Academic Philosophy Events in the Netherlands
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OZSW study group: Enactivism
Erasmus University RotterdamNext meeting OZSW Study Group Enactivism annex NWO project group Getting Real about Words and Numbers 1. J.C. van den Herik (EUR) Reconceiving Cognition Requires Rethinking Language Talk. 14:00 – 15:15 hours Refreshment Break 15:15 – 15:30 hours 2. K. Zahidi (UA) Internalisation from an Enactive Point of View Talk. 15:30 – 16:45 hours 3. Conversation about … Continue reading OZSW study group: Enactivism
VU Philosophy Colloquium
room HG-05A36, Main Building VU, De Boelelaan 1105, AmsterdamSpinoza, Free Will, and the Legacy of the Radical Enlightenment. Spinoza contends in his Ethics that we do not have “absolute or free will;” that is, we do not have the faculty of willing or not willing defended by Descartes, and we are always causally determined to act as we do. Spinoza also argues that “knowledge of … Continue reading VU Philosophy Colloquium
Meeting 22 – Peer Review Circle Practical Philosophy
Zaal 0.13, Drift 23, Utrecht University, 3512 BR Utrecht, The Netherlands Drift 23, Utrecht University, 3512 BR Utrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht, Utrecht, The NetherlandsWe will meet to discuss a piece by Petra van Kooij (UU), on feasibility constraints and ecological limits. Abstract: We need to urgently change society’s structures in order to live sustainably. The disagreement, however, does not lie in the former statement but rather in what change is feasible and desirable. Over the last decades a debate … Continue reading Meeting 22 – Peer Review Circle Practical Philosophy
(Workshop) Nudging and Moral Responsibility: Lessons from manipulation, implicit bias and situationism
Free University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, North Holland, The NetherlandsNudges are an increasingly popular tool that policy makers and businesses are using to steer our choices and behaviour. For example, someone might be nudged by open workspaces to increase their productivity at work, and stores might nudge people toward consuming items whose high profit margin is linked to unethical production. So-called choice architects target … Continue reading (Workshop) Nudging and Moral Responsibility: Lessons from manipulation, implicit bias and situationism
Workshop: Nudging and Moral Responsibility
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDerk Pereboom, Cornell University Carolina Sartorio, University of Arizona Maureen Sie, University of Tilburg Nudges are an increasingly popular tool that policy makers and businesses are using to steer our choices and behaviour. For example, someone might be nudged by open workspaces to increase their productivity at work, and stores might nudge people toward … Continue reading Workshop: Nudging and Moral Responsibility
PhD Defense A.J. van den Bergh: “De Gestolen Stoornis”
Erasmus Building, Senaatszaal. Campus Woudestein RotterdamBy A.J. van den Bergh
Workshop on: Humanist Feminism and the Wrong of Injustice
Belle van Zuylenzaal, Universiteit van AmsterdamGender based injustice is wrong, but what exactly makes it wrong? In her 2016 book “The Wrong of Injustice”, Mari Mikkola defends and reframes a humanist approach to feminist analyses of injustice such as sexism: arguably, sexism involves systematically treating women in dehumanizing ways, where it is the dehumanizing moment that makes these injustices wrong. This way … Continue reading Workshop on: Humanist Feminism and the Wrong of Injustice
Workshop & Masterclass: Humanist Feminism and the Wrong of Injustice
University of Amsterdam Oude Manhuispoort D0.09, AmsterdamGender based injustice is wrong, but what exactly makes it wrong? In her 2016 book “The Wrong of Injustice”, Mari Mikkola defends and reframes a humanist approach to feminist analyses of injustice such as sexism: arguably, sexism involves systematically treating women in dehumanizing ways, where it is the dehumanizing moment that makes these injustices wrong. … Continue reading Workshop & Masterclass: Humanist Feminism and the Wrong of Injustice
CPP workshop: Reasons, Equality, Democracy
At the core of the recent revival and development of the republican tradition and of Kant's political philosophy is a suggestive thesis: that certain ways of being under the power of others are objectionable as such. However, if we understand the objection as Kantians and republicans understand it, then to live under a state is … Continue reading CPP workshop: Reasons, Equality, Democracy
OZSW Study Group Philosophy of Physics
4.01, Buys Ballot Building, Princetonplein, Uithof, Utrecht UniversityOn Friday the 13th of April 2018, R. Hermens will guide us through Ben-Menahem’s paper on the PBR Theorem (Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 57 (2017) pp. 80-88), which you are supposed to have read.
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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.