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CONTACT:https://rccs.rutgers.edu/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2023/0
4/28/2376/54/sixth-rutgers-workshop-on-chinese-philosophy?Itemid=147
DESCRIPTION:
Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philos
ophy (RWCP) was launched in 2012. It is designed to build a bridg
e between Chinese philosophy and Western analytic philosophy and to promot
e critical engagement and constructive dialogue between the two sides\, wi
th the hope to diversify the practice of philosophy by bringing the study
of Chinese philosophy into the mainstream of philosophical discourse withi
n the Western academy. It is run every other year\, usually in late spring
.
\n
Sixth RWCP\, “New Voices in Chinese
Philosophy\,” will be held in person\, with live streaming throu
gh Zoom\, on Friday\, April 28\, 2023. Six junior scholars of Chinese phil
osophy\, representing new voices in the field\, will engage six more senio
r scholars. This year’s workshop is co-sponsored by Rutgers Global\, Relig
ion Department\, Rutgers Center for the Philosophy of Religion\, and Philo
sophy Department. RSVP is required for attendance\, either in-person (limi
ted to the room capacity) or online. Click here to register.
\n
Program
\n
\n
\n
\n
8:20a.m. Breakfast
\n
8:50a.m. – 9:00a.m. Welcoming Remarks
\nKa
ren Bennett\, Chair of Philosophy Department\, Rutgers University
\n
9:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. “Relational Normativity: Williams’s Thick Eth
ical Concepts in Confucian Ethical Communities”
\nPresenter:
Sai-Ying Ng (CUNY Graduate Center)
\nCommentator: Alex Guerrero (Rut
gers University)
\nModerator: Stephen Angle (Wesleyan University)
\nRapporteur: Esther Goh (Rutgers University)
\n
10:00a.m. – 10:15a
.m. tea break
\n
10:15a.m. – 11:15a.m. “Paradoxes in the
Zhuangzi”
\nPresenter: Chun-Man Kwong (University of Ox
ford)
\nCommentator: Graham Priest (CUNY Graduate Center)
\nMode
rator: Karen Bennett (Rutgers University)
\nRapporteur: Adrian Liu (R
utgers University)
\n
11:15a.m. – 11:30a.m. tea break
\n
11:30a.
m. – 12:30p.m. “A Mohist Theory of Reference”
\nPres
enter: Susan Blake (Skidmore College)
\nCommentator: Jane Geaney (Uni
versity of Richmond)
\nModerator: Dean Zimmerman (Rutgers University)
\nRapporteur: Esther Goh (Rutgers University)
\n
\n
\n
\n
12:30p.m. – 1:3
0p.m. Lunch (onsite)
\n
1:30p.m. – 2:30p.m.
“Wealth\, Poverty\, and Living a Moral Life: Confucius and Mencius”
\nPresenter: Frederick Choo (Rutgers University)
\nCommentato
r: Stephen Angle (Wesleyan University)
\nModerator: Tanja Sargent (Ru
tgers University)
\nRapporteur: Esther Goh (Rutgers University)
\n
2:30p.m. – 2:45p.m. tea break
\n
2:45p.m. – 3:45p.m. “Grat
itude and Debt in Western and Confucian Ethics”
\nPresenter:
Choo Lok-Chui (Nanyang Technological University)
\nCommentator: Fran
ces Kamm (Rutgers University)
\nModerator: Hagop Sarkissian (CUNY Bar
uch College)
\nRapporteur: Esther Goh (Rutgers University)
\n
3:
45p.m. – 4:00p.m. tea break
\n
4:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. “‘Flying b
y Not Having Wings’ — in and beyond the Zhuangzi”
\nPresenter: L. K. Gustin Law (University of Chicago)
\nCommentator:
Lincoln Rathnam (Duke Kunshan University)
\nModerator: George Tsai (U
niversity of Hawaii at Manoa)
\nRapporteur: Esther Goh (Rutgers Unive
rsity)
\n
\n
\n
\n
Tickets: https://rutgers.zoom.us/
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CONTACT:https://event.newschool.edu/ipnh2023
DESCRIPTION:
Join us for a series of keynote presentations as part of the
2023 Institute for Philosophy and New Humanities: Mind-Dependent Artifact
s: Artifact-Dependent Minds.
\n
Artifacts are a primary object of stu
dy in the humanities. They are products and\, thus\, manifestations of hum
an thought\, action\, and self-determination without which they cannot be
understood. At the same time\, human mindedness depends on artifacts\, and
as well as other objects – a dependence that is manifest in the form of a
rtifacts. Human mindedness and the reality of artifacts are therefore inte
rtwined in complex ways.
\n
Our Fall institute meeting 2023 Institute
will consider ways in which human mindedness and the reality of artifacts
are dialectically intertwined. Of special interest will be automatically
or mechanically produced artifacts\, and AI systems as artifacts that are
neither inert causal models of human thinking nor independently minded ent
ities. The ontology of such products thus needs to be calibrated in light
of their contribution to the deep diversity of the mutual dependence of mi
ndedness and artifacts. Some questions our seminar will address include: H
ow do AI-research and AI-systems structure and restructure the historical\
, diverse articulation of human mindedness? How does our understanding of
these and other artifacts shape our self-conception at the most fundamenta
l level?
\n
\n
We will explore these issues in the ontology\,
epistemology\, and humanistic study of AI and other artifacts together wit
h distinguished keynote speakers:
\n
Monday\, September 11\, 4pm
\nHans Ulrich Gumbrecht: UNFOLDING A FUZZY FUTURE? Dimensions for
Thinking about “Singularity”
\n
\n
Tuesday\, Septembe
r 12\, 10am
\nCameron Buckner: Understanding Progress in AI U
sing Empiricist Philosophy of Mind
\n
\n
Wednesday\, Se
ptember 13\, 3pm
\nKanta Dihal
\n
Wednesday\, S
eptember 13\, 5pm
\nDavid Chalmers: Forum Hu
manum Lecture
\n
\n
Thursday\, September 14\, 4pm
\nNandi Theunissen: Rethinking Regress Arguments for the Value of
Humanity
\n
\n
Friday\, September 15\, 4pm
\nKalindi Vora
\n
Tickets: https://event.newsc
hool.edu/ipnh2023#rsvp.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Fordham
CONTACT:https://philevents.org/event/show/111406
DESCRIPTION:
Ideas about “identity” and “difference” proliferate in the n
ews media\, in higher education\, in political disputations\, and in criti
cal theories of society. Claims about “identity” and “difference” can rea
dily be found at work in a wide variety of typologies\, including those of
race\, class\, ethnicity\, gender\, sexuality\, religion\, nationality\,
political affiliation\, ability and disability\, animality and humanity\,
etc. But what exactly do we mean when we speak of “identity” or “differen
ce”? And if we achieve greater clarity about the metaphysical presupposit
ions and implications of “identity” and “difference\,” what difference wou
ld that make?
\n
A serious metaphysical examination of “identity” and
“difference” will expectedly generate a wide variety of questions. Is di
scourse about what is “identical” reducible to discourse about what is “th
e same”? Is discourse about what is “different” reducible to discourse ab
out what is “other”? Can something be “the same” without being “identical
\,” and can something be “other” without being “different”? When we speak
about “being\,” does our speaking about it have many different senses (is
it spoken of analogically)\, or instead does our speaking about being alw
ays have the same sense (is it spoken of univocally)? Does the “identity”
of a thing depend mainly on the thing’s status as an individual\, or does
it depend instead on the thing’s membership in a general kind? Does an u
nderstanding of identity depend on some reference to what is different? O
r does an understanding of difference depend on some reference to identity
? What is the relation of knowing to being: is it one of identity\, or di
fference\, or some combination of both? Is it possible for a knower to di
scern real differences between things without discerning intelligible diff
erences\, or does the indiscernibility of intelligible differences imply t
hat there are no real differences at all but rather an identity? Does dif
ference depend on negation\, or can one assert that there is difference wi
thout having to assert that something is “not”? Does it make sense to spe
ak of an ontological difference\, i.e.\, a difference between Being and be
ings\, or is it senseless – maybe even useless – to speak of a difference
between Being and beings? Is “being” different from “nothing\,” or is it
possible for differences to exist only among beings (in which case there
apparently cannot be a difference between “being” and “nothing”)?
\n
In spite of the virtual ubiquity of discourses about identity and differen
ce\, there is a dearth of discourse about the metaphysical presuppositions
and implications of “identity and difference.” With its choice of confer
ence theme for 2024 (“Identity\, Difference\, and the Difference that Meta
physics Makes”)\, the Metaphysical Society of America wishes to provoke de
eper thinking about the metaphysics of identity and difference\, with the
hope that such deeper thinking will make a meaningful difference in both t
heory and practice.
\n
Proposals for papers on the conference theme a
re especially encouraged\, but papers on other metaphysical topics are als
o welcome. Please note: when selecting which submissions to accept for th
is conference\, the Program Committee will regard “relevance to theme” as
one important criterion among others.
\n
****************************
************
\n
Guidelines for the Submission of Abstracts\,
and for Aristotle and Plato Prize Candidates
\n
Abstracts of
approximately 500 words should be submitted electronically by September 3
0\, 2023\, to: secretary@metaphysicalsociety.org.
\n
Aristotle Pri
ze: Those wishing to be considered for the Aristotle Prize of the Meta
physical Society should submit full papers along with their abstracts. El
igibility for the Aristotle Prize extends only to persons who have not yet
earned a Ph.D.. Those wishing to be considered for the Aristotle Prize s
hould express this wish clearly in the email note that accompanies their s
ubmission. Papers submitted for the Aristotle Prize are subject to a 3\,7
50 word limit\; this word limit applies to the body of the text to be read
at the meeting\, and not to footnotes or other supporting material. The
Aristotle Prize carries a cash award of $500\, inclusion in the program\,
and assistance with the costs associated with attending the meeting. To b
e considered for the Aristotle Prize\, full papers and abstracts must be s
ubmitted by September 30\, 2023 to:secretary@metaphysicalsociety.org.
\n
Plato Prize: Those wishing to be considered for the Plato Priz
e of the Metaphysical Society should submit full papers along with their a
bstracts. Eligibility for the Plato Prize extends only to persons who rec
eived a Ph.D. degree within six years of the conference submission date (i
.e.\, persons who hold a Ph.D. degree which was conferred after September
30\, 2017). Those wishing to be considered for the Plato Prize should exp
ress this wish clearly in the email note that accompanies their submission
. Papers submitted for the Plato Prize are subject to a 3\,750 word limit
\; this word limit applies to the body of the text to be read at the meeti
ng\, and not to footnotes or other supporting material. The Plato Prize c
arries a cash award of $500\, inclusion in the program\, and assistance wi
th the costs associated with attending the meeting. To be considered for
the Plato Prize\, full papers and abstracts must be submitted by September
30\, 2023 to:secretary@metaphysicalsociety.org.
\n
Travel Grants<
/u>: Thanks to the generous support of past presidents of the MSA and a gr
ant from the Hocking-Cabot Fund for Systematic Philosophy\, the Metaphysic
al Society is pleased to be able to offer reimbursements for travel expens
es up to $350 to graduate students whose papers are selected for the confe
rence program (those wishing to receive such reimbursements must provide t
he Metaphysical Society with all relevant expense-receipts).
\n
Those
who submit abstracts\, and those who submit full papers plus abstracts fo
r the Aristotle Prize or Plato Prize\, will receive notice of the Program
Committee’s decision on their submission no later than December 1\, 2023.<
/p>\n
\n<
p>Tickets:
https://www.metaphysicalsociety.org
/2024/2024_meeting.htm.
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CONTACT:https://philosophy.rutgers.edu/events/department-calendar/month.cal
endar/2024/04/09/-
DESCRIPTION:
Social Metaphysics Workshop – location tbd
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:CUNY
CONTACT:https://logic.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
DESCRIPTION:
\n
Abstract: It i
s widely recognized by proponents of the notion that grounding can be\, in
deed is\, overdetermined. Further to this\, it seems safe to suppose that
something of a consensus has emerged: grounding is overdetermined and the
re is nothing about it\, either conceptually or metaphysically\, that we o
ught to find concerning. But from a small sampling of alleged cases no su
ch conclusions can responsibly be drawn. This paper aims to demonstrate t
hat there is nothing obvious or straightforward about grounding overdeterm
ination and that the topic is deserving of much more serious philosophical
attention.
\n
The Logic and Metaphysics Workshop will be meeting on
Mondays from 4:15 to 6:15 (NY time) entirely online\, unless otherwise not
ed. The provisional schedule is as follows:
\n
Sep 13. Ricki Bliss (L
ehigh University)
\n
Sep 20. Teresa Kouri Kissel (Old Dominion Univer
sity)
\n
Sep 27. Rashed Ahmad (University of Connecticut)
\n
Oct
4. Yale Weiss (CUNY GC)
\n
Oct 11. NO MEETING
\n
Oct 18. Rohit
Parikh (CUNY GC)
\n
Oct 25. Noah Friedman-Biglin (San José State Univ
ersity)
\n
Nov 1. Thomas Macaulay Ferguson (University of Amsterdam)<
/p>\n
Nov 8. Roman Kossak (CUNY GC)
\n
Nov 15. Sara Uckelman (Durha
m University)
\n
Nov 22. Konstantinos Georgatos (John Jay)
\n
No
v 29. Martin Pleitz (Münster)
\n
Dec 6. Dirk Batens (University of Gh
ent)
\n
Dec 13. Dolf Rami (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
\n
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210913T181500
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SEQUENCE:0
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Workshop
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:CUNY
CONTACT:https://logic.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
DESCRIPTION:
\n
The Logic and Metaphysics Works
hop will be meeting on Mondays from 4:15 to 6:15 (NY time) entirely online
\, unless otherwise noted. The provisional schedule is as follows:
\n
Sep 13. Ricki Bliss (Lehigh University)
\n
Sep 20. Teresa Kouri Kiss
el (Old Dominion University)
\n
Sep 27. Rashed Ahmad (University of C
onnecticut)
\n
Oct 4. Yale Weiss (CUNY GC)
\n
Oct 11. NO MEETING
\n
Oct 18. Rohit Parikh (CUNY GC)
\n
Oct 25. Noah Friedman-Bigl
in (San José State University)
\n
Nov 1. Thomas Macaulay Ferguson (Un
iversity of Amsterdam)
\n
Nov 8. Roman Kossak (CUNY GC)
\n
Nov 1
5. Sara Uckelman (Durham University)
\n
Nov 22. Konstantinos Georgato
s (John Jay)
\n
Nov 29. Martin Pleitz (Münster)
\n
Dec 6. Dirk B
atens (University of Ghent)
\n
Dec 13. Dolf Rami (Ruhr-Universität Bo
chum)
\n
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op-3/
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Columbia U
CONTACT:https://scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/events/robert-iliffe-thousan
d-fictions-cultism-and-delusional-metaphysics-newton-leibniz-disputes
DESCRIPTION:
The rich philosophical and mathematical disputes that took p
lace between Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz at the start of the eighte
enth century have received more historical attention than any other exchan
ge in the history of philosophy. Nevertheless\, in this talk\, Robert Ilif
fe discusses a prominent but neglected aspect of their disagreement\, name
ly the mutual claim that their opponents’ conceptual foundations were fict
ional\, and were the product both of diseased thinking and of illegitimate
ly organized intellectual structures. Newton assailed Leibniz’s allegedly
debased metaphysics in various prominent places\, and mobilized allies suc
h as Roger Cotes and John Keill to do the same. Nevertheless\, by far the
most sophisticated critique of illicit philosophical assumptions was launc
hed against Newton by Leibniz in his correspondence with Samuel Clarke. In
the Fifth letter to Clarke\, Leibniz identified core Newtonian positions
as infantile\, vulgar\, and profoundly irreligious\, asserting that they w
ere dangerous fictions that were less plausible and much less edifying tha
n the rational romances of writers in the previous century. Although Leibn
iz saved his most potent intellectual weapons for his final letter to Clar
ke\, Robert Iliffe suggests that his attack on the fictional status of New
ton’s work was no mere codicil to his general critique of Newton’s philoso
phy\, but instead lay at the heart of it. This famous debate\, while of co
urse somewhat sui generis\, is indicative of more general and dynamic feat
ures of intellectual debate.
\n
Event Speaker
\n
Robert Iliffe\, Professor of the Hist
ory of Science at the University of Oxford
\n
Event Information
\n
This event is free and open to the public\; Registration required. Please contact scienceandsociety@columbia.edu with any quest
ions.
\n
This event is part of the New Yo
rk History of Science Lecture Series.
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hysics in the Newton-Leibniz Disputes
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Columbia U
CONTACT:https://universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminars/comparative-philos
ophy/
DESCRIPTION:
ABSTRACT: The Shenzi Fragments\, numbering a mere
3\,000 or so characters in length\, is all that remains of a work attribut
ed to Shen Dao (ca. 350-275 BCE). While perhaps best known for his appeara
nce in the Han Feizi as an advocate for positional power (勢 shi)\, he also
makes an appearance in the Xunzi as one who is blinded by his focus on 法
fa (models\, standards\, laws). We will examine the fragments that discus
s fa in an attempt to come to a deeper understanding of the role that thes
e fragments see for the fa\, how they are to be determined\, and why Shen
Dao took them to be central to a strong\, stable\, and flourishing state.
The fragments\, in classical Chinese with English translations (Harris 201
6)\, are included here as a PDF attachment.
\n
\n
DA
TE: October 22\, 2021
\n
TIME: 7:00-8:30 pm
\n
\n
This seminar will take place via Zoom (please scroll down for
the full invitation). Below you will find the link to join the meeting. T
he attached file is an instruction manual to help you familiarize yourself
with the program. In addition to familiarizing yourself with the program’
s basic functions\, there are two things we ask you to do before the meeti
ng can start. First\, you will need to sign in by typing your name in the
chat. Subsequently\, we will have to agree on the privacy policy for the m
eeting. The privacy policy provided by the Columbia University Seminars Of
fice will be read aloud. To indicate your agreement\, you will raise your
virtual Zoom hand in the Participants panel. In the manual\, you will find
step-by-step instructions of how to sign in and to raise your hand.
\n
Lead Presenter: Eirik Lang Harris
\n
Discussan
ts: Alejandro Bárcenas (Texas
State University)\, Yutang Jin (Princeton University)\, Mercedes Valmisa <
/a>(Gettysburg College)
\n
Note Regarding Donations: Due to
COVID-19\, donations are only accepted through Columbia University’s secu
re online giving form\, Giving to Columbia.
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SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:A Discussion of Fa (法) in the Shenzi: Eirik Lang Harris
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/a-discussion-of-fa-%e6%b
3%95-in-the-shenzi-eirik-lang-harris/
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CONTACT:https://logic.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/01/18/spring-2022-schedule/
DESCRIPTION:
The Logic and Metaphysics Workshop will be meeting on Monday
s from 4:15 to 6:15 (NY time). Speakers may present either virtually or in
-person\; the details will be announced for each talk individually. Meetin
gs will convene at the Graduate Center\, Room 5382. You may attend
any talk from that location (even if the speaker is not physically present
). At least for any talk for which the speaker is not physically present\,
you will also be able to attend virtually from anywhere via Zoom. The pro
visional schedule is as follows:
\n
Feb 7. Guillermo Badia (Queenslan
d)
\n
Feb 14. Ekaterina Kubyshkina (Campinas)
\n
Feb 21. NO MEET
ING
\n
Feb 28. Michael Burton (Yale)
\n
Mar 7. David Papineau (K
ing’s)
\n
Mar 14. Wilfrid Hodges (King’s)
\n
Mar 21. Noson Yanof
sky (CUNY)
\n
Mar 28. Dongwoo Kim (CUNY)
\n
Apr 4. Jenn McDonald
(Columbia)
\n
Apr 11. Justin Bledin (Johns Hopkins)
\n
Apr 18.
NO MEETING
\n
Apr 25. Tore Fjetland Øgaard (Bergen)
\n
May 2. El
ia Zardini (Madrid)
\n
May 9. Friederike Moltmann (CNRS Nice)
\n
May 16. Mircea Dumitru (Bucharest)
\n
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220207T181500
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URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/logic-and-metaphysics-wo
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CONTACT:https://universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminars/comparative-philos
ophy/
DESCRIPTION:
THE COLUMBIA SOCI
ETY FOR COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY
\n
\n
<
b>Presents: Li Zehou on the ‘Deep Str
uctures of Confucianism’
\n
Lead Presenter: Andrew Lambert (College of Staten Island\
, CUNY)
\n
Discussa
nts: Robert A. Carleo III (East China Normal University)\, Emma Bucht
el (Hong Kong Education University)
\n
ABSTRACT: Contemporary Chinese intellectual Li Zeh
ou’s cross-cultural methodology blends traditional Confucian thought with
thinkers such as Kant and Marx. This seminar addresses the question of cul
ture and its role in Li’s thought. Li has made several claims about how a
settled cultural tradition influences the subjects within it. One such cla
im concerns the existence of ‘deep structures’ of Confucianism\, as outlin
ed in this preparatory reading
. The idea is that culture\, history\, and social practice (col
lectively\, a tradition) shape human psychology (including the formation o
f concepts\, emotions\, and values) in ways not always apparent to the sub
ject. Within the Chinese tradition\, Confucianism constitutes such a deep
structure\, and its effects cannot be captured by textual studies alone\,
nor studies of material culture. Rather\, the deep structure is articulate
d in terms of an emergent shared subjectivity. Such traditions can evolve
and ultimately dissolve\; nevertheless\, their effects are deep-rooted. Th
is seminar meeting will aim to identify the parameters of Li’s ambitious t
heoretical framework and its plausibility\, and to explore connections wit
h current work in related fields\, such as cultural and empirical psycholo
gy.
\n
DATE: Ma
rch 25\, 2022
\n
TI
ME: 6:30 – 8:00 pm EST
\n
This seminar will take place via Zoom (please scroll down for the
full invitation). Below you will find the link to join the meeting. Here is an instruction manual
to help you familiarize yourself with the program. In addition to fam
iliarizing yourself with the program’s basic functions\, there are two thi
ngs we ask you to do before the meeting can start. First\, you will need t
o sign in by typing your name in the chat. Subsequently\, we will have to
agree on the privacy policy for the meeting. The privacy policy provided b
y the Columbia University Seminars Office will be read aloud. To indicate
your agreement\, you will raise your virtual Zoom hand in the Participants
panel. In the manual\, you will find step-by-step instructions of how to
sign in and to raise your hand.
\n
Note Regarding Donations: Due to COVID-19\, donations
are only accepted through Columbia University’s secure online giving form
\, Giving to Columbia.
\n
\n
Accessibility Statement: Columbia University encourages p
ersons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. Th
e University Seminars participants with dis- abilities who anticipate need
ing accommodations or who have questions about physical access may contact
the Office of Disability Services at 212.85
4.2388 or disability@columbia.edu. Disabili
ty accommodations\, including sign-language interpreters\, are available o
n request. Requests for accommodations must be made two weeks in advance.
On campus\, seminar participants with disabilities should alert a Public S
afety Officer if they need assistance accessing campus.
\n
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE:
https://universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminars/co
mparative-philosophy/
\n
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220325T200000
GEO:+40.712775;-74.005973
LOCATION:Zoom @ New York\, NY\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Li Zehou. Deep Structures of Confucianism
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/li-zehou-deep-structures
-of-confucianism/
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:CUNY
CONTACT:https://logic.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/08/19/fall-2022-schedule/
DESCRIPTION:
The Logic and Metaphysics Workshop will be meeting on Monday
s from 4:15 to 6:15 (NY time). Talks may be either virtual (via Zoom) or i
n-person (at the Graduate Center\, Room 7314). The provisional schedule is
as follows:
\n
Sept 5. NO MEETING
\n
Sep 12. Yasuo Deguchi (Kyo
to)
\n
Sep 19. Bokai Yao (Notre Dame)
\n
Sep 26. Gabriella Pigoz
zi (Paris Dauphine)\, Louise Dupuis (Paris Dauphine)\, and Matteo Michelin
i (Eindhoven)
\n
Oct 3. Yale Weiss (CUNY)
\n
Oct 10. NO MEETING<
/p>\n
Oct 17. Guillermo Badia (Queensland)
\n
Oct 24. Friederika Mo
ltmann (CNRS\, Côte d’Azur)
\n
Oct 31. Rohit Parikh (CUNY)
\n
No
v 7. Victoria Gitman (CUNY)
\n
Nov 14. Tommy Kivatinos (Auburn)
\n
Nov 21. Marko Malink (NYU)
\n
Nov 28. William McCarthy (Columbia)<
/p>\n
Dec 5. Martin Pleitz (Muenster)
\n
Dec 12. Harry Deutsch (Ill
inois State)
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220912T181500
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LOCATION:CUNY Grad Center 7314 & Zoom @ 365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY 10016\,
USA
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RDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T161500
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SUMMARY:Logic and Metaphysics Workshop
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/logic-and-metaphysics-wo
rkshop-17/
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CONTACT:https://universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminars/comparative-philos
ophy/
DESCRIPTION:
With responses from
Mark Siderits (Illinois State University)
\n
ABSTRACT: Budd
hist philosophers often draw a distinction between two different kinds of
truth: conventional truth (saṃvṭi-satya) and ultimate truth (paramārtha-sa
tya). Abhidharma Buddhists philosophers typically understand this distinct
ion in terms of an ontological distinction between two different kinds of
entities: ultimately real entities (paramārtha-sat) and conventionally rea
l entities (saṃvṛti-sat). Similar to contemporary philosophical discussion
s about ordinary objects\, Buddhist philosophers debate the ontological st
atus of conventional entities and the semantics of discourse concerning th
em. Mark Siderits (2015\, 2021\, 2022) has influentially argued for an eli
minitivist position he calls “Buddhist reductionism” that interprets the A
bhidharma position as one that denies conventional entities exist but that
retains discourse involving apparent reference to them. However\, in a re
cent article Kris McDaniel (2019)\, a prominent defender of ontological pl
uralism\, challenges that view by proposing that the Abhidharma Buddhist d
istinction between conventional truth and ultimate truth be “defined up” f
rom a more basic distinction between two different ways an entity can exis
t: conventionally or ultimately. In this paper I argue that Saṃghabhadra’s
account of conventional reality and truth does lends itself well to McDan
iel’s proposal but I will also argue that the account of conventional and
ultimate truth that results differs in important ways from the models he o
ffers. I will end by offering a modification of McDaniel’s account of conv
entional truth that is derived from Saṃghabhadra’s pluralist ontology. Tha
t view will\, unlike the views suggested by both Siderits and McDaniel\, a
llow for there to be ultimate truths about what is conventionally true.
\n
\n
Dinner will
be kindly offered by the Columbia University Seminars.
\n
RSVP is required for dinner. Please email Lucilla with
eating requirements at lm3335@columb
ia.edu.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220930T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220930T193000
GEO:+40.806753;-73.959136
LOCATION:Faculty House\, Columbia U @ 64 Morningside Dr\, New York\, NY 100
27\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Buddhist Conventional Truth and Ontological Pluralism. Laura P. Gue
rrero (William & Mary)
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/buddhist-conventional-tr
uth-and-ontological-pluralism-laura-p-guerrero-william-mary/
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CONTACT:https://logic.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
DESCRIPTION:
Neopragmatists seek to sidestep metaphysical puzzles by shif
ting the target of philosophical explanation from the objects we think and
talk about to the functions of expressions and concepts in our cognitive
economy. Logical vocabulary can serve as a target for neopragmatist inquir
y\, and it has also posed obstacles to neopragmatist accounts of other voc
abulary. I will argue that the obstacles can be addressed by adopting a ne
opragmatist perspective toward logical relations\, such as logical consequ
ence\, and toward propositional content. Doing so calls into question two
purported constraints on explanations of the functions of logical connecti
ves. I will sketch an account made possible by rejecting those constraints
\, one according to which logical connectives serve to express dialectical
attitudes. The proposal is deflationary in two ways: it rests on an exten
sion of deflationism from truth to logical relations\, and it aims to defl
ate some of neopragmatists’ theoretical ambitions.
\n
Hi\, All. Below
is the provisional program for the Workshop this coming semester. Meetin
gs will be as usual: Mondays 16.15-18.15 at the GC. Room 9205. We are reve
rting to face to face meetings. (No more Zoom.)
\n
\n
Feb 27 L
ionel Shapiro\, UConn
\n
Mar 6 Gary Ostertag\, GC
\n
Mar 13 Mel
Fitting GC
\n
Mar 20 Shawn Simpson
\n
Mar 27 Brad Armour-Garb\,
SUNY Albany
\n
Apr 3 Thomas Ferguson\, Prague
\n
Apr 10 Spri
ng recess. No meeting
\n
Apr 17 Branden Fitelson\, Northeastern<
/p>\n
Apr 24 Andrea Iacona\, Turin
\n
May 1 Samara Burns\, Columbia
\n
May 10 Special event. Note that this is a Wednesday and t
he session will run all afternoon:
\n
Marc Colyvan (Sydney)
and Heinrich Wansing (Bochum)\, Daniel Skurt (Bochum)
\n
May 15 Maci
ej Sendłak\, Warsaw
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230227T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230227T181500
GEO:+40.748789;-73.984092
LOCATION:CUNY Grad Center 9205 @ 365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY 10016\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Neopragmatism and logic: A deflationary proposal. Lionel Shapiro (U
Conn)
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/neopragmatism-and-logic-
a-deflationary-proposal-lionel-shapiro-uconn/
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CONTACT:https://logic.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
DESCRIPTION:
Hi\, All. Below is the provisional program for the Workshop
this coming semester. Meetings will be as usual: Mondays 16.15-18.15 at t
he GC. Room 9205. We are reverting to face to face meetings. (No more Zoom
.)
\n
\n
Feb 27 Lionel Shapiro\, UConn
\n
Mar 6 Gary Oste
rtag\, GC
\n
Mar 13 Mel Fitting GC
\n
Mar 20 Shawn Simpson
\n
Mar 27 Brad Armour-Garb\, SUNY Albany
\n
Apr 3 Thomas Ferguson\, P
rague
\n
Apr 10 Spring recess. No meeting
\n
Apr 17 Bra
nden Fitelson\, Northeastern
\n
Apr 24 Andrea Iacona\, Turin
\n
May 1 Samara Burns\, Columbia
\n
May 10 Special event. Note t
hat this is a Wednesday and the session will run all afternoon:<
/p>\n
Marc Colyvan (Sydney) and Heinrich Wansing (Bochum)\, Daniel Skurt
(Bochum)
\n
May 15 Maciej Sendłak\, Warsaw
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230306T181500
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EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20230327T161500
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6\, USA
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RDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20230515T161500
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Logic and Metaphysics Workshop
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/logic-and-metaphysics-wo
rkshop-18/
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CONTACT:https://logic.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
DESCRIPTION:
Saul Kripke announced his possible world semantics in 1959\,
and published his proof of axiomatic completeness for the standard modal
logics of the time in 1963. It is very unlike the standard completeness p
roof used today\, which involves a Lindenbaum/Henkin construction and prod
uces canonical models. Kripke’s proof involved tableaus\, in a format tha
t is difficult to follow\, and uses tableau construction algorithms that a
re complex and somewhat error prone to describe. I will first discuss Krip
ke’s proof\, then the historical origins of the modern version. Then I wi
ll show that completeness\, proved Kripke style\, could actually have been
done in the Lindenbaum/Henkin way\, thus simplifying things considerably.
None of this is new but\, with the parts collected together it is an int
eresting story. “In my end is my beginning”.
\n
Hi\, All. Below is th
e provisional program for the Workshop this coming semester. Meetings wil
l be as usual: Mondays 16.15-18.15 at the GC. Room 9205. We are reverting
to face to face meetings. (No more Zoom.)
\n
\n
Feb 27 Lionel
Shapiro\, UConn
\n
Mar 6 Gary Ostertag\, GC
\n
Mar 13 Mel Fittin
g GC
\n
Mar 20 Shawn Simpson
\n
Mar 27 Brad Armour-Garb\, SUNY A
lbany
\n
Apr 3 Thomas Ferguson\, Prague
\n
Apr 10 Spring rec
ess. No meeting
\n
Apr 17 Branden Fitelson\, Northeastern
\n<
p>Apr 24 Andrea Iacona\, Turin\n
May 1 Samara Burns\, Columbia
\n
May 10 Special event. Note that this is a Wednesday and the se
ssion will run all afternoon:
\n
Marc Colyvan (Sydney) and H
einrich Wansing (Bochum)\, Daniel Skurt (Bochum)
\n
May 15 Maciej Sen
dłak\, Warsaw
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230313T181500
GEO:+40.748789;-73.984092
LOCATION:CUNY Grad Center Room 9205/9206 @ 365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY 1001
6\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:On Kripke’s proof of Kripke completeness. Melvin Fitting (CUNY)
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/on-kripkes-proof-of-krip
ke-completeness-melvin-fitting-cuny/
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Columbia U
CONTACT:https://universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminars/comparative-philos
ophy/
DESCRIPTION:
Conceptual misalignment is a pervasive phenomenon in the stu
dies of Non-Western philosophy and the History of Philosophy (NW&HP). Howe
ver\, conceptual misalignment is often undetected\, unsuspected\, or seen
as a hurdle that NW&HP materials need to overcome to contribute to contemp
orary discussions. Specifically\, conceptual misalignment refers to the fo
llowing: In the process of crystalizing NW&HP materials\, a linguistic coo
rdination of concepts is formed between the speaker\, i.e.\, NW&HP\, and i
ts context of contemporary anglophone philosophy. However\, in philosophic
ally meaningful ways\, the original NW&HP concept and its anglophone count
erpart misalign. This misalignment is particularly intricate and hard to d
etect when it comes to emotion concepts\, as they are thought to involve p
henomenal and/or intentional features. Through investigating the concept o
f emotion in Chinese philosophy\, I propose a refocusing on conceptual mis
alignment as a method of cross-cultural comparative and history of philoso
phy. Moreover\, I argue that conceptual misalignment is an important resou
rce for contemporary conceptual engineering and amelioration projects.
\n
With responses from Andrew Lambert (College of Staten Island\,
CUNY)
\n
RSVP is required for dinner. Dinner will take place
at a nearby restaurant. Please contact Lucilla at lm3335@columbia.edu for fu
rther information.
\n
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230317T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230317T193000
GEO:+40.807527;-73.960864
LOCATION:Philosophy Hall\, Columbia @ 1150 Amsterdam Ave\, New York\, NY 10
027\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:From Conceptual Misalignment to Conceptual Engineering: A Case Stud
y on Emotion from Chinese Philosophy. Wenqing Zhao (Whitman)
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/from-conceptual-misalign
ment-to-conceptual-engineering-a-case-study-on-emotion-from-chinese-philos
ophy-wenqing-zhao-whitman/
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CONTACT:https://logic.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
DESCRIPTION:
The sender-receiver model was developed by David Lewis to ta
ckle the question of the conventionality of meaning. But many people who c
ared about the conventionality of meaning did so because they thought it w
as intimately connected to the conventionality of logic. Since Lewis’s wor
k\, only a few attempts have been made to say anything about the nature of
logic and inference from the perspective of the sender-receiver model. Th
is talk will look at the what’s been said in that regard\, by Skyrms and o
thers\, and suggest a few general lessons.
\n
—
\n
Hi\, All. Bel
ow is the provisional program for the Workshop this coming semester. Meet
ings will be as usual: Mondays 16.15-18.15 at the GC. Room 9205. We are re
verting to face to face meetings. (No more Zoom.)
\n
\n
Feb 27
Lionel Shapiro\, UConn
\n
Mar 6 Gary Ostertag\, GC
\n
Mar 13 Me
l Fitting GC
\n
Mar 20 Shawn Simpson
\n
Mar 27 Brad Armour-Garb\
, SUNY Albany
\n
Apr 3 Thomas Ferguson\, Prague
\n
Apr 10 Sp
ring recess. No meeting
\n
Apr 17 Branden Fitelson\, Northeaster
n
\n
Apr 24 Andrea Iacona\, Turin
\n
May 1 Samara Burns\, Columb
ia
\n
May 10 Special event. Note that this is a Wednesday and
the session will run all afternoon:
\n
Marc Colyvan (Sydne
y) and Heinrich Wansing (Bochum)\, Daniel Skurt (Bochum)
\n
May 15 Ma
ciej Sendłak\, Warsaw
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230320T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230320T181500
GEO:+40.748789;-73.984092
LOCATION:CUNY Grad Center Room 9205/9206 @ 365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY 1001
6\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Logic and inference in the sender-receiver model. Shawn Simpson (Pi
tt)
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/logic-and-inference-in-t
he-sender-receiver-model-shawn-simpson-pitt/
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CONTACT:https://logic.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
DESCRIPTION:
What we call first-order logic over fixed domain was initiat
ed\, in a certain guise\, by Peirce around 1885 and championed\, albeit in
idiosyncratic form\, by Zermelo in papers from the 1930s. We characteriz
e such logics model- and proof-theoretically and argue that they constitut
e exploration of a clearly circumscribed conception of domain-dependent ge
nerality. Whereas a logic\, or family of such\, can be of interest for an
y of a variety of reasons\, we suggest that one of those reasons might be
that said logic fosters some clarification regarding just what qualifies a
s a logical concept\, a logical operation\, or a logical law.
\n
\n
Note: The published paper is available here: <
a href='https://doi.org/10.1111/theo.12382'>https://doi.org/10.1111/theo.1
2382.
\n
Hi\, All. Below is the provisional program
for the Workshop this coming semester. Meetings will be as usual: Monday
s 16.15-18.15 at the GC. Room 9205. We are reverting to face to face meeti
ngs. (No more Zoom.)
\n
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Feb 27 Lionel Shapiro\, UConn
\n
Mar 6 Gary Ostertag\, GC
\n
Mar 13 Mel Fitting GC
\n
Mar 20 S
hawn Simpson
\n
Mar 27 Brad Armour-Garb\, SUNY Albany
\n
Apr 3 T
homas Ferguson\, Prague
\n
Apr 10 Spring recess. No meeting<
/p>\n
Apr 17 Branden Fitelson\, Northeastern
\n
Apr 24 Andrea Iacon
a\, Turin
\n
May 1 Samara Burns\, Columbia
\n
May 10 Spe
cial event. Note that this is a Wednesday and the session will run all af
ternoon:
\n
Marc Colyvan (Sydney) and Heinrich Wansing (Boch
um)\, Daniel Skurt (Bochum)
\n
May 15 Maciej Sendłak\, Warsaw
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LOCATION:CUNY Grad Center Room 9205/9206 @ 365 5th Ave\, New York\, NY 1001
6\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:First-order logics over fixed domain. Gregory Taylor (CUNY)
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/first-order-logics-over-
fixed-domain-gregory-taylor-cuny/
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:New School for Social Research
CONTACT:https://event.newschool.edu/jocelynbenoist
DESCRIPTION:
Western metaphysics is based on the opposition between reali
ty and appearance. This construction essentially rests on a visual model\,
or more exactly on some staging of what visual experience is.
\nI am
going to question the basis of this metaphysics\, by taking into account
the reality of appearances and reflecting on their various uses\, in parti
cular artistic ones. This path will be taken in the first place by shiftin
g the focus of philosophical analysis from visual to acoustic models. Thus
\, I will envisage a realism of echoes\, as opposed to the metaphysics of
shadows.
\n
Biography:
\n
Jocelyn Beno
ist\, born in 1968\, is Professor at the university Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbo
nne\, where he teaches Contemporary Philosophy\, and currently a member of
the ‘Institut Universitaire de France’. He has dedicated his early work t
o phenomenology and the bridges between phenomenology and early Analytic p
hilosophy. For some time he was the Director of the Husserl Archive of Par
is at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. Then\, he developed a personal investi
gation into the meaning of realism in philosophy. He has published many bo
oks\, including recently: Toward a Contextual Realism\, H.U.P.\,
2021\, and Von der Phänomenologie zum Realismus\, Mohr Siebeck\, 2022.
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GEO:+40.73702;-73.992243
LOCATION:Wolff Conference Room/D1103 @ 6 E 16th St\, New York\, NY 10003\,
USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Echoes. Beyond the opposition between appearance and reality. Jocel
yn Benoist
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/echoes-beyond-the-opposi
tion-between-appearance-and-reality-jocelyn-benoist/
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:CUNY
CONTACT:https://logic.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
DESCRIPTION:
This semester\, we will meet as usual on Mondays\, 4.15-6.15
\, followed by a trip to the pub for all those who would like to go. The
room is yet to be determined. Meetings will be face to face only. Below is
the provisional program for the semester. Details of each meeting will be
announced on a weekly basis\, as usual.
\n
Note that the first meeti
ng will be on September 11. Unfortunately we lose several Mondays towards
the start of the semester because of CUNY holidays. There is nothing curr
ently scheduled for Nov 20 or Dec 11. Whether we fill those slots is a dec
ision yet to be made\; but if you would like one of them\, let us know.
\n
\n
Sept 4. GC closed. No meeting
\n
Sept 11 Fra
ncesco Paoli\, Cagliari
\n
Sept 18 Will Nava\, NYU
\n
Sept 25 GC closed. No meeting
\n
Oct 2 Brett Topey\, Saltzburg
\n
Oct 9 GC closed. No meeting.
\n
Oct 16 Yale Weiss\, GC
\n
Oct 23 Melissa Fusco\, Columbia
\n
Oct 30 Brad Armour-Garb\, SUN
Y Albany
\n
Nov 6 Alex Citkin\, Private Researcher
\n
Nov 13 Ale
x Skiles\, Rutgers
\n
Nov 20 [GP in Germany]
\n
Nov 27
Mircea Dumitru\, Bucharest
\n
Dec 4 James Walsh\, NYU
\n
Dec 11<
/p>
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SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Logic and Metaphysics Workshop
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/logic-and-metaphysics-wo
rkshop-19/
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Columbia U
CONTACT:http://universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminars/comparative-philoso
phy/
DESCRIPTION:
\n
What is an appropriate response to humiliating treatm
ents such as insults? This question is not only relevant to today’s discou
rse but has also piqued the curiosity of thinkers in classical Chinese phi
losophy. The Warring States period debate regarding whether one’s inner se
nse of shame can shield one from insulting situations and from experiencin
g shame is frequently presented as a one-sided narrative that focuses on t
he Confucian texts. Meanwhile\, the views of their rival thinkers\, such a
s the Daoist\, legalist\, or much-neglected Songzi (3rd century BCE)\, are
rarely the focus of attention. This paper brings Songzi\, a key player in
the debate of emotions as responses to external triggers\, into the pictu
re and restores the historical intellectual discourse over the topic of wh
at constitutes an appropriate response to humiliating situations such as i
nsults. More importantly\, I point out the philosophical significance of t
his debate\, namely how Songzi prompts Xunzi to respond to an ambiguity wi
thin the Confucian doctrine: The early Confucians appear to think that an
individual’s internal virtues can isolate and shield one from hostile exte
rnal stimuli while also maintaining that the external environment impacts
one’s moral cultivation and moral life in significant ways. Xunzi’s strate
gic move\, I argue\, is to give credit to both an inner sense of shame and
the function of external stimuli in inducing negative emotions\, thus mak
ing an important philosophical concession compared to Confucius and Menciu
s.
\n
\n\n
\n
\n<
p>With responses from Nalei Chen (New York University)\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
We hope you’ve had res
tful and productive summers\, and we look forward to seeing you at our upc
oming meetings. Below is the list of our scheduled speakers. Please save t
hese dates!
\n
\n
Further details will be circulated in du
e course.
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LOCATION:Philosophy Hall\, Room 716 @ 116th and Broadway\, New York\, NY 10
027\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:War and Shame –A Debate on the Appropriate Response to Insults betw
een the Confucians and their Interlocutors. Jing Hu (Concordia University)
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/war-and-shame-a-debate-o
n-the-appropriate-response-to-insults-between-the-confucians-and-their-int
erlocutors-jing-hu-concordia-university/
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:CUNY
CONTACT:https://logic.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
DESCRIPTION:
\n
The Logic and Metaphysics Works
hop will be meeting on Mondays from 4:15 to 6:15 unless otherwise indicate
d. Talks will be in-person only at the CUNY Graduate Center (Room
7395). The provisional schedule is as follows:
\n
Feb 5. Rom
an Kossak (CUNY)
\n
Feb 12. NO MEETING
\n
Feb 19. NO MEETING
\n
Feb 26. Matteo Plebani (Turin)
\n
Mar 4. Elise Crull (CUNY)
\n
Mar 11. Otávio Bueno (Miami)
\n
Mar 18. Michał Godziszewski (War
saw)
\n
Mar 25. Dan Marshall (Lingnan)
\n
Apr 1. Andrew Tedder (
Vienna)
\n
Apr 8. Asya Passinsky (CEU)
\n
Apr 15. Jessica Collin
s (Columbia)
\n
Apr 22. NO MEETING
\n
Apr 29. Anandi Hattiangadi
(Stockholm)
\n
May 6. Lorenzo Rossi (Turin)
\n
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SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Logic & Metaphysics Workshop
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/logic-metaphysics-worksh
op-4/
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Columbia U
CONTACT:https://philosophy.columbia.edu/content/colloquia-lectures-2023-202
4
DESCRIPTION:
Verity Harte is a specialist in ancient philosophy\, with pa
rticular research interests in ancient metaphysics\, epistemology and psyc
hology\, especially of Plato and Aristotle. She is the author of Plato
on Parts and Wholes: The Metaphysics of Structure\, and is the edito
r of several important books on ancient philosophy.
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LOCATION:716 Philosophy Hall @ 116th and Broadway\, New York\, NY 10027\, U
SA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Verity Harte (Yale)
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/verity-harte-yale/
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