BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//208.94.116.123//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-7739@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240319T035948Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Rutgers CONTACT:https://rccs.rutgers.edu/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2022/0 4/22/2230/54/fifth-rutgers-workshop-on-chinese-philosophy-in-person-live-s treaming-rsvp-required?Itemid=147 DESCRIPTION:
RSVP is required for both in-person and remote attendance. Click here to RSVP.
\nRutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy (RWCP) wa s launched in 2012. It is designed to build a bridge between Chinese philo sophy and Western analytic philosophy and to promote critical engagement a nd constructive dialogue between the two sides\, with the hope of bringing the study of Chinese philosophy into the mainstream of philosophical disc ourse within the Western academy. It is run every other year\, usually in late spring.
\nKeynote: Naomi Zack (Lehman College\, CUNY)
\nOne of ph
ilosophy’s original questions still plagues us: to what extent are beings
the same and to what extent do they differ? Arising in thinkers as diverse
as Parmenides\, Aquinas\, and De Beauvoir and in arenas from social and p
olitical philosophy to phenomenology and metaphysics. This conference aims
to gather graduate student scholars from a variety of specializations to
discuss their work on identity and difference. Some of the many questions
we may pursue together are the following:
What constitutes identit y and difference? What makes someone who they are? How do we understand ou rselves to be alike enough to communicate\, yet different enough that we m ust work to understand another’s point of view? How do identity and differ ence shape belonging–within a community\, within a social institution\, wi thin a political structure? Similarly\, how do differences among the membe rs of a group enrich the identity of that collective? How might overlappin g identities of an individual give rise to one’s sense of self? How does i dentity inform a given group’s philosophical thought? How might one form t heir identity and sense of self when\, as in the case of many marginalized groups/ minorities\, the “self” is oppressed?
\nThese questions add itionally motivate ontological considerations. To what extent can we descr ibe two objects that are in fact identical? What grants an object’s or a p erson’s identity over time: metaphysical characteristics\, temporal contin uity\, or certain brain states? Upon what aspects of an entity do we predi cate differences? When are two things metaphysically or logically identica l? Are mereological composites more than the sum of their parts? Are they identical to matter? To what extent do beings differ from Being? How might experiences or acts of reason help ground an identity claim such as A=A?< /p>\n
Other questions broadly related to “Identity and Difference” are a lso welcome.
\nPlease submit a 300-500 word abstract prepared for bl ind review to fordhamgradconference@gmail.com in PDF format. In the body o f the email\, please include:
\nSubmissi ons are due by Friday\, December 30\, 2022. After anonymo us review\, applicants will be notified by Tuesday\, January 17\, 2023. Pr esentations will be limited to 20 minutes.
\nThe conference will tak e place in person on March 3-4\, 2023 on Fordham University’s Rose Hill ca mpus located at 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY 10458.
\nFor ques tions\, please contact the conference organizers at fordhamgradconference@ gmail.com
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230303 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230305 GEO:+40.859497;-73.882651 LOCATION:Philosophy dept @ 441 E Fordham Rd\, The Bronx\, NY 10458\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Identity and Difference. 2023 Fordham Graduate Student Conference URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/identity-and-difference- 2023-fordham-graduate-student-conference/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:cfa\,conference\,identity END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8001@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240319T035948Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Rutgers 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 .
\nSixth 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.
\n8:20a.m. Breakfast
\n8:50a.m. – 9:00a.m. Welcoming Remarks
\nKa
ren Bennett\, Chair of Philosophy Department\, Rutgers University
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)
10:00a.m. – 10:15a .m. tea break
\n10:15a.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)
11:15a.m. – 11:30a.m. tea break
\n11:30a.
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)
12:30p.m. – 1:3 0p.m. Lunch (onsite)
\n1:30p.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)
2:30p.m. – 2:45p.m. tea break
\n2:45p.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)
3: 45p.m. – 4:00p.m. tea break
\n4:00p.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)
riday\, November 10
\n9:30–9:55 Check–in and Coffee
\n9:55 Welcome
\n10:00–12:00 Ad am Smith
\nSpeaker: Ryan Patrick Hanley (Boston College)
\nCom mentator: Samuel Fleischacker (University of Illinois Chicago)
\n12: 00–2:00 Lunch Break
\n2:00–4:00 Immanuel Kant
\nSp eaker: Marcia Baron (Indiana University Bloomington)
\nCommentator: Kyla Ebels–Duggan (Northwestern University)
\n4:00–4:30 Coffe e Break
\n4:30–6:30 German Romanticism
\nSpeaker: Frede rick Beiser (Syracuse University)
\nCommentator: Owen Ware (Universi ty of Toronto)
\n6:30–7:30 Reception
\nSaturday\, No vember 11
\n9:30–10:00 Check–in and Coffee
\n10:00–12 :00 Friedrich Nietzsche
\nSpeaker: Andrew Huddleston (University of Warwick)
\nCommentator: Claire Kirwin (Northwestern University) p>\n
12:00–2:00 Lunch Break
\n2:00–4:00 Simone De Beauvoir
\nSpeaker: Michelle Kosch (Cornell University)
\nCommentator: Susan J. Brison (Dartmouth University)
\n4:00–4:30 Coffee Br eak
\n4:30–6:30 Contemporary
\nSpeaker: Simon May (King’s C ollege London)
\nCommentator: Alecxander Nehamas (Princeton Universi ty)
\n6:30–7:30 Reception
\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231112 GEO:+40.729457;-73.994348 LOCATION:NYU Philosophy Dept. @ 5 Washington Pl\, New York\, NY 10003\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Love and Friendship. Eighteenth Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/love-and-friendship-eigh teenth-annual-nyu-conference-on-issues-in-modern-philosophy/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:conference\,friendship\,love\,modern END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8006@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240319T035948Z 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?
\nA 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”)?
\nIn 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.
\nProposals 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.
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\nGuidelines for the Submission of Abstracts\, and for Aristotle and Plato Prize Candidates
\nAbstracts of approximately 500 words should be submitted electronically by September 3 0\, 2023\, to: secretary@metaphysicalsociety.org.
\nAristotle 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.
\nPlato 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.
\nTravel 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).
\nThose 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. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240307 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240311 GEO:+40.77103;-73.985096 LOCATION:Lowenstein Building\, Fordham University\, Lincoln Center @ 113 W 60th St\, New York\, NY 10023\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Metaphysical Society of America Conference: Identity\, Difference\, and the Difference that Metaphysics Makes URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/metaphysical-society-of- america-conference-identity-difference-and-the-difference-that-metaphysics -makes/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:cfa\,conference\,identity\,metaphysics X-COST:$70-120 X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.metaphysicalsociety.org/2024/2024_meeting.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-7682@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240319T035948Z 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.
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DA TE: October 22\, 2021
\nTIME: 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.
\nLead Presenter: Eirik Lang Harris
\nDiscussan ts: Alejandro Bárcenas (Texas State University)\, Yutang Jin (Princeton University)\, Mercedes Valmisa < /a>(Gettysburg College)
\nNote Regarding Donations: Due to COVID-19\, donations are only accepted through Columbia University’s secu re online giving form\, Giving to Columbia.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211022T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211022T203000 GEO:+40.712775;-74.005973 LOCATION:ZOOM - see site for details @ New York\, NY\, USA 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/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Chinese\,comparative END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-7751@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240319T035948Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Independent CONTACT:https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/philosophy-library-virtual-20 220322 DESCRIPTION:How can we know what it’s like to be someone else? Cl assical Indian philosophers found the answer in theater\, arguing that it’ s not just a form of entertainment\, but a source of knowledge of other mi nds. In this talk\, I’ll explore how this theme is developed in Śrī Śaṅkuk a (c. 850 CE) and examine the reasons his views were rejected in the later tradition. I’ll argue that those reasons are unsound\, and that we can se e why by turning to contemporary studies of the relationship between knowl edge and luck.
\nJonardon Ganeri is the Bimal. K. M atilal Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is a philosopher whose work draws on a variety of philosophical tradit ions to construct new positions in the philosophy of mind\, metaphysics an d epistemology. His books include Attention\, Not Self (2017)\, a study of early Buddhist theories of attention\; The Concealed Art of the Soul (2012)\, an analysis of the idea of a search for one’s true self\; Virtual Subjects\, Fugitive Selves (2020)\, an analysis of Fernando Pessoa’s philosophy of self\; and Inwardness: An Outsiders’ Guide (2021)\, a review of the concept of inwardness in literature\, film\, poetry\, and philosophy across cultures. He joined the Fellowship o f the British Academy in 2015\, and won the Infosys Prize in the Humanitie s the same year\, the only philosopher to do so.
\nThis series is cur ated and co-presented by Brooklyn Public Philosophers\, aka Ian Olasov.
\nTHE COLUMBIA SOCI ETY FOR COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY
\n\n
< b>Presents: Li Zehou on the ‘Deep Str uctures of Confucianism’
\nLead Presenter: Andrew Lambert (College of Staten Island\ , CUNY)
\nDiscussa nts: Robert A. Carleo III (East China Normal University)\, Emma Bucht el (Hong Kong Education University)
\nABSTRACT: 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.
\nDATE: Ma rch 25\, 2022
\nTI ME: 6:30 – 8:00 pm EST
\nThis 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.
\nNote Regarding Donations: Due to COVID-19\, donations are only accepted through Columbia University’s secure online giving form \, Giving to Columbia.
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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.
\nPLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminars/co mparative-philosophy/
\nDTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220325T183000 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/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Chinese\,comparative\,Confucianism END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-7863@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240319T035948Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Columbia U CONTACT:https://philosophy.columbia.edu/content/colloquium-lectures-2022-20 23 DESCRIPTION:
Thursday\, September 29th\, 2022
\nChristina Van Dyke (
Barnard College)
\nTitle “I feel it in my fingers\, I feel it in my t
oes: Imaginative Meditation and Experience of Love in Medieval Contemplati
ve Philosophy”
\n4:10-6:00 PM
\n716 Philosophy Hall
Thinking Across the Humanities on Valentine s’s Day
\nTuesday\, Feb. 14 of course! 4pm
\, McShane Center 311
\n
A fun stud ent-faculty roundtable discussion on topics related to love in all of its fabulous variety: erotic love\, unrequited love\, love and justice\, love of friends\, love of the Divine\, sanctioned and unsanctioned love\, pers onal and political love\, and so much more! What insights can we\, along w ith some of our favorite artists and thinkers\, offer on love? Come for a roundtable where a small group of faculty and students will jump off wit h brief prepared remarks\, followed by a discussion\, food\, and fun!
\nRSVP here
\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T170000 GEO:+40.86204;-73.885699 LOCATION:McShane Center 311 @ Bronx County\, The Bronx\, NY 10458\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:What is Love? Thinking Across the Humanities on Valentines’s Day URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/what-is-love-thinking-ac ross-the-humanities-on-valentiness-day/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:love X-TICKETS-URL:http://www.fordhamphilosophy.org/events/2023/2/14/what-is-lov e-thinking-across-the-humanities-on-valentiness-day END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-7977@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240319T035948Z 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.
\nWith responses from Andrew Lambert (College of Staten Island\, CUNY)
\nRSVP is required for dinner. Dinner will take place at a nearby restaurant. Please contact Lucilla at lm3335@columbia.edu for fu rther information.
\nDTSTART;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/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Chinese\,comparative\,emotion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-7931@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240319T035948Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Columbia U CONTACT:https://philosophy.columbia.edu/content/colloquium-lectures-2022-20 23 DESCRIPTION:
The Avoidance of Intimacy: A Reorientation in the Moral Phil osophy of Love
\nPresented by Columbia University Dept. of Philosoph y
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T161000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T180000 GEO:+40.807536;-73.962573 LOCATION:Columbia U\, Philosophy 716 @ New York\, NY 10027\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Avoidance of Intimacy: A Reorientation in the Moral Philosophy of Love. Vida Yao (Rice University) URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/vida-yao-rice-university / X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8044@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240319T035948Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Columbia U CONTACT:http://universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminars/comparative-philoso phy/ DESCRIPTION: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\n\n\n< p>With responses from Nalei Chen (New York University)\n\n
The first section of the talk will give an account of the Hi ndu-Buddhist debate about the existence of selves. The particular Hindu / Brāhmaṇical tradition concentrated on is Nyāya\, and ‘Buddhism’ is used t o refer specifically to Dharmakīrtian Buddhism with its doctrine of moment ariness. The second section looks at a Nyāya argument against Buddhism. I will argue that it is not difficult for the Buddhist to come up with a s atisfactory response. The third section will introduce the view of Rāmaka ṇṭha (950–1000 CE) and look at three of his arguments against the Buddhist view. These I view as more difficult for the Buddhist to respond to. Th e fourth section introduces the view of Galen Strawson\, relates it to the Buddhist view\, and considers the extent to which it is susceptible to Rā makaṇṭha’s arguments.
\nWith responses from Martin Lin (Ru tgers University)
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\nComparative Philosophy Semina r:
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