13:00 - 13:15 Opening  13:15 - 14:15 Mark Siderits (Seoul National University) Confusion or Conflation in the Study of Indian Philosophy: Is Fusion Philosophy Covertly Neo-Colonialist? 14:15 - 14:45 Break 14:45 - 15:15 Andrea Sangiacomo (University of Groningen) Emptiness and Modes: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue Between Nāgārjuna and Spinoza 15:15 - 15:45 Douglas Berger (Leiden University) … Continue reading Leiden Indian Philosophy Symposium 2019: Analytic and Comparative Perspectives on Indian Buddhist Philosophy →

Ever since Darwin, scientists have wondered about the parallels between biological evolution and cultural change. Darwin thought, for instance, that words and languages are as much subject to a struggle for existence as elephants and trees are. However, does the same apply to culture in general? To rituals, agricultural practices and art? To tweets and … Continue reading Public Event: Does Culture Evolve? →

Realities and Fantasies Relations, Transformations, Discontinuities 10-12 April, Universiteit van Amsterdam   Keynote lectures: Jonathan Culler (Cornell University): Fantasizing Narrators for Novels and Speakers for Poems Annabelle Dufourcq (RU Nijmegen): Do we have to be Realistic? The imaginary dimension of the real: a phenomenological approach to imagination, images and the imaginary field. Nkiru Nzegwu (SUNY … Continue reading ASCA International Workshop 2019 →

The next session of the UvA Philosophy and Public Affairs colloquium will take place on Wednesday 10 April, 4-6 pm. Pauline Kleingeld (RUG) will present a paper entitled How to Use Someone ‘Merely as a Means’ Location: Faculteitskamer/Faculty Room, Oude Turfmarkt 147 (entrance at 141), Department of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam. Abstract The prohibition on … Continue reading Philosophy and Public Affairs Colloquium: How to use someone ‘merely as a means’ →

Symposium ter gelegenheid van het afscheid van Chris Bremmers Locatie morgenprogramma: SP A 01.12 09:45 – 10:00   Ontvangst met koffie 10:00 – 11:00   Holger Zaborowski, “A telling silence? On Heidegger and Socrates” 11:00 – 11:15   Koffiepauze 11:15 – 12:15   Jean-Pierre Wils, “Wat is een hermeneutische ethiek?” 12:15 – 13:45   Lunch Locatie … Continue reading Symposium – Filosofie, ethiek en literatuur →

The meaning, use and practical implications of the concept of human dignity continue to be a highly controversial topic. This holds for various applied contexts, and especially for its role within the human rights framework, but also for instance what regards the connections between a moral and a legal understanding of human dignity. In this … Continue reading Workshop: New Perspectives on Human Dignity and Human Rights →

The Center for Political Philosophy in Leiden is delighted to announce the CPP Annual Lecture by: Tommie Shelby (Harvard) “Prison Abolition: the limits functional critique” Date: Thursday, 18 April 2019 Time: 15:00-17:00, drinks afterwards. Place: Institute of Philosophy, P.J. Vethgebouw, room 1.01, Nonnensteeg 1-3, Leiden. About the lecture Prison are problematic institutions. Some believe that … Continue reading CCP Annual Lecture: “Prison Abolition: the limits functional critique” →

Change in the Instant: Heidegger’s 1930-31 Seminar on Plato’s Parmenides Prof. dr. Francisco Gonzalez University of Ottawa All are welcome! Date: Thursday, April 18th, 15:15-17:00 Venue: Kromme Nieuwegracht 80, room 1.06 (Ravesteijnzaal), Utrecht Abstract: The importance of Plato for Martin Heidegger’s interpretation of the history of metaphysics is now well known and documented. However, what … Continue reading Colloquium: “Change in the Instant: Heidegger’s 1930-31 Seminar on Plato’s Parmenides” →