Next Wednesday, February 26th, Samuel Taylor will again join us, this time with a talk on a third way to think of mental representations. You can find an abstract to his talk below. We will meet from 12.30 to 13.30 in EOS 01.140. In addition, for those who are interested: The Philosophy section of the … Continue reading Lunch Seminar: A Third Way to Think About Mental Represetations →

Subject and Object, a workshop with Adrian Haddock (Stirling/Leipzig) The Subject and Object workshop, for which Utrecht University’s Unified Pluralism project collaborates with Leipzig’s FAGI (Research Center for Analytic German Idealism), is concerned with a book manuscript by Adrian Haddock, entitled “Subject and Object”, subtitled “How the I of Apperception Finds Itself in the World” … Continue reading Workshop: Subject and Object →

The School of Philosophy of Erasmus University and the Inequality against Freedom project (www.inaf.info) are organizing a one-day workshop on Marx and Freedom:   February 28, 2020   Sanders building 1-11, Woudestein campus, Erasmus University Rotterdam   10.00 – 11.00 Bruno Leipold (LSE) ‘Chains and Invisible Threads: Liberty and Domination in Marx’s Account of Wage-Slavery’ … Continue reading One-day workshop on Marx and Freedom →

Workshop ‘Habit: phenomenological and ontological approaches’ March 5th, 2020 Erasmus University Rotterdam G2-32 (morning), Mandeville T3-06 (afternoon) Habit (hexis, habitus) has a long and rich history in philosophy. Often viewed as the enemy of thought, many different philosophical traditions have nonetheless made fruitful explorations of habits. Aristotle saw virtue as a habit, and in modernity, … Continue reading Workshop ‘Habit: phenomenological and ontological approaches’ →

Conceptual and Methodological Aspects of Physics: Historical Perspectives Utrecht University March 6, 2020, 9:15 - 17:30 Ruppert Building room C (https://www.uu.nl/en/marinus-ruppert-building). SPEAKERS AND TALKS: - Guido Bacciagaluppi, "Bohr's Slit and Hermann's Microscope" - Michael Cuffaro, "Ernst Cassirer and Grete Hermann: Metaphysics and Methodology" - Radin Dardashti, "Understanding Problems in Physics" - Neda Ghatrouie, "Einstein's ambivalence … Continue reading Conceptual and Methodological Aspects of Physics: Historical Perspectives →

On March 6th at the Open University study center in Nijmegen, a symposium on Interventionism and Causal Exclusion will be hosted. The speakers & titles of the talks are: - F.A. Muller: The Influence of Quantum Physics on Philosophy - Michael Baumgartner: The Inherent Empirical Underdetermination of Mental Causation - Leon de Bruin: Multilayer networks … Continue reading Symposium on Interventionism and Causal Exclusion →

De Macht der Gewoonte: “Middeleeuws” denken en doen De Middeleeuwen staan vaak te boek als een periode waarin er een hang was naar orde en regelmaat, belichaamd in een bonte variëteit aan rituelen en ceremonies. Maar deze behoefte geldt voor zowel de moderne als de middeleeuwse mens. Dit blijkt wel uit de weerstand die veranderingen … Continue reading Studiedag Middeleeuwen 2020 →

Radboud University Donders Institute & Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies   Foundations of Cognition Series (FCS)   When: Friday, March 6, 16:00-17:30 Where: Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Oval Office Who: Markus Eronen (RU Groningen) Finding causes in psychology and cognitive neuroscience: Obstacles and ways forward Finding causes is a central goal in … Continue reading Finding causes in psychology and cognitive neuroscience: Obstacles and ways forward →