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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 14:00
One event on 16 October 2019 at 14:00
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…
Study Group Philosophy & Psychiatry: Meeting October 2nd
On Wednesday October 2nd 2019 there will be another meeting for the Study Group Philosophy & Psychiatry. The meeting will take place at Radboud University (room EOS 1.135) from 18:00 to approximately 20:00. We'll have two presentations: one by Wilma Göttgens (pharmacist and researcher at RadboudUMC) and one by Sanne van Driel (PhD student at Tilburg University). Participation is, as always, free of charge, but please do register in advance so that we can order enough food!
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 14:00
One event on 16 October 2019 at 14:00
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…
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 14:00
One event on 16 October 2019 at 14:00
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…
Autumn School: “Beyond the Canon: Unexplored Topics and Forgotten Thinkers?”
Textbooks on the history of philosophy deal with what are widely agreed to be the most important themes and thinkers of the past two-and-a-half thousand years. They discuss, among others, the views of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, and Kant, as well as the major traditions and debates in epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics: rationalism vs. empiricism, essentialism vs. nominalism, realism vs. idealism, and consequentialism vs. deontology. But how did the philosophical canon presented in the textbooks arise? To what…
Symposium – Ancient Buddhist Meditation: Historical, Philosophical and Comparative Perspectives
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Rupert Gethin (Bristol)Description --Meditation practices are a core component of Ancient Indian Buddhism and an essential factor in the development of Buddhist philosophy as a whole. Ancient Buddhist meditation is naturally intertwined with key philosophical topics such as the nature of consciousness and qualia, the phenomenology of subjective experience, the nature of emotions, the self, causality, free will and the meaning of life. Today, scholars in cognitive psychology and neurosciences are actively engaged in exploring meditation practices…
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…
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…
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…