Academic Philosophy Events in the Netherlands
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(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
Meeting OZSW Study Group Meta-Ethics & Moral Psychology
Utrecht University Drift 13, Room 205, Utrecht, Netherlands(Conference) Contemporary European Thought and the Idea of Care
Thomas van Aquinostraat 6 Thomas van Aquinostraat 6, NijmegenOn 7 and 8 June, 2017, CHPS will organise a conference on "Contemporary European Thought and the Idea of Care: Contemporary Versions of an Ancient Idea". The conference aims to analyze the differences, convergences, and overlaps between these three paradigms with a view to uncovering whether and how they can help us understand the multiple … Continue reading (Conference) Contemporary European Thought and the Idea of Care
(Workshop) Democratic Theory
Leiden LeidenThe Institute for Philosophy at Leiden University is proud to host a workshop in Democratic Theory. Sofia Näsström (Uppsala University) and David Owen (University of Southampton) will present some of their current work in progress. The workshop is open to all. Program: 14:15-15:30 David Owen (Southampton), "Populus, Demos, and Self-Rule" Discussant: Gijs van Maanen (Leiden) … Continue reading (Workshop) Democratic Theory
Book workshop on Thomas Fossen’s Facing Legitimacy
Leiden University Institute for Philosophy, Leiden, The Netherlands Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, South Holland, The NetherlandsThe Institute for Philosophy is proud to host a book symposium on Thomas Fossen’s draft manuscript Facing Authority, as part of the OZSW reading group in political philosophy. Sofia Näsström (Uppsala University) and David Owen (University of Southampton) and James Gledhill (UvA) will comment on Thomas’ work. The workshop is open to all, but please register … Continue reading Book workshop on Thomas Fossen’s Facing Legitimacy
Lezing, ”Tweede Spinozalezing, Two unlikely bedfellows: Kant and Freud on Morality”
Aula - Oude Lutherse kerk, Amsterdam Singel 411, AmsterdamBéatrice Longuenesse holds the Spinoza Chair of the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities in the second term of the academic year 2016-2017 and will be delivering the accompanying two Spinoza Lectures on 'The first person in Cognition and Morality'. Longuenesse's second Spinoza Lecture is entitled ‘Two unlikely bedfellows: Kant and Freud on Morality' … Continue reading Lezing, ”Tweede Spinozalezing, Two unlikely bedfellows: Kant and Freud on Morality”
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