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Dōgen in Dialogue with Analytic Philosophy
Dōgen in Dialogue with Analytic Philosophy @ CUNY Grad Center, rooms 6300/7113.xx
Oct 5 – Oct 6 all-day
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New York Workshop for the Cosmos of Dōgen Presents Dōgen in Dialogue with Analytic Philosophy Dōgen (1200-1251) is a Japanese Zen master and one of the most original and intriguing philosophers in the entire history of Japan. In this workshop, some important themes of Dogen’s philosophy such as self, time, reality, causation, ineffability of the ultimate truth & etc., are reinterpreted, mainly but not exclusively, from the perspectives of analytic philosophy. Those analytic Dōgen studies[...]
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How I Came to Conclude that Confucian Discourse is not Philosophy, Eske Møllgaard (U. Rhode Island) 5:30 pm
How I Came to Conclude that Confucian Discourse is not Philosophy, Eske Møllgaard (U. Rhode Island) @ Columbia University Religion Dept. 101
Oct 12 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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The paper follows and elaborates on a line of argument in my book The Confucian Political Imagination, which was published by Palgrave Macmillan this summer. I do not address the main argument of the book, but sum up a line of thought that has gradually taken form since I began to read Confucian texts. I explain what I learned about reading Confucianism from my teacher Tu Weiming, and why I could not follow the philosophical[...]
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Dimitris Vardoulakis on “Authority and Utility in Spinoza: From Epicureanism to Neoliberalism?” 6:00 pm
Dimitris Vardoulakis on “Authority and Utility in Spinoza: From Epicureanism to Neoliberalism?” @ Wolff Conference Room, D1103
Oct 25 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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The paper argues that Spinoza is influenced by epicureanism. This is evident particularly in the conflict between authority—understood as the kind of figure that is impervious to argumentation—and the calculation of utility (phronesis) that is the precondition of action. This conflict is complex because in certain circumstances we may calculate that it is to our utility to allow a person in authority to calculate on our behalf. The paper indicates, in addition, that the way[...]
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