Academic Philosophy Events in the Netherlands
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(Workshop) Normative Capacities
Utrecht University, Drift 6, room 007, Utrecht University, Janskerkhof 13, 3512 BL Utrecht, Netherlands Utrecht University, Janskerkhof 13, 3512 BL Utrecht, Netherlands, Utrecht, Utrecht, NetherlandsHuman beings are beings with diverse rational capacities such as the capacity to deliberate, to act intentionally, to acquire knowledge and to evaluate their environment and themselves. Even though there are important differences between these various abilities, they can all be described as inherently normative: exercising these capacities involves making some kind of normative assessment. … Continue reading (Workshop) Normative Capacities
Workshop Ancient Philosophy at Leiden University
Institute for Philosophy, Leiden University Reuvensplaats 4, LeidenOn the occasion of their visit to Leiden, Voula Tsouna (Uni Cal Santa Barbara) and Richard McKirahan (Pomona College Claremont) will participate in a workshop on Ancient Philosophy at the Leiden University Institute for Philosophy, Thursday 18 May , 15.30-18.00h. Also Bert van den Berg (Leiden University) will present a paper on that occasion. The … Continue reading Workshop Ancient Philosophy at Leiden University
Lecture Series: The Axiomatic Theory of Abstract Objects
The objectives of the course are to familiarize participants with the theory of objects, developed and defended by Prof. Ed Zalta, and to more generally discuss the topics with which it deals, such as: logical classes, situations, possible and impossible worlds, concepts, Forms, fictions, Fregean senses, Fregean numbers, and mathematical individuals and relations. In this … Continue reading Lecture Series: The Axiomatic Theory of Abstract Objects
(Lecture) The Moral Behavior of Ethics Professors and Models of Moral Cognition
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen ,Do professional ethicists behave any morally better than do non-ethicists of similar social background? If not, do they at least show greater consistency between their normative attitudes and their outward behavior? Despite a long philosophical tradition associating philosophical reflection with improved moral behavior, these questions have never been empirically examined. I describe four possible models … Continue reading (Lecture) The Moral Behavior of Ethics Professors and Models of Moral Cognition
Leiden Indian Philosophy Symposium
Lipsius Building Cleveringplaats 1, LeidenHosted by the Society of Friends of the Kern Institute (VVIK) in cooperation with the Leiden University Institute for Philosophy and the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) Programme 13:00 - 13:15 Opening 13:15 - 14:00 Gordon Davis (Carleton University) Is Buddhist Normative REalism a Modern Innovation or a Lost Insight from the Acient … Continue reading Leiden Indian Philosophy Symposium
(Symposium) Vossius Seminar
University of Amsterdam Turfdraagsterpad 15-17, AmsterdamPeter Gordon will present his lecture 'Adorno and Disenchantment: the History of a Concept from Weber to the Frankfurt School' at this Vossius Seminar. Commentary by Dr. Christian Skirke (UvA). Abstract: What was disenchantment? The Frankfurt-School critical theorist Theodor Adorno conceived of his own work as the endpoint of a philosophical tradition: in Negative Dialectik, his … Continue reading (Symposium) Vossius Seminar
Nigerian philosopher prof. em. Sophie Oluwole on ‘Socrates and Orunmila’
Singelkerk Singel 452, AmsterdamHet Nationaal Instituut Nederlands Slavernijverleden en Erfenis (NiNsee), organiseert, in samenwerking met Academisch-cultureel podium SPUI25, op 24 mei 2017 een vraaggesprek met de Nigeriaanse auteur en filosoof Sophie Olúwolé over haar boek Socrates en Orúnmìlà, dat door Saskia van der Werff voor uitgeverij Ten Have in het Nederlands vertaald is. Sophie Olúwolé zal worden geïnterviewd … Continue reading Nigerian philosopher prof. em. Sophie Oluwole on ‘Socrates and Orunmila’
One-day workshop on Disobedience
Disobedience One-day workshop at the University of Amsterdam, May 29, 2017 Co-organized by Robin Celikates (Amsterdam), Bernard Harcourt (New York) and Daniele Lorenzini (Paris) co-sponsored by the Transformations of Civil Disobedience Project at the University of Amsterdam and the Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought From the Civil Rights Movement via Occupy and Black Lives … Continue reading One-day workshop on Disobedience
Peter Hershock, “Climate and Compassion. Buddhist Contribution to an Ethics of Intergenerational Justice”
University College Utrecht Campus UtrechtWhen: Monday May 29th, 15.45-17.00 Where: University College Utrecht (Campusplein, Dining Hall Lounge) • For whom: All welcome! Please click on going or interested (if you are!) https://www.facebook.com/events/272846493186048/ Abstract: Climate change is not a technical problem; it is an ethical predicament that makes evident deep and abiding conflicts among globally-prevailing political, economic, social and … Continue reading Peter Hershock, “Climate and Compassion. Buddhist Contribution to an Ethics of Intergenerational Justice”
(Workhop) Who cares? Self-management in psychiatry and psychosomatic illness
Nijmegen University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen, Gelderland, The NetherlandsPresently, there is an increasing call for self-management strategies in healthcare. Self-management involves regarding patients as ‘expert-clients’, actively involved in the management of their own care. This approach is argued to have great advantages: it holds the prospect of more efficient and (cost)effective healthcare, and converges with theoretical developments underlining the importance of patients’ self-experience. … Continue reading (Workhop) Who cares? Self-management in psychiatry and psychosomatic illness
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The OZSW event calendar lists academic philosophy events organized by/at Dutch universities, and is offered by the OZSW as a service to the research community. Please check the event in question – through their website or organizer – to find out if you could participate and whether registration is required. Obviously we carry no responsibility for non-OZSW events.