The Dutch Research School of Philosophy (OZSW) and VU University invite PhD students/ ReMa students in History of Philosophy to register for the course Much Ado About Nothing: (Not) Being from Parmenides to Particle Physics to take place on the 1st and 2nd of June, 2018.
Organizing university
Date(s)
Location
De Veranda
Amstelveenseweg 764
1081 JK Amsterdam
Type of activity
Type of activity
For this activity PhD students and ReMa students can – after successful completion – earn a certificate. However, the OZSW is not accredited to reward students with credits/ECTS directly. The study load is mentioned on the certificate, which can usually be exchanged for ‘real’ credits (ECTS) at your home university. More information. The study load for this activity is as follows:
1 ECTS for active attendance. Upon approval, another 1.5 ECTS can be earned by submitting a written work after the course. More information on this will follow.
Primary target group
If places available, also open to
Application/registration deadline
The deadline for submission and registration is the 14th of May, 2018.
About the topic
‘Being’ may be the most prominent notion in the history of philosophy, its counterparts, ‘nothing’, ‘not being’, ‘non-being’, ‘¬’, and in general anything other than being, have also been major sources of philosophical creativity and wonder. This OZSW spring course aims at offering a variety of perspectives on the negative in metaphysics, (philosophy of) physics, and logic. Topics range from Parmenides’ problematizing of ‘to mè eon’ to 21st century physics of nothingness
Aim / objective
This OZSW course will provide an environment for the investigation of such problems and aim to contribute methodological tools and experience to graduate researchers in the history of philosophy. While this course is primarily tailored to those working in the History of Philosophy, those whose interests are not mainly in the History of Philosophy are also very welcome to participate.
Program
Friday June 1
10.30-12.30: Chiara Robbiano (UUC), Parmenides’ being without not-being
12.30-14.00: Lunch
14.00-16.00: Carla Rita Palmerino (RU), The scientific academies and the vacuum debate in the seventeenth century 16.00-16.30 Coffee
16.30-18.30: Antonio Cimino (RU), Nothing and Nothingness in Carnap, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein
18.30: Dinner
Saturday June 2
9.30-12.30: Doug Berger (LU), Nothing (wu) in Dao De Jing 11
12.30-14: Lunch
14.00-17.00: Sebastian De Haro (UvA, AUC), On the Notions of Nothing, Vacuum, and Void in Particle Physics and Cosmology
17.00: Drinks
Certificate / credit points
1 ECTS for active attendance. Upon approval, another 1.5 ECTS can be earned by submitting a written work after the course. More information on this will follow.
Costs
Free for OZSW members. Other participants pay a fee of €75,-.
How to apply / register
Please register by filling in this form. The registration deadline is thr 14th of May, 2018.
Organizers
This course is coordinated by the History of Philosophy section of the OZSW. For further information, please contact Marije Martijn at the following e-mail address: m.martijn