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Seminar: The Discourses of the Buddha: A philosophical exploration
One event on 13 December 2019 at 15:00
One event on 29 November 2019 at 15:00
One event on 15 November 2019 at 15:00
One event on 23 October 2019 at 15:00
One event on 16 October 2019 at 15:00
This seminar offers a philosophical exploration of one of the oldest founding collections of the Buddhist tradition: the Discourses preserved in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pāli Canon (first century BCE). The Discourses address a wide range of theoretical and practical issues, such as: the nature of persons, human psychology, happiness and suffering, causation, theory of knowledge, phenomenology of experience, the method for investigating reality. The Discourses offer thus a unique and enjoyable point of entrance in the ancient Buddhist…
OZSW PhD Writing Retreat
Do you have trouble concentrating on your writing? Do e-mails keep dropping in just as you were about to finish that paper? If you need to banish distraction and focus to chase your PhD goals, a writing retreat could be just what you need! Finally, you’ll have the time and space to write: The OZSW PhD council is organizing a writing retreat from 6-8 December at the beautiful ISVW Landgoed for all OZSW PhD students. For only 50,- euros, you will get a private room for the…
Phenomenology and Aesthetics Workshop
Along with the OZSW Phenomenology Study Group, the Philosophy Department of Tilburg University is hosting a one-day workshop on Phenomenology and Aesthetics. The morning session will consist of work-in-progress papers from PhD and early-career researchers, and the afternoon session will comprise of a keynote lecture and reading group, led by our invited speaker Arthur Cools (University of Antwerp). We encourage PhD and early-career researchers to submit work-in-progress papers for presentation, on any topic that falls broadly within the remit of…
OZSW Moral Psychology Study Group Meeting with Alessandra Tanesini
The next meeting of the OZSW Moral Psychology Study Group will be at Tilburg University Room DZ08 on December 11th. Our special guest for this meeting is Professor Alessandra Tanesini from Cardiff University who talk about Intellectual Character Virtues and Attitudes (abstract below). We will also have three talks from three PhD students who are members of the group. Attendance is free, to register please email a.t.m.archer@uvt.nl 13:30- 14.15 Georgina Mills: TBC Coffee Break 14:30- 15.15 Thijs Heijmeskamp: TBC 15.15- 16:00 Yvette Drissen: What…
Seminar: The Discourses of the Buddha: A philosophical exploration
One event on 13 December 2019 at 15:00
One event on 29 November 2019 at 15:00
One event on 15 November 2019 at 15:00
One event on 23 October 2019 at 15:00
One event on 16 October 2019 at 15:00
This seminar offers a philosophical exploration of one of the oldest founding collections of the Buddhist tradition: the Discourses preserved in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pāli Canon (first century BCE). The Discourses address a wide range of theoretical and practical issues, such as: the nature of persons, human psychology, happiness and suffering, causation, theory of knowledge, phenomenology of experience, the method for investigating reality. The Discourses offer thus a unique and enjoyable point of entrance in the ancient Buddhist…
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 concept calls for philosophical reflection on the nature, scope and applicability of responsibility and innovation in innovation practices in general, and the way social-ethical issues…
39th Dutch-Flemish Day of Philosophy
In collaboration with the OZSW, the University of Twente Department of Philosophy is organizing the 39 th Dutch-Flemish Day of Philosophy. The day offers an excellent opportunity to research master students and PhD students in philosophy to present their work and engage in discussions with other philosophers. The Dutch Research School of Philosophy (OZSW) and the University of Twente invite all to register for the annual Dutch-Flemish Day of Philosophy that will take place in Enschede on February 22 nd ,…
Workshop “The embeddedness of psychopathology”
On February 5th 2020 we'll organize a small symposium/workshop on the embeddedness of psychopathology. Core theme will be the various recent approaches that try to make sense of mental disorders and psychopathological experience by highlighting the various ways in which these are embedded (e.g. fields of affordances; niche construction; mental institutions). During this meeting there will be a lecture by Joel Krueger (University of Exeter). More information will follow in due time.
Study Group Phenomenology and Predictive Coding, with a lecture by Julian Kiverstein (UvA)
Study Group Phenomenology and Predictive Coding, with a lecture by Julian Kiverstein (UvA). This event will take place at University of Groningen, Faculty of Philosophy, room Beta. Schedule: 1pm – opening 1pm - 2.20pm – group discussion of selected reading materials 2.20pm-2.40pm – break 2.40pm - 4pm – lecture Julian Kiverstein + Q/A 4pm – close (drinks optional) You can register for this event (for free) by sending an e-mail to phenomenologicalworkspace@gmail.com. You will then receive copies of the reading…