Academic Philosophy Events in the Netherlands
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Philosophy of Responsible Innovation
Organizating University Wageningen University – Vincent Blok (vincent.blok@wur.nl) Delft University of Technology – Ibo van de Poel (I.R.vandePoel@tudelft.nl) About the topic This course discusses the main philosophical issues in relation to Responsible Innovation, an emerging concept in the EU context which highlights the relevance of social-ethical issues in research and innovation practices. This emerging … Continue reading Philosophy of Responsible Innovation →
Ethics and Economics workshop
Stijlkamer Janskerkhof (0.06), Janskerkhof 13, Universiteit Utrecht Academiegebouw, 3512 BL Utrecht, The Netherlands Janskerkhof 13, Universiteit Utrecht Academiegebouw, 3512 BL Utrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht, Utrecht, The NetherlandsLocation: Utrecht University, Janskerkhof 13, room 0.06 (Stijlkamer) Date and time: Wednesday the 8th of January 2020, 10:00 – 16:00 Program: 10:00 – 11:00 ‘Guarding Against Exploitation: Towards a Power-Based Theory of the Corporation’, Rutger Claassen (Utrecht University) Commentator: Nicholas Vrousalis (Erasmus University Rotterdam) 11:00 – 12:00 ‘Limiting Lifetime Inheritance‘, Ingrid Robeyns (Utrecht … Continue reading Ethics and Economics workshop →
PhD defense R. Dings: “Not being oneself? Self-ambiguity in the context of mental disorder”
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen ,It is quite common in psychiatric contexts that people report 'not feeling like themselves', or have difficulty distinguishing themselves from their mental disorder. Roy Dings provides a philosophical analysis that enables us to better understand such cases. He identifies various conceptual, epistemological and contextual obstacles that may arise when psychiatric patients try to make sense … Continue reading PhD defense R. Dings: “Not being oneself? Self-ambiguity in the context of mental disorder” →
Colloquium ‘In Denial’ by prof. Stehpen Mumford
TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands Delft, The Netherlands, Delft, South Holland, The NetherlandsIn Denial We are willing to affirm negations, yet it is difficult to say what could be the truthmakers for negative truths. There is an alternative, however, which is that instead of asserting ¬P, we could deny P. This has been overlooked as an alternative to assertion partly because Frege and others accept the equivalences: … Continue reading Colloquium ‘In Denial’ by prof. Stehpen Mumford →
History of Philosophy colloquium ‘Civil Liberty and Fundamental Rights: a Neo-Roman Approach’
Faculty of Philosophy, Room Omega, Oude Boteringestraat 52, University of Groningen, 9712 GL Groningen, The Netherlands Oude Boteringestraat 52, University of Groningen, 9712 GL Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen, Groningen, The NetherlandsOn Wednesday 15 January, the next History of Philosophy colloquium will be held at the University of Groningen. Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary, University of London), will give a talk titled 'Civil Liberty and Fundamental Rights: a Neo-Roman Approach'. All welcome. 15:15-17:00, 15 January Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen, Room Omega. Abstract: This paper … Continue reading History of Philosophy colloquium ‘Civil Liberty and Fundamental Rights: a Neo-Roman Approach’ →
Disjunctivism and Skepticism in Kant, Husserl, and McDowell
Institute of Philosophy, Lecture Room 0.07, P.J.Veth Building, Nonnensteeg 1-3, LeidenOn the 16th of January there will be a talk in the Leiden Theoretical Philosophy Series, Disjunctivism and Skepticism in Kant, Husserl, and McDowell, given by Corijn van Mazijk, University Lecturer, University of Groningen. Time: 15.15-17.00 Place: P.J .Veth building, Nonnensteeg 1-3 (entrance Hortus-side), room 007, Institute of Philosophy, Leiden University … Continue reading Disjunctivism and Skepticism in Kant, Husserl, and McDowell →
Workshop: The (Meta)Ethics of Moral Progress
Stijlkamer Janskerkhof (0.06), Janskerkhof 13, Universiteit Utrecht Academiegebouw, 3512 BL Utrecht, The Netherlands Janskerkhof 13, Universiteit Utrecht Academiegebouw, 3512 BL Utrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht, Utrecht, The NetherlandsYou are cordially invited to the upcoming workshop The (Meta)Ethics of Moral Progress Utrecht University, January 17, 2020 Program 10-11.15 Catherine Wilson (CUNY) The Role of Advantage-Reducing Imperatives in Moral Progress 11.15-12.30 Nathan Cofnas (Oxford) A debunking explanation of moral progress 14-15.15 Julia Hermann (Eindhoven) Technomoral progress? Reflections on the possibility of identifying progressive … Continue reading Workshop: The (Meta)Ethics of Moral Progress →
How We Cooperate: A Theory of Kantian Optimization
Bayle Building, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Room J5-62 Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam, NetherlandsReading session on “How We Cooperate: A Theory of Kantian Optimization” by John E. Roemer (Chapters 1&2).
Lunch Seminar ‘At the Dawn of Formal Semantics’
Radboud University EOS 01.560 Heyendaalseweg 141, Nijmegen, NetherlandsAbstract: At the Dawn of Formal Semantics Formal Semantics as we now know it is to a large extent rooted in the work of Frege and Russell. Still, it’s fair to say that early Wittgenstein, despite the notoriously condensed formulation in his Tractatus, has made important contributions, too. Indeed, not the logical foundations of mathematics, … Continue reading Lunch Seminar ‘At the Dawn of Formal Semantics’ →
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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.