\, Philipp Schmidt\, Daniel Vespermann
ORGANIZER;CN=Thomas Fuchs;CN=Philipp Schmidt;CN=Daniel Vespermann: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240322T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240323T170000 SUMMARY:IHPST graduate workshop UID:20240319T103844Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:73 Queens park crescent\, Toronto\, Canada\, M5S 1K5 DESCRIPTION:The Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST) at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce our annual graduate workshop. This year our theme is A Piece of the Action: Participation and consumption in/around science. \;
\nWho has the privilege of being given a voice in developing new technologies? What makes some forms of citizen science legitimate but not others? How have social movements and medical discoveries transformed the doctor-patient relationship? What affirms legitimate contributions to scientific knowledge?
\nThe workshop will take place on Friday\, March 22 and Saturday\, March 23\, 2024. Participants will present a 30-minute presentation on a 3000-4000 word paper. Participants will receive comments from a faculty member affiliated with the IHPST before opening the floor for general Q&\;A. We will be running the workshop hybrid\, and though there is no fee\, we cannot cover travel or accommodation costs.
\n\nPlease direct any questions to hapsatconference@gmail.com
\nRachel Katz and Matthew McLaughlin
ORGANIZER;CN=Rachel Katz: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240322T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240323T170000 SUMMARY:Democracy Today? UID:20240319T103845Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:25 W. 43rd St.\, 17th Floor\, New York\, United States DESCRIPTION:Democracy Today?
\nThe 2024 Telos-Paul Piccone Institute Annual Conference
\nMarch 22&ndash\;23\, 2024
\nThe John D. Calandra Italian American Institute\, Queens College/CUNY
\nNew York\, NY
\nCo-sponsored by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute\, Queens College/CUNY
\nDeadline for submissions: October 15\, 2023
\nConference Description
\nDemocracy is often presented as the sine qua non of politics today. Yet our own democratic political orders across the West consistently fail to deliver the desiderata they promise to provide. Does this failure arise in part from the theoretical insufficiency of conventional diagnoses of democracy's challenges and ills? As the primaries for the 2024 U.S. presidential election open\, we invite participants to consider critically the status of democracy with an eye toward the concerns that have defined Telos over its 55-year history.
\nThe main advantage of democracy over other political forms is that\, by allowing broader participation in decision-making\, it prevents domination of the many by the few. In theory\, it also fosters decision-making that is comparatively effective and meaningful by allowing views and information from the many to be communicated efficiently to political leaders\, while also holding the latter to account for their actions. At the same time\, a major difficulty of democracy is that the rule by the many requires some procedure for translating a multitude of opinions into unified decisions and action. In addition\, precisely by exercising its majority will\, the many can trammel the integrity of the individual&mdash\;the key threat that liberalism seeks to hold at bay.
\nThese advantages&mdash\;and\, especially\, these challenges&mdash\;have produced two competing visions of democracy in the contemporary West. Their division reflects differences about the politics of representation and decision-making. On one hand\, liberals view democracy as the following of appropriate procedures for channeling the opinions of the multitude through the election of representatives. On the other hand\, populists might disregard such procedural restrictions to arrive at outcomes that are acclaimed by the people directly.
\nWhile both sides nod to the importance of the popular will\, both are in fact willing to denigrate it. The liberal camp reacts in horror when democratic elections result in the election of populists\, who are said to lack proper governing expertise\, as in the 2016 victory of Donald Trump. The populist camp charges conspiracy when electoral results fail to reflect their own conception of the people's will\, as in Trump's reaction to his 2020 ouster. Depending on which camp is describing the times\, the false mediator of popular will is either the demagogue or the bureaucrat&mdash\;Telos has long opposed both.
\nDifferent narratives\, in turn\, have taken hold about democracy's present challenges. From the point of view of the liberal proceduralist critique of demagogues\, the means of moving from a multiplicity of opinions to a unified decision inevitably involves discourse within a public sphere. This discourse depends on a common understanding of historical facts\, as well as a public sphere that allows different perspectives to face each other in debate. In our contemporary world\, however\, the breakdown of previous limits to accessing the public sphere has led to an inability to arrive at a consensus on the difference between fact and fiction\, as well as an increasing tendency of citizens to exist within a social media echo chamber of their own views\, undermining the common ground that a public sphere presupposes.
\nAt the same time\, public debate necessarily implicates values and identities that have an ultimately mythic basis that cannot be rationally determined. People's opinions\, moreover\, are invariably shaped by leaders as much as the people shape what leaders ought to do. Experts lament how this representational dynamic undermines the procedures that govern and channel the representation of the popular will. Yet the narrative aspect of representation is an ineradicable element of the way in which the popular will coalesces. The process of narrativized representation will never be an entirely rational one\, and the prominence of media personalities such as Reagan\, Trump\, and Zelensky as politicians underlines the futility of attempting to rid the public sphere of drama and spectacle.
\nFor the populist\, by contrast\, the primary threat to democracy lies in bureaucracy. In his 2016 end run around the political establishment\, Trump&rsquo\;s electoral success was driven by a broader critique of the administrative state&rsquo\;s undermining of democratic process. The rise of the managerial bureaucratic state that was set in motion by the development of the welfare state in the twentieth century has created a class divide between managers and managed that has shifted decision-making power over the conditions of everyday life away from individuals and toward government and corporate bureaucracies. Because more and more of our economic and social welfare is under the direct influence of the state\, the resultant bloated administrative state has now become prey to a frenzy of lobbyists\, who further distance the people from political decision-making. The protections of minority rights that constitute the liberal aspect of today&rsquo\;s democracies have turned communities into special interests that lobby administrators to pass on privileges to favored groups. The result has been a growing restriction of freedom of expression in the public sphere and an eroding of a unifying basis for constructing a political order now dominated by the collusion of bureaucracy with corporations.
\nWhile the liberal critique of demagoguery resorts to more government controls that exacerbate the expansion of bureaucracy\, the populist critique of bureaucracy has attempted to dismantle government without considering how to establish mechanisms that would take over the functions that bureaucracies have coopted. Focusing on opposition to government\, the populist perspective often lacks any sense of alternative institutional structures that could remedy the administration and commodification of everyday life.
\nBoth sides have contributed to a polarization of views that threatens the underlying consensus necessary for democratic politics. The political gridlock that has ensued from their diverging diagnoses has meant that our political orders consistently fail to deliver peace\, prosperity\, and accountable government. Moreover\, regardless of the rhetoric or credentials of those in power\, democracy today seems always to leave us with broadly the same basic policies\, despite some of them being deeply unpopular.
\nWe invite those who are interested in presenting at the 2024 Telos Conference to consider critically the status of democracy today by addressing one or more of the following questions:
\nDemocratic Values
\nDemocracy and the Administrative State
\nDemocracy and the Public Sphere
\nDemocracy and Religion
\nDemocracy and Authoritarianism
\nAbstract Submissions
\nWhatever specific questions you address\, we invite you to present your analysis with an eye toward the long-standing concerns of the Telos-Paul Piccone Institute and thereby to help develop a trenchant\, independent view of democracy that can inform both critique and practical action within our present historical moment. Please submit a short c.v. and an abstract of up to 250 words by October 15\, 2023\, to telosnyc2024@telosinstitute.net and place "The 2024 Telos Conference" in the email's subject line. Please direct questions to Professor Mark G. E. Kelly\, Western Sydney University\, M.Kelly@westernsydney.edu.au.
\nConference Location
\nThe conference will take place at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute in New York City from Friday\, March 22\, to Saturday\, March 23\, 2024.
ORGANIZER;CN=Mark G. E. Kelly: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240322T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240323T170000 SUMMARY:Henle Conference 2024: Hylomorphism & Contemporary Science UID:20240319T103846Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:DuBourg Hall\, 221 N Grand Blvd\, Saint Louis\, United States\, 63103 DESCRIPTION:Held every other year\, the Henle Conference was founded in 1993 by Eleonore Stump\, the Robert J. Henle Chair of Philosophy. The Henle conference brings internationally renowned scholars to Saint Louis University to present work on topics relevant to the interests of the philosophy department.
\nThis year\, topics revolve around hylomorphism and contemporary science.
\nWade Memorial Lecture - David Oderberg\, PhD: \; \;
\nHylemorphism\, the Qualitative Problem\, and the Myth of Structure
\nFor more details follow the link below:
ORGANIZER;CN="John Peck, SJ": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T103628Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240322T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240322T160000 SUMMARY:(Re)Create. Towards a Theory of Heteronomous Texts UID:20240319T103847Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Bibliothekspl. 2\, Jena\, Germany\, 07743 DESCRIPTION:The creation of texts can take various forms. One seemingly obvious method is to copy an already existing text. The material evidence of this practice in Antiquity and the Middle Ages constitutes the foundation of our knowledge of ancient textual cultures. A partial copy can also be the basis for further work on the material: shortening or adding\, expanding\, rearranging\, or re-collecting are only a few possible ways of dealing with pre-texts. Some texts enclose their pre-texts\, as we can see for instance in medieval commentary literature. Some texts quote their pre-texts\, some allude to them thematically. Some texts are devoted entirely to their pre-texts\, others use them only incidentally and as part of a broader scheme. With such different methods of production also comes a variety of genres in which we can find evidence of them: commentaries\, compendia\, collections\, translations\, and encyclopaedias as well as re-narrations of historical and literary material are all examples of texts that rely on predecessors although they differ in many other ways.
\nWe can identify the connecting phenomenon of these texts: they all acknowledge the norm set by another entity. We call this phenomenon heteronomy.
\nHeteronomous texts form the core of the research training group &ldquo\;Autonomy of Heteronomous Texts in Antiquity and the Middle Ages&rdquo\;. In case studies we investigate texts and traditions from the fields of Byzantine Studies\, Greek and Roman History and Philology\, Medieval German Studies\, Philosophy\, Syriac Studies\, and Theology. A key aspect of our work is analysing the dependence between a text and its (purported) counterpart\, namely the autonomy of creation. In particular\, the creative relationship between adhering to a normative text and detaching oneself from it interests us. New and stand-alone works can be the product of conscious dependency.
\nWhile &lsquo\;literary autonomy&rsquo\; has given rise to different theoretical approaches and case studies\, &lsquo\;heteronomy&rsquo\; has not yet been integrated into a fully formed theory. With our conference we aim to further this line of questioning: Which elements of a text are heteronomous and in what way? With which methods can we analyse these textual strategies? To what extent does this help us to understand the relationship between a text and its historical context? Are producers of heteronomous texts driven by a certain set of motivations?
\nWe are open to papers that critically engage with our concept of heteronomy in relation to othertheories. For example\, various theories of intertextuality are concerned with the particular connection between texts (Fowler 1997\; May 2012). In medieval studies\, the term wiedererzä\;hlen has been coined to describe different forms of remodelling a text (Worstbrock 1999). Allusion and citation have a rich history in philology and theology (Krause 2022)\, and aemulatio and imitatio refer to a distinctive aesthetic value of engaging with pre-texts (May 2012). Concerning the working methods\, theories have been developed for excerpting\, collecting or rearranging textual material (Dusil et al. 2017\; Piccione 2003). Last but not least the term &lsquo\;autonomy&rsquo\; itself has been applied but also contested in its use to describe works of literature (Porter 2012). How can we define &lsquo\;autonomy&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;heteronomy&rsquo\; to use them with benefit for our disciplines? Which other theories and concepts are related to the study of heteronomy? How can we distinguish or integrate the research of heteronomy into these established fields? As many others\, heteronomous texts oftentimes cross genre boundaries as defined by research communities. How can the notion of heteronomous texts further our understanding of genre studies?
\nThe outlined questions about motivations and strategies will be the thread of the conference. Whether proposals take a more theoretical or close-reading approach to this question\, they should keep the highly specialised and interdisciplinary audience in mind.
\nWe invite contributions from (but not limited to) the following fields: Theology and Biblical Studies\, Latin and Middle Latin Studies\, Greek and Byzantine Studies\, Syriac Studies\, Ancient and Medieval History and Philosophy\, German Medieval Studies\, and Roman Law. Preference will be given to proposals that focus on our areas of expertise: Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Both terms are understood in their broadest sense.
\nEach paper should last 20 minutes and will be followed by 20 minutes of discussion. We are looking forward to receiving proposals from scholars at all career stages\, and we aim for parity in gender. The conference&rsquo\;s language will be English. Speakers will be reimbursed for hotel and travel costs. Please send your abstracts (max. 300 words) to: recreate-texts@uni-jena.de. The deadline for submissions is 22 March 2024.
\nPlease do not hesitate to contact us (Nicolas Campagnoli under the aforementioned email) with any questions you might have.
\nSelected Bibliography
\n
Bracht\, K.\, Harke\, J. D.\, Perkams\, M.\, &\; Vielberg\, M. (Eds.). (2021). Heteronome Texte: Kommentierende und tradierende Literatur in Antike und Mittelalter. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110733709
Dusil\, S.\, Schwedler\, G.\, &\; Schwitter\, R. (2017). Transformationen des Wissens zwischen Spä\;tantike und Frü\;hmittelalter: Zur Einfü\;hrung. In S. Dusil\, G. Schwedler\, &\; R. Schwitter (Eds.)\, Exzerpieren &ndash\; Kompilieren &ndash\; Tradieren (pp. 1&ndash\;22). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110516340-001
Fowler\, D. (1997). On the Shoulders of Giants: Intertextuality and Classical Studies. Materiali e Discussioni per l&rsquo\;analisi Dei Testi Classici\, 39\, 13&ndash\;34. https://doi.org/10.2307/40236104
Krause\, J. J. (2022). Citations\, Allusions\, and Marking Them in the Hebrew Bible: A Theoretical Introduction with Some Examples. Biblical Interpretation\, 31(4)\, 440&ndash\;456. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685152-20221700
May\, M. (2012). Intertextualitä\;t. In E. Zemanek &\; A. Nebrig (Eds.)\, Komparatistik (pp. 99&ndash\;112).
Piccione\, R. M. (2003). Sammeln\, Neuordnen\, Neues Schaffen: eine Perspektive der Forschung. In R. M. Piccione &\; M. Perkams (Eds.)\, Selecta colligere 1 (p. VIIff.). Ed. dell&rsquo\;Orso.
Porter\, J. I. (2010). Why Art Has Never Been Autonomous. Arethusa\, 43(2)\, 165&ndash\;180. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44578324
Worstbrock\, F. J. (1999). Wiedererzä\;hlen und Ü\;bersetzen. In W.Haug (Ed.)\, Mittelalter und frü\;he Neuzeit (pp. 128&ndash\;142). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110949407.128
The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our 64th Annual Lecture Series Talk. \;Attend in person or visit our live stream on YouTube at \;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
\nThe Annual Lecture Series\, the Center&rsquo\;s oldest program\, was established in 1960\, the year when Adolf Grü\;nbaum founded the Center. Each year the series consists of six to eight lectures\, about three quarters of which are given by philosophers\, historians\, and scientists from other universities.
\nALS &ndash\; \;Nicole Yunger Halpern
\nMarch 22 @ 3:30 pm \;- \;6:00 pm \;EDT
\nTitle: \;Field notes on the second law of thermodynamics from a quantum physicist
\nAbstract: \;Thermodynamics reigns as queen of the physical theories\, governing everything from biophysics to cosmology. The second law of thermodynamics heads her court\, stipulating that time appears to flow in only one direction and limiting engines&rsquo\; efficiencies. However\, idealizations curtail the original second law&rsquo\;s applicability: small systems violate simple\, early formulations of the law\, which imply quantitative predictions only about equilibrium states. The nineteenth-century law has been tightened\, including within quantum thermodynamics\, a field that has taken off in the past decade. I will illustrate this progress with examples. As a spoiler alert: I know of no ways to leverage quantum phenomena to break the second law. However\, quantum and other resources enable us to &ldquo\;bend around&rdquo\; the second law: we can appear to violate the law while\, in fact\, subtly avoiding assumptions behind modern formulations of the law. Reference: Yunger Halpern\, Quantum Steampunk: The Physics of Yesterday&rsquo\;s Tomorrow\, Johns Hopkins University Press (2022).
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\nLight refreshments will follow the lecture in CL 1008.
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