The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
Individuals support forms of domination with varying levels of understanding that they are doing so. In many cases, those very structures of domination distort our conceptions of them through mechanisms such as motivated reasoning, implicit bias, affected ignorance, false consciousness, and belief polarization. These various epistemic distortions, in turn, cause social conflict, notably by promoting political polarization. Those worried by social conflict have spent a great deal of energy decrying the increasingly polarized contexts in which we live. However, epistemic distortions in our sociopolitical beliefs also misrepresent, maintain systems of domination and prevent human needs from being met.
This workshop aims to go beyond pronouncements such as ‘we are polarized’ or that ‘partisanship is on the rise,’ and begin to think through epistemic distortions at the individual and intersubjective levels, the role of criticism and critique in facilitating belief and social change, and the idea of reconciliation, by asking questions such as:
- In what ways are individual beliefs about domination/social structures epistemically distorted?
- What explains why social beliefs are epistemically distorted?
- What are the normative upshots of epistemic distortion for social relationships like allyship, comradeship, and friendship?
- Ought polarization be remedied? Which epistemic resources and theoretical frameworks avail themselves of emancipatory potential?
Convenors
Ege Yumuşak is a philosopher, specializing in epistemology, the philosophy of mind, and social & political philosophy. She received a PhD in Philosophy from Harvard University in 2022. Her research examines political disagreement—its material foundations, psychological and social manifestations, and epistemic properties. She is currently writing a series of articles on the nature and significance of clashes of perspective in social life.
Nicolas Côté is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Toronto. His research is mainly in normative ethics and social choice theory, but they also dabble in applied ethics and issues of practical rationality. Côté’s doctoral dissertation work focuses on the measurement of freedom, especially on axiomatic approaches to the measurement question, and on how deontic concerns for protecting individual rights interact with welfarist concerns for improving the general welfare. Côté’s current research focuses on the ethics of decision-making under radical uncertainty.
Invited speakers:
Sabina Vaccarino Bremner; Daniela Dover; Cain Shelley
Invited commentators
TBA