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CONTACT:https://withinenvironments2022.weebly.com/
DESCRIPTION:Since Plato\, western philosophy has been set down a path paved
by a disavowal of the sensuous\, bracketed material bodies\, and delimite
d aesthetic conceptions\, leaving human beings and their built environment
s separated from the natural world. Such exclusions have left philosophy i
ll-equipped to deal with the various environmental crises we currently fac
e\, as economic rationality and utilitarian logic further de-animate the w
orld and sharpen the human/nature distinction. Even the concept “environme
nt” often\, and ironically\, brings with it implicit anthropocentric assum
ptions\, conceptualizing\, and thereby separating\, the human as independe
nt from the surrounding world and reinforcing the human/nature divide. As
a result\, our (mis)understandings of “nature” and “environment” may make
us insensitive to and perpetuate\, rather than address\, climate change an
d other environmental catastrophes. To avoid ambiguities and clarify our u
nderstanding\, we must ask: what role does Nature play within our theories
and practices concerning so-called Environmental Philosophy? Furthermore\
, what spaces\, practices\, and questions are made possible when we broade
n our understanding of “environment” to include a more robust conceptualiz
ation of the natural world and how the human being ought to be contextuali
zed within it?\nThis conference asks how we might reorient the language an
d practices of philosophy in a way that can enable us to adequately respon
d to ongoing environmental crises. As a starting point\, we propose a need
to reimagine the concepts “human\,” “nature\,” and “environment\,” as wel
l as the reciprocal relations that constitute them. To recognize humans as
natural organisms\, we must reevaluate the sensuous\, the material\, and
the aesthetic and the roles they play in our attempts to construct\, under
stand\, and preserve our environment(s). How should we make sense of our p
ractices and our relations to those with whom we share our surroundings? H
ow can we re-situate the human with/in the environment? Do we have the rig
ht tools to guide these investigations? How might philosophy look beyond i
tself—to literature\, architecture\, music\, film\, design—to better bring
Environment\, and thus the world\, into view? In the spirit of this\, we
invite paper as well as project submissions from current graduate students
in any discipline.\nPossible Topics:\n● Environmental Aesthetics:
Re-Considering Beauty + the Sublime\n● Environmental Justice + Rest
orative Justice + Transformative Justice\n● Environmental Ethics +
Sustainable Practices\n● Diversity + Biodiversity\n● Capital
ism and Climate\n● Eco-phenomenology\n● Eco-deconstruction\n
● Environmental Racism/Racist Environments\n● Ecofeminist co
nceptions of nature\n● Land Rights and Property Relations\n●
Posthumanism + Object Ontologies\n● Afrofuturism + Technological U
topias\n● Environmental Ethics In Narratives\n● Mastery of N
ature in Philosophy\n● Anarcho-primitivism\n● Queer and Tran
s Ecologies\n● Local and Global Ecologies\n● Regionalisms an
d Globalisms in the Ecological Imagination\n \nConfirmed Conference Keynot
es:\nSandra Shapshay\, CUNY Graduate Center\, New York\nEmanuele Coccia\,
École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)\, Paris\nDates and Lo
cation:\nThis conference will be held at the New School for Social Researc
h in New York City from Thursday\, April 14\, to Saturday\, April 16. Whil
e we (tentatively) plan to hold the conference primarily in-person we woul
d also like to provide a hybrid option for those who would prefer to parti
cipate remotely. Following the conference\, on Sunday\, April 17\, all par
ticipants and attendees are invited to participate in a conference hike in
Cold Spring\, NY (about an hour and a half north of NYC and accessible by
the Metro North commuter train).\nCall for Papers: Submission Procedure:
\nPlease submit complete papers (Word Limit: 3500) and an abstract of 250
words or less by January 1st in the form of a Word attachment (.docx) or P
DF to WithInEnvironments@gmail.com. Please prepare your submission for bli
nd review by removing any identifying information from the body of the pap
er. In your email please include your name\, affiliation\, and paper title
. Notification of acceptance will be sent by January 15.\nCall for Project
s: Submission Procedure:\nPlease submit a project description (Word Limit:
1000) by December 1st in the form of a Word attachment (.docx) to WithInE
nvironments@gmail.com\, as well as:\nFor Visual Arts projects: submit 5 im
ages of your work as .jpeg.\nFor Performing Arts projects: submit video/ a
udio of your work in .mp4 format\nPlease prepare your submission for blind
review by removing any identifying information. In your email please incl
ude your name\, affiliation\, and project title. Notification of acceptanc
e will be sent by January 15.\nIf you have any questions please email With
InEnvironments@gmail.com\n https://withinenvironments2022.weebly.com/ \n\n
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\, USA
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ronmental Philosophy–Graduate Student Conference
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Since Plato\, western philosophy has been set down a path pave
d by a disavowal of the sensuous\, bracketed material bodies\, and delimit
ed aesthetic conceptions\, leaving human beings and their built environmen
ts separated from the natural world. Such exclusions have left philosophy
ill-equipped to deal with the various environmental crises we currently fa
ce\, as economic rationality and utilitarian logic further de-animate the
world and sharpen the human/nature distinction. Even the concept “environm
ent” often\, and ironically\, brings with it implicit anthropocentric assu
mptions\, conceptualizing\, and thereby separating\, the human as independ
ent from the surrounding world and reinforcing the human/nature divide. As
a result\, our (mis)understandings of “nature” and “environment” may make
us insensitive to and perpetuate\, rather than address\, climate change a
nd other environmental catastrophes. To avoid ambiguities and clarify our
understanding\, we must ask: what role does Nature play within our theorie
s and practices concerning so-called Environmental Philosophy? Furthermore
\, what spaces\, practices\, and questions are made possible when we broad
en our understanding of “environment” to include a more robust conceptuali
zation of the natural world and how the human being ought to be contextual
ized within it?
\n
This conference asks how we might reorient the lan
guage and practices of philosophy in a way that can enable us to adequatel
y respond to ongoing environmental crises. As a starting point\, we propos
e a need to reimagine the concepts “human\,” “nature\,” and “environment\,
” as well as the reciprocal relations that constitute them. To recognize h
umans as natural organisms\, we must reevaluate the sensuous\, the materia
l\, and the aesthetic and the roles they play in our attempts to construct
\, understand\, and preserve our environment(s). How should we make sense
of our practices and our relations to those with whom we share our surroun
dings? How can we re-situate the human with/in the environment? Do we have
the right tools to guide these investigations? How might philosophy look
beyond itself—to literature\, architecture\, music\, film\, design—to bett
er bring Environment\, and thus the world\, into view? In the spirit of th
is\, we invite paper as well as project submissions from current graduate
students in any discipline.
\n
Possible Topics:
\n
● Environmental Aesthetics: Re-Considering Beauty + the Sublim
e
\n
● Environmental Justice + Restorative Justice + Transform
ative Justice
\n
● Environmental Ethics + Sustainable Practice
s
\n
● Diversity + Biodiversity
\n
● Capitalism an
d Climate
\n
● Eco-phenomenology
\n
● Eco-deconstr
uction
\n
● Environmental Racism/Racist Environments
\n
●
Ecofeminist conceptions of nature
\n
● Land Rights and
Property Relations
\n
● Posthumanism + Object Ontologies
\n
● Afrofuturism + Technological Utopias
\n
● Enviro
nmental Ethics In Narratives
\n
● Mastery of Nature in Philoso
phy
\n
● Anarcho-primitivism
\n
● Queer and Trans
Ecologies
\n
● Local and Global Ecologies
\n
● Reg
ionalisms and Globalisms in the Ecological Imagination
\n
strong>
\n
Confirmed Conference Keynotes:
\n
Sa
ndra Shapshay\, CUNY Graduate Center\, New York
\n
Emanuele Coccia\,
École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)\, Paris
\n
Dates and Location:
\n
This conference will be held at th
e New School for Social Research in New York City from Thursday\, April 14
\, to Saturday\, April 16. While we (tentatively) plan to hold the confere
nce primarily in-person we would also like to provide a hybrid option for
those who would prefer to participate remotely. Following the conference\,
on Sunday\, April 17\, all participants and attendees are invited to part
icipate in a conference hike in Cold Spring\, NY (about an hour and a half
north of NYC and accessible by the Metro North commuter train).
\n
<
strong>Call for Papers: Submission Procedure:
\n
Please subm
it complete papers (Word Limit: 3500) and an abstract of 250 words or less
by January 1st in the form of a Word attachment (.docx) or PDF to WithInEnvironments@g
mail.com. Please prepare your submission for blind review by removing
any identifying information from the body of the paper. In your email plea
se include your name\, affiliation\, and paper title. Notification of acce
ptance will be sent by January 15.
\n
Call for Projects: Subm
ission Procedure:
\n
Please submit a project description (Wo
rd Limit: 1000) by December 1st in the form of a Word attachment (.docx) t
o WithInEnvir
onments@gmail.com\, as well as:
\n
For Visual Arts projects: subm
it 5 images of your work as .jpeg.
\n
For Performing Arts projects: s
ubmit video/ audio of your work in .mp4 format
\n
Please prepare your
submission for blind review by removing any identifying information. In y
our email please include your name\, affiliation\, and project title. Noti
fication of acceptance will be sent by January 15.
\n
If you have any
questions please email WithInEnvironments@gmail.com
\n
\n
\n
\n\n
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CONTACT:https://theassc.org/assc-26/
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce that the 26th annual meeting of the
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness will be held at New
York University on June 22-25\, 2023.\nSubmissions for talks and posters a
re now open with a deadline of February 15\, 2023. Conference registration
will open in early 2023.\nKeynote speakers\, symposia\, tutorials\, and h
ousing have now been arranged\, as specified below.\nPlease direct any inq
uiries to ASSC26@nyu.edu.\nWe hope to see you soon in New York!\nNed Block
and David Chalmers\, Conference Directors\n\n\nTickets: https://theassc.o
rg/assc-26/#registration.
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leased to announce that the 26th annual meeting of the Association for the
Scientific Study of Consciousness will be held at New York University on
June 22-25\, 2023.
\n
Submissions for talks and posters are now open with a
deadline of February 15\, 2023. Conference registration will open in early 2023.
\n
Keynote speakers\, symposia\, tutorials\, and housing have now been arranged\, as specified
below.
\n
Please direct any inquiries to ASSC26@nyu.edu.
\n
We hope to
see you soon in New York!
\n
Ned Block and David Chalmers\, Conf
erence Directors
\n
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/theassc.org/assc-26/#registration.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:CUNY
CONTACT:https://philevents.org/event/show/112490
DESCRIPTION:Keynote: Harry Brighouse (University of Wisconsin-Madison)\nPed
agogy Workshop Leader: TBA\nLocation: The Graduate Center\, CUNY—New York\
, New York\nAbstracts & Workshop Applications due: July 31st 2023\nRespons
es: August 31st 2023\nOrganizers: Michael Greer (CUNY)\, Maria Salazar (CU
NY)\nContact email: gscope.committee@gmail.com\nThe committee for the Grad
uate Student Conference on Philosophy of Education (GSCOPE) invites abstra
cts for papers on the topic of Higher Education\, Democracy\, and Controve
rsy. The theme of the conference & post-conference pedagogy workshop refle
cts the difficulty in creating and maintaining respectful discourse in hig
her-education classrooms\, especially surrounding controversial empirical\
, moral\, and political issues. Some argue that this is an equity issue. U
ndergraduate students who come from rural and/or underprivileged areas are
more likely to experience alienation on campus\, sometimes because they h
ave never been exposed to certain “politically correct” language or ideas\
, and sometimes simply because they lack the financial and social capital
that their peers have. It seems crucial (and follows from democratic and c
ivic values) to foster safe learning environments for all students\, espec
ially those students who are more likely to feel alienated on college camp
uses and in elite spaces. At the same time\, some argue that the aim of hi
gher education is purely epistemological\, and not civic or democratic. Pr
oponents of this view might hold that free speech and academic freedom mus
t be properly protected for higher education to perform its proper social
function: education. What is the appropriate relationship between higher e
ducation\, knowledge-production\, teaching\, free speech\, and democracy?
How can higher education instructors and professors be effective teachers
in the light of these relationships?\nPapers must pertain to higher educat
ionbut maybe about anything from interpersonal classroom dynamicstoinstitu
tional policies to campus controversy. We are particularly interested in p
apers that explore the following topics:\n\nPhilosophical issues around te
aching controversy\n\n\nNavigating different identities in the classroom a
nd on campus\nFree speech and controversial issues in classrooms and on ca
mpus\nDifferential roles of various higher education actors when it comes
to protecting free speech (administration\, tenured professors\, students\
, residential life)\n\n\nTraining (or lack thereof) of graduate students t
o be teachers and the impact of this on teaching in our current political
moment\n\n\nTheright relationship(s) between democracy\, knowledge\,free s
peech\, and higher education\n\n\nThe role of controversy in democracy\nTh
e relationship between controversy and equality\n\n\nTeaching as an equity
issue – how education might foster or impede different kinds of equity (c
lass equity\, racial equity\, urban/rural equity\, gender equity)\n\n\nDis
agreement in classrooms\n\n\nEpistemological issues around disagreement an
d understanding\nTrust in classrooms\nPedagogical tools to cope with disag
reement in classrooms\nPhilosophical views on coming to understanding from
different social locations\, epistemic commitments\, and material circums
tances\n\nWe especially welcome contributions that:\n\nThink about univers
ities outside of the “top 50” and the “top 500” — we want our conversation
to reflect issues found across the entire spectrum of international highe
r ed institutions\nEngage with CUNY-specific issues and offer CUNY-specifi
c solutions\n\nAbstracts should:\n– Outline the paper’s principal argument
(s).\n– Give a good sense of the paper’s philosophical and/or empirical co
ntributions and methods.\n– Be anonymized.\nProposal Guidelines:\nPlease s
ubmit abstracts of up to 500 words by midnight EST on Monday\, July 31\, 2
023.\nPDF or DOC.X by email to gscope.committee@gmail.com\nPost-Conference
Pedagogy Workshop\nThe theme of our conference Higher Education\, Democra
cy\, and Controversy is relevant to graduate student educators\, who are r
outinely under-trained and under-equipped to engage with real-life problem
s they may encounter in the classroom. The lack of training for higher edu
cation teachers is a growing iue in philosophy of education.\nThis worksho
p attends to this issue by facilitating a space for graduate student educa
tors to reflect on how to foster good teaching environments for controvers
ial issues\, and be good interlocutors with each other on controversial is
sues. The workshop will also touch on promoting equity in classrooms. We w
ill provide workshop participants with a certificate of completion.\nhttps
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y Brighouse (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
\nPedagogy Workshop Le
ader: TBA
\nLocation: The Graduate Center\, CUNY—New York\, New York
\nAbstracts & Workshop Applications due: July 31st 2023
\nRes
ponses: August 31st 2023
\nOrganizers: Michael Greer (CUNY)\, Maria
Salazar (CUNY)
\nContact email: gscope.committee@gmail.com
\nT
he committee for the Graduate Student Conference on Philosophy of Educatio
n (GSCOPE) invites abstracts for papers on the topic of Higher Education\,
Democracy\, and Controversy. The theme of the conference & post-conferenc
e pedagogy workshop reflects the difficulty in creating and maintaining re
spectful discourse in higher-education classrooms\, especially surrounding
controversial empirical\, moral\, and political issues. Some argue that t
his is an equity issue. Undergraduate students who come from rural and/or
underprivileged areas are more likely to experience alienation on campus\,
sometimes because they have never been exposed to certain “politically co
rrect” language or ideas\, and sometimes simply because they lack the fina
ncial and social capital that their peers have. It seems crucial (and foll
ows from democratic and civic values) to foster safe learning environments
for all students\, especially those students who are more likely to feel
alienated on college campuses and in elite spaces. At the same time\, some
argue that the aim of higher education is purely epistemological\, and no
t civic or democratic. Proponents of this view might hold that free speech
and academic freedom must be properly protected for higher education to p
erform its proper social function: education. What is the appropriate rela
tionship between higher education\, knowledge-production\, teaching\, free
speech\, and democracy? How can higher education instructors and professo
rs be effective teachers in the light of these relationships?
\nPape
rs must pertain to higher educationbut maybe about anything from interpers
onal classroom dynamicstoinstitutional policies to campus controversy. We
are particularly interested in papers that explore the following topics:
p>\n
\n- Philosophical issues around teaching controversy
\n
\n\n- Navigating different identities in the classroom and on campus
\n- Free speech and controversial issues in classrooms and on campu
s
\n- Differential roles of various higher education actors when it
comes to protecting free speech (administration\, tenured professors\, stu
dents\, residential life)
\n
\n\n- Training (or lack thereof
) of graduate students to be teachers and the impact of this on teaching i
n our current political moment
\n
\n\n- Theright relationshi
p(s) between democracy\, knowledge\,free speech\, and higher education
\n
\n\n- The role of controversy in democracy
\n- The rel
ationship between controversy and equality
\n
\n\n- Teaching
as an equity issue – how education might foster or impede different kinds
of equity (class equity\, racial equity\, urban/rural equity\, gender equ
ity)
\n
\n\n- Disagreement in classrooms
\n
\n\n
- Epistemological issues around disagreement and understanding
\n- Trust in classrooms
\n- Pedagogical tools to cope with disagreement
in classrooms
\n- Philosophical views on coming to understanding fr
om different social locations\, epistemic commitments\, and material circu
mstances
\n
\nWe especially welcome contributions that:
\n\nThink about universities outside of the “top 50” and the “top 500”
— we want our conversation to reflect issues found across the entire spec
trum of international higher ed institutions\nEngage with CUNY-sp
ecific issues and offer CUNY-specific solutions\n\nAbstracts
should:
\n– Outline the paper’s principal argument(s).
\n– Give
a good sense of the paper’s philosophical and/or empirical contributions a
nd methods.
\n– Be anonymized.
\nProposal Guidelines:
\nP
lease submit abstracts of up to 500 words by midnight EST on Monday\, July
31\, 2023.
\nPDF or DOC.X by email to gscope.committee@gmail.com
\nPost-Conference Pedagogy Workshop
\nThe theme of our conferenc
e Higher Education\, Democracy\, and Controversy is relevant to g
raduate student educators\, who are routinely under-trained and under-equi
pped to engage with real-life problems they may encounter in the classroom
. The lack of training for higher education teachers is a growing iue in p
hilosophy of education.
\nThis workshop attends to this issue by fac
ilitating a space for graduate student educators to reflect on how to fost
er good teaching environments for controversial issues\, and be good inter
locutors with each other on controversial issues. The workshop will also t
ouch on promoting equity in classrooms. We will provide workshop participa
nts with a certificate of completion.
\nhttps://philevents.org/event
/show/112546
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CONTACT:https://event.newschool.edu/philosophycolloquiumanatmatar
DESCRIPTION:Book panel: Anat Matar\, The Poverty of Ethics (Verso books 2
022)\nParticipants:\nAnat Matar (Senior Lecturer of Philosophy at Tel Aviv
University)\nSimon Critchley (Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at NSSR)
\nRaef Zreik (Visiting Fellow at Yale Law School\, and Associate Professor
of Jurisprudence at Ono Academic College)\n \nAbstract:\nIt is a common a
ssumption that ethics must serve as the cornerstone of politics. Yet abstr
act moral arguments have always been used for justifying all kinds of atro
cities\; ethical sensitivity and compassion have been expressed towards pa
rticular kinds of victims\, while totally ignoring others.\nThe liberal We
st\, in particular\, continually manifests such blindness. It is horrified
by non-Western oppressive methods\, but turns a blind eye to their Wester
n equivalents.\nThe gratification of holding the moral high ground consist
ently serves as a political instrument in the hands of those seeking to sh
ore up the existing order.\nIn The Poverty of Ethics\, philosopher and act
ivist Anat Matar argues for the conceptual primacy of political discourse
over ethics and claims that only the political force which stands for equa
lity\, justice and democracy – the Left – can provide the coordinates for
an ethical life under conditions of global injustice.\nAppealing to philos
ophical ideas on the essence of language\, Matar shows how the ethos of th
e Left\, as it has evolved over years\, underlies and gradually forms the
basis for ethics.\nStruggles against slavery\, racism\, colonization and m
ilitarization\, protests against exploitation and the capitalist order\, t
he feminist movement\, global demands for climate action – all these are p
rimarily motivated by a deep understanding of Left heritage rather than by
abstract ethical requirements or by airy sensitivities. They\, in turn\,
shape and reshape our notion of moralit\nTickets: https://event.newschool.
edu/philosophycolloquiumanatmatar.
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panel: Anat Matar\, The Poverty of Ethics (Verso books
2022)
\nParticipants:
\nAnat
Matar (Senior Lecturer of Philosophy at Tel Aviv University)
\nSim
on Critchley (Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at NSSR)
\nRaef Zreik (Visiting Fellow at Yale Law School\, and Associat
e Professor of Jurisprudence at Ono Academic College)
\n
\nAbstract:
\nIt is a common assumption that ethics mus
t serve as the cornerstone of politics. Yet abstract moral arguments have
always been used for justifying all kinds of atrocities\; ethical sensitiv
ity and compassion have been expressed towards particular kinds of victims
\, while totally ignoring others.
\nThe liberal West\, in particular
\, continually manifests such blindness. It is horrified by non-Western op
pressive methods\, but turns a blind eye to their Western equivalents.
\nThe gratification of holding the moral high ground consistently serve
s as a political instrument in the hands of those seeking to shore up the
existing order.
\nIn The Poverty of Ethics\, philosopher and activis
t Anat Matar argues for the conceptual primacy of political discourse over
ethics and claims that only the political force which stands for equality
\, justice and democracy – the Left – can provide the coordinates for an e
thical life under conditions of global injustice.
\nAppealing to phi
losophical ideas on the essence of language\, Matar shows how the ethos of
the Left\, as it has evolved over years\, underlies and gradually forms t
he basis for ethics.
\nStruggles against slavery\, racism\, coloniza
tion and militarization\, protests against exploitation and the capitalist
order\, the feminist movement\, global demands for climate action – all t
hese are primarily motivated by a deep understanding of Left heritage rath
er than by abstract ethical requirements or by airy sensitivities. They\,
in turn\, shape and reshape our notion of moralit
\nTickets: https://event.newschool.edu/philosophycolloquiumanatm
atar.
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DESCRIPTION:What makes right acts right? A Stoic answer to Ross’s question.
\nWhen W.D. Ross poses the question\, “what makes right acts right?” (The
Right and the Good ch. 2)\, he is asking a question that is prior to the d
eliberative question\, “how do I determine the right thing to do?” The Sto
ics recognize this: in De Officiis 1.7\, Cicero says that every inquiry ab
out duty has two parts: (1) a theoretical part concerned with the end of g
oods and evils\, which addresses such matters as whether all duties are pe
rfect\, whether some are more important than others\, and what are the kin
ds of duties\, and (2) a practical part which sets out rules (praecepta) b
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es on (1) and in particular asks Ross’s question about Stoic right actions
(kathêkonta).\n \nThe endpoint of Stoic deliberation is determining what
token action is the right action. The paper begins with the Stoic distin
ction between a thing’s choiceworthiness\, its intrinsic disposition to el
icit a choice response in a suitable subject\, and its possession being to
-be-chosen. The determination of what is to-be-done is made by weighing ag
ainst each other all the values of the relevant action types specified by
their content (the so-called ‘intermediate actions’) that are in accordanc
e with nature\, as Stoic value theory says that according with nature is a
n objective reason to do an action. What constitutes the rightness of the
token right action\, and is given in its reasonable defense\, is the same
as what constitutes the rightness of a perfect (katorthôma) action. Th
e Stoic distinction between right and perfect action depends on the action
’s moral goodness—not rightness—which is due to its causal origin.\nPresen
ted by Professor Rachana Kamtekar (Cornell University)\nTickets: https://e
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hat makes right acts right? A Stoic answer to Ross’s question.
\nWhen W.D. Ross poses the question\, “what makes right acts righ
t?” (The Right and the Good ch. 2)\, he is asking a question that is prior
to the deliberative question\, “how do I determine the right thing to do?
” The Stoics recognize this: in De Officiis 1.7\, Cicero says that every i
nquiry about duty has two parts: (1) a theoretical part concerned with the
end of goods and evils\, which addresses such matters as whether all duti
es are perfect\, whether some are more important than others\, and what ar
e the kinds of duties\, and (2) a practical part which sets out rules (pra
ecepta) by which our conduct can be made to conform with the end. This pa
per focuses on (1) and in particular asks Ross’s question about Stoic righ
t actions (kathêkonta).
\n
\nThe endpoint of Stoic deliberat
ion is determining what token action is the right action. The paper begin
s with the Stoic distinction between a thing’s choiceworthiness\, its intr
insic disposition to elicit a choice response in a suitable subject\, and
its possession being to-be-chosen. The determination of what is to-be-done
is made by weighing against each other all the values of the relevant act
ion types specified by their content (the so-called ‘intermediate actions’
) that are in accordance with nature\, as Stoic value theory says that acc
ording with nature is an objective reason to do an action. What constitut
es the rightness of the token right action\, and is given in its reasonabl
e defense\, is the same as what constitutes the rightness of a perfect (ka
torthôma) action. The Stoic distinction between right and perfect actio
n depends on the action’s moral goodness—not rightness—which is due to its
causal origin.
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DESCRIPTION:Few words in our language appear to cover such a broad and flex
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n\, the brain? Where does the mind begin or emerge from? Is it merely a by
-product of neural activities within the brain\, or does it connect with d
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across nature beyond the realm of living forms? Is there such a thing as
the proper locus of the mind? How independent is the mind from its biologi
cal foundations? It is generally believed that what distinguishes the huma
n mind is precisely its capacity to ask and probe these very questions. Bu
t is it actually equipped to answer them? How far does the scope of the mi
nd extend? And what role does reflection and conscious thought play in its
operation?\nPhilosopher of mind Ned Block\, philosopher Philip Goff\, and
philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein dissect the connections between t
he human mind\, brain\, and consciousness.\nReception to follow.\n\n\n\n\n
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Few words in our language appear to cover such a broad and flexi
ble swath of ideas as “the mind.” But what\, actually\, is the human mind?
How does it relate to and differ from its seemingly inseparable companion
\, the brain? Where does the mind begin or emerge from? Is it merely a by-
product of neural activities within the brain\, or does it connect with de
eper and more fundamental features of physical reality that possibly span
across nature beyond the realm of living forms? Is there such a thing as t
he proper locus of the mind? How independent is the mind from its biologic
al foundations? It is generally believed that what distinguishes the human
mind is precisely its capacity to ask and probe these very questions. But
is it actually equipped to answer them? How far does the scope of the min
d extend? And what role does reflection and conscious thought play in its
operation?
\n
Philo
sopher of mind Ned Block\, philosopher Philip Goff\, and philosopher Rebec
ca Newberger Goldstein dissect the connections between the human mind\, br
ain\, and consciousness.
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Reception to follow.
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CONTACT:https://scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/events/cynthia-bennett-disab
ility-accessibility-and-fairness-artificial-intelligence
DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to automate and scale sol
utions to perennial accessibility challenges (e.g.\, generating image desc
riptions for blind users). However\, research shows that AI-bias dispropor
tionately impacts people already marginalized based on their race\, gender
\, or disabilities\, raising questions about potential impacts in addition
to AI’s promise. In this talk\, Cynthia Bennett will overview broad conce
rns at the intersection of AI\, disability\, and accessibility. She will t
hen share details about one project in this research space that led to gui
dance on human and AI-generated image descriptions that account for subjec
tive and potentially sensitive descriptors around race\, gender\, and disa
bility of people in images.
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al Intelligence
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/cynthia-bennett-disabili
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telligence (AI) promises to automate and scale solutions to perennial acce
ssibility challenges (e.g.\, generating image descriptions for blind users
). However\, research shows that AI-bias disproportionately impacts people
already marginalized based on their race\, gender\, or disabilities\, rai
sing questions about potential impacts in addition to AI’s promise. In thi
s talk\, Cynthia Bennett will overview broad concerns at the intersection
of AI\, disability\, and accessibility. She will then share details about
one project in this research space that led to guidance on human and AI-ge
nerated image descriptions that account for subjective and potentially sen
sitive descriptors around race\, gender\, and disability of people in imag
es.
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DESCRIPTION:Rationality\, long considered a distinctive characteristic of t
he human mind\, provides us with the capacity for understanding and discer
nment\, as well as the ability to introduce order into our thoughts by all
owing us to form higher-order volitions\, adopt values\, establish priorit
ies\, and achieve a level of consistency in our actions across time. The a
ncient Socratic ideal of the “examined life” in pursuit of truth and justi
ce relied on a definition of human nature that was to be cultivated in a s
ystematic way. If the key to fully realizing our humanity lies in the cult
ivation of our minds\, what ethical principles and practices in modern lif
e can help our minds to flourish? How can reason be blended with emotion t
o nurture a more ethical life? In this regard\, experimental psychology an
d neuroscientific research may have much to teach us\, as might the age-ol
d wisdom traditions.\nPsychologist and neurobiologist Richard Davidson\, c
lassics scholar Edith Hall\, and psychologist Dacher Keltner analyze how r
eason and the mind can facilitate ethical development.\nReception to follo
w.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: https:/
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SUMMARY:Cultivating the Mind: Reason and the Pursuit of Ethical Transformat
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URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/cultivating-the-mind-rea
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:NYU
CONTACT:https://as.nyu.edu/departments/philosophy/events/spring-2023/depart
ment-colloquium-katharina-kraus.html
DESCRIPTION:This talk explores the reflexive nature of consciousness\, whic
h consists primarily in the fact that a state of consciousness has a refle
xive relation to the subject who has that state\, so that the subject can
typically be aware of itself as having that state. Comparing Kant’s\, Fich
te’s\, and selected contemporary analytic theories of this reflexivity sho
ws that there is a crucial difference in the way the relation between form
(or mode) and content of a state of consciousness is conceived. The first
part examines Kant’s formal theory of consciousness: reflexivity is under
stood not in terms of a self-referential content resulting from a reflecti
on on the state of the subject\, but as the universal transcendental form
that any content must have in order to be representationally significant a
nd potentially conscious to the subject. The second part examines Fichte’s
departure from Kant in his theory of a self-positing consciousness: in th
e original act of self-positing\, the mere form of reflexivity is turned i
nto a self-referential content that determines the subject as an object fr
om the absolute standpoint of consciousness. The third part examines analy
tic theories that explain the reflexivity (or what is often called the sub
jective character) of consciousness on a model of mental indexicality. The
se theories tend to reduce reflexivity to an objective constituent of cont
ent that\, although often implicit\, can be read off from the subject’s co
ntextual situatedness in nature. In conclusion\, Kant’s theory can be unde
rstood as a moderate\, human-centered kind of perspectivism that navigates
between Fichtean absolute subjectivity and a naturalist absolute objectiv
ity.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Information\n\n\n\nRegistration is free b
ut required. A registration link will be shared via email with our departm
ent mailing lists a few weeks before the event. Please contact Jack Mikusz
ewski at jhm378@nyu.edu if you did not receive a registration link.\n \n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\nDisability Accommodations\n\n\n\nThe Philosophy Department pro
vides reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Requests for
accommodations should be submitted to philosophy@nyu.edu at least two week
s before the event.\n\n\n\n\nTickets: https://as.nyu.edu/departments/philo
sophy/events/spring-2023/department-colloquium-katharina-kraus.html.
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SUMMARY:The Reflexivity of Consciousness in Kant\, Fichte and Beyond. Katha
rina Kraus (Johns Hopkins)
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/the-reflexivity-of-consc
iousness-in-kant-fichte-and-beyond-katharina-kraus-johns-hopkins/
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This talk explores the reflexive nature of consciousness\, which cons
ists primarily in the fact that a state of consciousness has a reflexive r
elation to the subject who has that state\, so that the subject can typica
lly be aware of itself as having that state. Comparing Kant’s\, Fichte’s\,
and selected contemporary analytic theories of this reflexivity shows tha
t there is a crucial difference in the way the relation between form (or m
ode) and content of a state of consciousness is conceived. The first part
examines Kant’s formal theory of consciousness: reflexivity is understood
not in terms of a self-referential content resulting from a reflection on
the state of the subject\, but as the universal transcendental form that a
ny content must have in order to be representationally significant and pot
entially conscious to the subject. The second part examines Fichte’s depar
ture from Kant in his theory of a self-positing consciousness: in the orig
inal act of self-positing\, the mere form of reflexivity is turned into a
self-referential content that determines the subject as an object from the
absolute standpoint of consciousness. The third part examines analytic th
eories that explain the reflexivity (or what is often called the subjectiv
e character) of consciousness on a model of mental indexicality. These the
ories tend to reduce reflexivity to an objective constituent of content th
at\, although often implicit\, can be read off from the subject’s contextu
al situatedness in nature. In conclusion\, Kant’s theory can be understood
as a moderate\, human-centered kind of perspectivism that navigates betwe
en Fichtean absolute subjectivity and a naturalist absolute objectivity.
p>\n
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ailing lists a few weeks before the event. Please contact Jack Mikuszewski
at jhm378@nyu.edu if you did not receive a registration link.
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s reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Requests for acco
mmodations should be submitted to philosophy@nyu.edu at least two weeks be
fore the event.
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ium-katharina-kraus.html.
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CONTACT:nycwittgensteinworkshop@gmail.com
DESCRIPTION:The NYC Wittgenstein Workshop presents:\nMarch 31st — Sandra La
ugier (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne) will be presenting on Wittgen
stein and Care Ethics\nApril 14th — Camila Lobo (PhD candidate in Philosop
hy at Nova University of Lisbon and visiting scholar) will be presenting o
n Wittgenstein and hermeneutical justice in connection with the so-called
“problem of the new.”\nApril 21st — Harmut von Sass (Humboldt University B
erlin and a visiting scholar) will be presenting on gratitude.\nApril 28th
— Janna van Grunsven (Delft University of Technology) will be presenting
on How Social Media Platforms Disrupt the Field of Social Affordances and
Threaten Human Flourishing.\nWith the exception of our last talk (which wi
ll take place over Zoom)\, workshops will be in person from 4 to 6 pm EST\
, followed by a reception. As always\, snacks and drinks will be provided.
\nLook out for an email closer to each event with more details regarding t
he location and materials the speaker would like to circulate.\n
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nthéon Sorbonne)
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/wittgenstein-and-care-et
hics-sandra-laugier-universite-paris-1-pantheon-sorbonne/
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\nMarch 31st — Sandra Laugier (Université
Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne) will be presenting on Wittgenstein and Care Et
hics
\nApril 14th — Camila Lobo (PhD candidate in Philosophy at Nova
University of Lisbon and visiting scholar) will be presenting on Wittgens
tein and hermeneutical justice in connection with the so-called “problem o
f the new.”
\nApril 21st — Harmut von Sass (Humboldt University Berl
in and a visiting scholar) will be presenting on gratitude.
\nApril
28th — Janna van Grunsven (Delft University of Technology) will be present
ing on How Social Media Platforms Disrupt the Field of Social Affordances
and Threaten Human Flourishing.
\nWith the exception of our last tal
k (which will take place over Zoom)\, workshops will be in person from 4 t
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e provided.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Columbia U
CONTACT:https://universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminars/comparative-philos
ophy/
DESCRIPTION:When someone is in a conscious state\, must they be aware of th
at state? The Buddhist philosopher Dignāga offers a brilliant route to an
swering this question by leveraging the role awareness might play as a con
straint on memory. I begin by clarifying his strategy and what conclusion
s it might be used to establish. Here I examine different candidate direc
tions of explanation between consciousness and inner awareness. I interpr
et the metaphor of consciousness as a lamp that lights itself\, and use th
e metaphor to distinguish between his view and contemporary higher-order t
heories of consciousness. I then turn to explain why the memory argument
fails. The first main problem is that\, contrary to Dignāga’s contemporar
y defenders\, there is no good way to use the argument to reach a conclusi
on about all conscious states. The second main problem is that the propos
ed awareness constraint on memory is highly problematic\, in tension both
with ancient objections as well as current psychology.\nWith responses fro
m Lu Teng (NYU Shanghai)
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SUMMARY:Speak\, Memory: Dignāga\, Consciousness\, and Awareness. Nicholas S
ilins (Cornell)
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/speak-memory-dignaga-con
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is in a conscious state\, must they be aware of that state? The Buddhist
philosopher Dignāga offers a brilliant route to answering this question by
leveraging the role awareness might play as a constraint on memory. I be
gin by clarifying his strategy and what conclusions it might be used to es
tablish. Here I examine different candidate directions of explanation bet
ween consciousness and inner awareness. I interpret the metaphor of consc
iousness as a lamp that lights itself\, and use the metaphor to distinguis
h between his view and contemporary higher-order theories of consciousness
. I then turn to explain why the memory argument fails. The first main p
roblem is that\, contrary to Dignāga’s contemporary defenders\, there is n
o good way to use the argument to reach a conclusion about all conscious s
tates. The second main problem is that the proposed awareness constraint
on memory is highly problematic\, in tension both with ancient objections
as well as current psychology.
\nWith responses from Lu Teng (NYU Sh
anghai)
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CONTACT:https://event.newschool.edu/rachanakamtekar
DESCRIPTION:When W.D. Ross poses the question “what makes right acts right?
” (The Right and the Good\, ch. 2)\, he is asking a question that is prior
to\, and has a bearing on\, the practical question “how do I determine th
e right thing to do?” The Stoics recognize this. Cicero (De Officio\, wher
e he is referring to Panaetius’ work Peri Kathêkontos) tells us that ever
y inquiry about duty has two parts: (1) a theoretical part concerned with
the end of good and evil deeds\, which addresses such matters as whether a
ll duties are perfect (omniane official perfecta sint)\, whether some are
more important than others\, and what the kinds of duties are\, and (2) a
practical part which sets out rules (praecepta) by which our conduct can b
e made to conform with the end (De Officiis\, 1.7). While Cicero himself
focuses on the second\, this paper seeks the answer to the first part.\n
\nRachana Kamtekar is a Professor of Philosophy and Classics at Cornell Un
iversity and has written on many topics in ancient philosophy and contempo
rary moral psychology. Her monograph\, Plato’s Moral Psychology: Intellect
ualism\, the Divided Soul and the Desire for Good\, was published in 2017.
She is currently working on the relationship between action and characte
r in ancient Greek ethics.\n
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USA
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SUMMARY:Chrysippus on What Makes Right Acts Right. Rachana Kamtekar (Cornel
l)
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/chrysippus-on-what-makes
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s poses the question “what makes right acts right?” (The Right and the
Good\, ch. 2)\, he is asking a question that is prior to\, and has a
bearing on\, the practical question “how do I determine the right thing t
o do?” The Stoics recognize this. Cicero (De Officio\, where he i
s referring to Panaetius’ work Peri Kathêkontos) tells us that e
very inquiry about duty has two parts: (1) a theoretical part concerned wi
th the end of good and evil deeds\, which addresses such matters as whethe
r all duties are perfect (omniane official perfecta sint)\, wheth
er some are more important than others\, and what the kinds of duties are\
, and (2) a practical part which sets out rules (praecepta) by wh
ich our conduct can be made to conform with the end (De Officiis\, 1.7). While Cicero himself focuses on the second\, this paper seeks the
answer to the first part.
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\nRachana Kamtekar is a Profess
or of Philosophy and Classics at Cornell University and has written on man
y topics in ancient philosophy and contemporary moral psychology. Her mono
graph\, Plato’s Moral Psychology: Intellectualism\, the Divided Soul a
nd the Desire for Good\, was published in 2017. She is currently wor
king on the relationship between action and character in ancient Greek eth
ics.
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elves (2022) and co-author of Chimpanzee Rights
(2018) and Food\, Animals\, and the Environment (2018). He is also an executive committee memb
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ber at Minding Animals International\, an advisory board member at the Ins
ect Welfare Research Society\, a senior research fellow at the Legal Prior
ities Project\, and a mentor at Sentient Media.
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an entrepreneur and mathematician with a focus on improving human well-bei
ng. He’s the founder of ClearerThinking.org\, which provides 70
free\, digital tools to help people make better decisions and improve thei
r lives\, as well as the host of the Clearer Thinking podcast. Spencer is
also the founder of Spark Wa
ve\, an organization that conducts psycho
logy research and builds psychology-related products designed to help bene
fit the world. He has a Ph.D. in applied math from New York University\, w
ith a specialty in machine learning\, and his work has been featured by nu
merous major media outlets\, including The Wall Street Journal\, the Indep
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