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-8048@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240329T111546Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:New School for Social Research CONTACT:https://event.newschool.edu/ipnh2023 DESCRIPTION:Join us for a series of keynote presentations as part of the 20 23 Institute for Philosophy and New Humanities: Mind-Dependent Artifacts: Artifact-Dependent Minds.\nArtifacts are a primary object of study in the humanities. They are products and\, thus\, manifestations of human thought \, action\, and self-determination without which they cannot be understood . At the same time\, human mindedness depends on artifacts\, and as well a s other objects – a dependence that is manifest in the form of artifacts. Human mindedness and the reality of artifacts are therefore intertwined in complex ways.\nOur Fall institute meeting 2023 Institute will consider wa ys in which human mindedness and the reality of artifacts are dialecticall y intertwined. Of special interest will be automatically or mechanically p roduced artifacts\, and AI systems as artifacts that are neither inert cau sal models of human thinking nor independently minded entities. The ontolo gy of such products thus needs to be calibrated in light of their contribu tion to the deep diversity of the mutual dependence of mindedness and arti facts. Some questions our seminar will address include: How do AI-research and AI-systems structure and restructure the historical\, diverse articul ation of human mindedness? How does our understanding of these and other a rtifacts shape our self-conception at the most fundamental level?\n \nWe w ill explore these issues in the ontology\, epistemology\, and humanistic s tudy of AI and other artifacts together with distinguished keynote speaker s:\nMonday\, September 11\, 4pm\nHans Ulrich Gumbrecht: UNFOLDING A FUZZY FUTURE? Dimensions for Thinking about “Singularity”\n\nTuesday\, September 12\, 10am\nCameron Buckner: Understanding Progress in AI Using Empiricist Philosophy of Mind\n\nWednesday\, September 13\, 3pm\nKanta Dihal\nWednes day\, September 13\, 5pm\nDavid Chalmers: Forum Humanum Lecture\n\nThursda y\, September 14\, 4pm\nNandi Theunissen: Rethinking Regress Arguments for the Value of Humanity\n\nFriday\, September 15\, 4pm\nKalindi Vora\nTicke ts: https://event.newschool.edu/ipnh2023#rsvp. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230916 GEO:+40.735498;-73.993501 LOCATION:Starr Foundation Hall (UL102) @ 63 5th Ave\, New York\, NY 10003\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Mind-Dependent Artifacts: Artifact-Dependent Minds URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/mind-dependent-artifacts -artifact-dependent-minds/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nJoin us for a series of keynote presentations as part of the 2023 Institute for Philoso phy and New Humanities: Mind-Dependent Artifacts: Artifact-Dependent Minds .
\nArtifacts are a primary object of study in the humanities. They are products and\, thus\, manifestations of human thought\, action\, and s elf-determination without which they cannot be understood. At the same tim e\, human mindedness depends on artifacts\, and as well as other objects – a dependence that is manifest in the form of artifacts. Human mindedness and the reality of artifacts are therefore intertwined in complex ways.
\nOur Fall institute meeting 2023 Institute will consider ways in whic h human mindedness and the reality of artifacts are dialectically intertwi ned. Of special interest will be automatically or mechanically produced ar tifacts\, and AI systems as artifacts that are neither inert causal models of human thinking nor independently minded entities. The ontology of such products thus needs to be calibrated in light of their contribution to th e deep diversity of the mutual dependence of mindedness and artifacts. Som e questions our seminar will address include: How do AI-research and AI-sy stems structure and restructure the historical\, diverse articulation of h uman mindedness? How does our understanding of these and other artifacts s hape our self-conception at the most fundamental level?
\n\n
We will explore these issues in the ontology\, epistemology\, and humanist ic study of AI and other artifacts together with distinguished keynote spe akers:
\nMonday\, September 11\, 4pm
\nHans Ulrich Gumb
recht: UNFOLDING A FUZZY FUTURE? Dimensions for Thinking about “Singularit
y”
Tuesday\, September 12\, 10am
\n
Cameron Buckner: Understanding Progress in AI Using Empiricist Philosophy
of Mind
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Wednesday\, September 13\, 3pm
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Wednesday\, September 13\, 5pm
\nDavid Chalmers: Forum Humanum Lecture
\n
Thursday\, September 14\, 4pm
\nNandi Theunissen:
Rethinking Regress Arguments for the Value of Humanity
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Friday\, September 15\, 4pm
\nKalindi Vora
p>\n
Tickets: https://event.newschool.edu/ipnh2023#rsvp.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:metaphysics\,mind X-TICKETS-URL:https://event.newschool.edu/ipnh2023#rsvp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8006@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240329T111546Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Fordham CONTACT:https://philevents.org/event/show/111406 DESCRIPTION:Ideas about “identity” and “difference” proliferate in the news media\, in higher education\, in political disputations\, and in critical theories of society. Claims about “identity” and “difference” can readil y be found at work in a wide variety of typologies\, including those of ra ce\, class\, ethnicity\, gender\, sexuality\, religion\, nationality\, pol itical affiliation\, ability and disability\, animality and humanity\, etc . But what exactly do we mean when we speak of “identity” or “difference” ? And if we achieve greater clarity about the metaphysical presupposition s and implications of “identity” and “difference\,” what difference would that make?\nA serious metaphysical examination of “identity” and “differen ce” will expectedly generate a wide variety of questions. Is discourse ab out what is “identical” reducible to discourse about what is “the same”? Is discourse about what is “different” reducible to discourse about what i s “other”? Can something be “the same” without being “identical\,” and ca n something be “other” without being “different”? When we speak about “be ing\,” does our speaking about it have many different senses (is it spoken of analogically)\, or instead does our speaking about being always have t he same sense (is it spoken of univocally)? Does the “identity” of a thin g 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 understandi ng of identity depend on some reference to what is different? Or 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 difference\, or some combination of both? Is it possible for a knower to discern real differences between things without discerning intelligible differences\, or does the indiscernibility of intelligible differences imply that there are no real differences at all but rather an identity? Does difference de pend on negation\, or can one assert that there is difference without havi ng to assert that something is “not”? Does it make sense to speak of an o ntological difference\, i.e.\, a difference between Being and beings\, or is it senseless – maybe even useless – to speak of a difference between B eing 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 v irtual ubiquity of discourses about identity and difference\, there is a d earth of discourse about the metaphysical presuppositions and implications of “identity and difference.” With its choice of conference theme for 20 24 (“Identity\, Difference\, and the Difference that Metaphysics Makes”)\, the Metaphysical Society of America wishes to provoke deeper thinking abo ut the metaphysics of identity and difference\, with the hope that such de eper thinking will make a meaningful difference in both theory and practic e.\nProposals for papers on the conference theme are especially encouraged \, but papers on other metaphysical topics are also welcome. Please note: when selecting which submissions to accept for this conference\, the Prog ram Committee will regard “relevance to theme” as one important criterion among others.\n****************************************\nGuidelines for th e Submission of Abstracts\, and for Aristotle and Plato Prize Candidates\n Abstracts of approximately 500 words should be submitted electronically by September 30\, 2023\, to: secretary@metaphysicalsociety.org.\nAristotle P rize: Those wishing to be considered for the Aristotle Prize of the Metaph ysical Society should submit full papers along with their abstracts. Elig ibility for the Aristotle Prize extends only to persons who have not yet e arned a Ph.D.. Those wishing to be considered for the Aristotle Prize sho uld express this wish clearly in the email note that accompanies their sub mission. Papers submitted for the Aristotle Prize are subject to a 3\,750 word limit\; this word limit applies to the body of the text to be read a t the meeting\, and not to footnotes or other supporting material. The Ar istotle Prize carries a cash award of $500\, inclusion in the program\, an d assistance with the costs associated with attending the meeting. To be considered for the Aristotle Prize\, full papers and abstracts must be sub mitted by September 30\, 2023 to:secretary@metaphysicalsociety.org.\nPlato Prize: Those wishing to be considered for the Plato Prize of the Metaphys ical Society should submit full papers along with their abstracts. Eligib ility for the Plato Prize extends only to persons who received a Ph.D. deg ree within six years of the conference submission date (i.e.\, persons who hold a Ph.D. degree which was conferred after September 30\, 2017). Thos e wishing to be considered for the Plato Prize should express this wish cl early in the email note that accompanies their submission. Papers submitt ed for the Plato Prize are subject to a 3\,750 word limit\; this word limi t applies to the body of the text to be read at the meeting\, and not to f ootnotes or other supporting material. The Plato Prize carries a cash awa rd of $500\, inclusion in the program\, and assistance with the costs asso ciated with attending the meeting. To be considered for the Plato Prize\, full papers and abstracts must be submitted by September 30\, 2023 to:sec retary@metaphysicalsociety.org.\nTravel Grants: Thanks to the generous sup port of past presidents of the MSA and a grant from the Hocking-Cabot Fund for Systematic Philosophy\, the Metaphysical Society is pleased to be abl e to offer reimbursements for travel expenses up to $350 to graduate stude nts whose papers are selected for the conference program (those wishing to receive such reimbursements must provide the Metaphysical Society with al l relevant expense-receipts).\nThose who submit abstracts\, and those who submit full papers plus abstracts for the Aristotle Prize or Plato Prize\, will receive notice of the Program Committee’s decision on their submissi on no later than December 1\, 2023.\nhttps://www.metaphysicalsociety.org/2 024/2024_meeting.htm\nTickets: https://www.metaphysicalsociety.org/2024/20 24_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-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nIdeas about “ identity” and “difference” proliferate in the news media\, in higher educa tion\, in political disputations\, and in critical theories of society. C laims about “identity” and “difference” can readily be found at work in a wide variety of typologies\, including those of race\, class\, ethnicity\, gender\, sexuality\, religion\, nationality\, political affiliation\, abi lity and disability\, animality and humanity\, etc. But what exactly do w e mean when we speak of “identity” or “difference”? And if we achieve gre ater clarity about the metaphysical presuppositions and implications of “i dentity” and “difference\,” what difference would that make?
\nA ser ious metaphysical examination of “identity” and “difference” will expected ly generate a wide variety of questions. Is discourse about what is “iden tical” reducible to discourse about what is “the same”? Is discourse abou t what is “different” reducible to discourse about what is “other”? Can s omething be “the same” without being “identical\,” and can something be “o ther” without being “different”? When we speak about “being\,” does our s peaking about it have many different senses (is it spoken of analogically) \, or instead does our speaking about being always have the same sense (is it spoken of univocally)? Does the “identity” of a thing depend mainly o n the thing’s status as an individual\, or does it depend instead on the t hing’s membership in a general kind? Does an understanding of identity de pend on some reference to what is different? Or 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 difference\, or some combinat ion of both? Is it possible for a knower to discern real differences betw een things without discerning intelligible differences\, or does the indis cernibility of intelligible differences imply that there are no real diffe rences at all but rather an identity? Does difference depend on negation\ , or can one assert that there is difference without having to assert that something is “not”? Does it make sense to speak of an ontological differ ence\, i.e.\, a difference between Being and beings\, 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 t o exist only among beings (in which case there apparently cannot be a diff erence between “being” and “nothing”)?
\nIn spite of the virtual ubi quity of discourses about identity and difference\, there is a dearth of d iscourse about the metaphysical presuppositions and implications of “ident ity and difference.” With its choice of conference theme for 2024 (“Ident ity\, Difference\, and the Difference that Metaphysics Makes”)\, the Metap hysical Society of America wishes to provoke deeper thinking about the met aphysics of identity and difference\, with the hope that such deeper think ing will make a meaningful difference in both theory and practice.
\nProposals for papers on the conference theme are especially encouraged\, but papers on other metaphysical topics are also welcome. Please note: wh en selecting which submissions to accept for this conference\, the Program Committee will regard “relevance to theme” as one important criterion amo ng others.
\n****************************************
\nAbstracts of approximately 500 words sh ould be submitted electronically by September 30\, 2023\, to: secretary@me taphysicalsociety.org.
\nAristotle Prize: Those wishing to be considered for the Aristotle Prize of the Metaphysical Society should sub mit full papers along with their abstracts. Eligibility for the Aristotle Prize extends only to persons who have not yet earned a Ph.D.. Those wis hing to be considered for the Aristotle Prize should express this wish cle arly in the email note that accompanies their submission. Papers submitte d for the Aristotle Prize are subject to a 3\,750 word limit\; this word l imit applies to the body of the text to be read at the meeting\, and not t o footnotes or other supporting material. The Aristotle Prize carries a c ash award of $500\, inclusion in the program\, and assistance with the cos ts associated with attending the meeting. To be considered for the Aristo tle Prize\, full papers and abstracts must be submitted by September 30\, 2023 to:secretary@metaphysicalsociety.org.
\nPlato Prize: Tho se wishing to be considered for the Plato Prize of the Metaphysical Societ y should submit full papers along with their abstracts. Eligibility for t he Plato Prize extends only to persons who received 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 t o be considered for the Plato Prize should express this wish clearly in th e email note that accompanies their submission. Papers submitted for the Plato Prize are subject to a 3\,750 word limit\; this word limit applies t o the body of the text to be read at the meeting\, and not to footnotes or other supporting material. The Plato Prize carries a cash award of $500\ , inclusion in the program\, and assistance with the costs associated with attending the meeting. To be considered for the Plato Prize\, full paper s and abstracts must be submitted by September 30\, 2023 to:secretary@meta physicalsociety.org.
\nTravel Grants: Thanks to the generous support of past presidents of the MSA and a grant from the Hocking-Cabot F und for Systematic Philosophy\, the Metaphysical Society is pleased to be able to offer reimbursements for travel expenses up to $350 to graduate st udents whose papers are selected for the conference program (those wishing to receive such reimbursements must provide the Metaphysical Society with all relevant expense-receipts).
\nThose who submit abstracts\, and those who submit full papers plus abstracts for the Aristotle Prize or Pla to Prize\, will receive notice of the Program Committee’s decision on thei r submission no later than December 1\, 2023.
\n\nTickets: https://www.metaphysicalsociety.org/2024/2024_meeting.htm.< /p> 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-7941@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240329T111546Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:New School for Social Research CONTACT:https://event.newschool.edu/jocelynbenoist DESCRIPTION:Western metaphysics is based on the opposition between reality 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 reali ty of appearances and reflecting on their various uses\, in particular art istic ones. This path will be taken in the first place by shifting the foc us of philosophical analysis from visual to acoustic models. Thus\, I will envisage a realism of echoes\, as opposed to the metaphysics of shadows. \nBiography:\nJocelyn Benoist\, born in 1968\, is Professor at the univers ity Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne\, where he teaches Contemporary Philosophy\, and currently a member of the ‘Institut Universitaire de France’. He has dedicated his early work to phenomenology and the bridges between phenomen ology and early Analytic philosophy. For some time he was the Director of the Husserl Archive of Paris at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. Then\, he de veloped a personal investigation into the meaning of realism in philosophy . He has published many books\, including recently: Toward a Contextual Re alism\, H.U.P.\, 2021\, and Von der Phänomenologie zum Realismus\, Mohr Si ebeck\, 2022. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230330T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230330T200000 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/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nWestern metap
hysics is based on the opposition between reality and appearance. This con
struction essentially rests on a visual model\, or more exactly on some st
aging of what visual experience is.
\nI am going to question the basi
s of this metaphysics\, by taking into account the reality of appearances
and reflecting on their various uses\, in particular artistic ones. This p
ath will be taken in the first place by shifting the focus of philosophica
l analysis from visual to acoustic models. Thus\, I will envisage a realis
m of echoes\, as opposed to the metaphysics of shadows.
Jocelyn Benoist\, born in 1968\, is Pro fessor at the university Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne\, where he teaches Cont emporary Philosophy\, and currently a member of the ‘Institut Universitair e de France’. He has dedicated his early work to phenomenology and the bri dges between phenomenology and early Analytic philosophy. For some time he was the Director of the Husserl Archive of Paris at the Ecole Normale Sup érieure. Then\, he developed a personal investigation into the meaning of realism in philosophy. He has published many books\, including recently: < em>Toward a Contextual Realism\, H.U.P.\, 2021\, and Von der Phänomen ologie zum Realismus\, Mohr Siebeck\, 2022.
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