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Improvising Illocutions and Passionate Perlocutions: Why Sexual Scripts are Insufficient. Lisa McKeown
4:00 pm
Improvising Illocutions and Passionate Perlocutions: Why Sexual Scripts are Insufficient. Lisa McKeown
@ New School, rm D906
Nov 8 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Recently, Rebecca Kukla – among others – has argued that consent language is too narrow to adequately capture the ethical obligations and failures arising in the context of sex. Instead, she offers more nuanced scripts for the kinds of communication that occur throughout sex, not just at the beginning. I agree with Kukla that consent language is too narrow; however, I argue that she overlooks the fact that intimate personal communication requires an emotional attunement[...]
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Aristotle’s concept of matter and the generation of animals. Anna Schriefl
6:00 pm
Aristotle’s concept of matter and the generation of animals. Anna Schriefl
@ Wolff Conference Room, D1106
Nov 14 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
There is a broad consensus that Aristotle introduced the concept of matter in order to develop a consistent account of substantial change. However, it is disputed which role matter fulfills in substantial change. According to the traditional interpretation, matter persists while taking on or losing a substantial form. According to a rival interpretation, matter does not persist in substantial change; instead, it is an entity from which a new substance can emerge and which ceases[...]
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The Vanishing Point of Existence: Kierkegaard and the Ethics of the Novel. Yi-Ping On
5:00 pm
The Vanishing Point of Existence: Kierkegaard and the Ethics of the Novel. Yi-Ping On
@ Wolff Conference Room, D1106
Nov 18 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
The Vanishing Point of Existence: Kierkegaard and the Ethics of the Novel. Presented by: Yi-Ping Ong, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Thought and Literature, Johns Hopkins University. Presented by Liberal Studies at The New School of Social Research
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The Power of Art. Markus Gabriel
6:00 pm
The Power of Art. Markus Gabriel
@ Wolff Conference Room, D1106
Nov 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
We live in an era of aesthetics. Art has become both pervasive and powerful – it is displayed not only in museums and galleries but also on the walls of corporations and it is increasingly fused with design. But what makes art so powerful, and in what does its power consist? According to a widespread view, the power of art – its beauty – lies in the eye of the beholder. What counts as art[...]
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