Academic Philosophy Events in the Netherlands
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(Lecture) The Moral Behavior of Ethics Professors and Models of Moral Cognition
Radboud Universiteit NijmegenNigerian philosopher prof. em. Sophie Oluwole on ‘Socrates and Orunmila’
Singelkerk Singel 452, Amsterdam- No events scheduled for 24 May 2017.
- No events scheduled for 25 May 2017.
- No events scheduled for 26 May 2017.
- No events scheduled for 27 May 2017.
Week of Events
Lecture Series: The Axiomatic Theory of Abstract Objects
Lecture Series: The Axiomatic Theory of Abstract Objects
The objectives of the course are to familiarize participants with the theory of objects, developed and defended by Prof. Ed Zalta, and to more generally discuss the topics with which it deals, such as: logical classes, situations, possible and impossible worlds, concepts, Forms, fictions, Fregean senses, Fregean numbers, and mathematical individuals and relations. In this … Continue reading Lecture Series: The Axiomatic Theory of Abstract Objects →
(Lecture) The Moral Behavior of Ethics Professors and Models of Moral Cognition
(Lecture) The Moral Behavior of Ethics Professors and Models of Moral Cognition
Do professional ethicists behave any morally better than do non-ethicists of similar social background? If not, do they at least show greater consistency between their normative attitudes and their outward behavior? Despite a long philosophical tradition associating philosophical reflection with improved moral behavior, these questions have never been empirically examined. I describe four possible models … Continue reading (Lecture) The Moral Behavior of Ethics Professors and Models of Moral Cognition →
Leiden Indian Philosophy Symposium
Leiden Indian Philosophy Symposium
Hosted by the Society of Friends of the Kern Institute (VVIK) in cooperation with the Leiden University Institute for Philosophy and the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) Programme 13:00 - 13:15 Opening 13:15 - 14:00 Gordon Davis (Carleton University) Is Buddhist Normative REalism a Modern Innovation or a Lost Insight from the Acient … Continue reading Leiden Indian Philosophy Symposium →
(Symposium) Vossius Seminar
(Symposium) Vossius Seminar
Peter 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’
Nigerian philosopher prof. em. Sophie Oluwole on ‘Socrates and Orunmila’
Het 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’ →
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