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Sebastian Purcell on Aztec Philosophy 7:00 pm
Sebastian Purcell on Aztec Philosophy @ Brooklyn Public Library Information Commons Lab
Dec 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The last Philosophy in the Library talk of 2019 is coming up on December 4th at 7:00 PM! Sebastian Purcell is talking about “Good Habits Aren’t Enough: The Aztec Conception of Shared Agency!” If you’re into indigenous philosophy, the history of philosophy, virtue ethics, or collective action, you should enjoy it. Brooklyn Public Philosophers is a forum for philosophers in the greater Brooklyn area to discuss their work with a general audience, hosted by the[...]
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Conversion Disorder: Listening to the Body in Psychoanalysis. Jamieson Webster & Adrienne Harris 6:00 pm
Conversion Disorder: Listening to the Body in Psychoanalysis. Jamieson Webster & Adrienne Harris @ Wolff Conference Room, D1106
Dec 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
“Being dragged into the orbit of Webster’s mind is like entering the Magic Mountain: you go in as a visitor, and stay as a patient” – Tom Mcarthy, author of Remainder and Satin Island “Jamieson Webster’s new work reflects upon that aspect of hysteria—or conversion disorder—that has eluded the attention of most commentators: the indifference of the subject at the very moment that the symptom is most clearly enacted. This point of departure allows Webster to think about what[...]
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The Immortal Spirit in Classical Chinese Aesthetics. Paul Goldin (UPenn) 5:30 pm
The Immortal Spirit in Classical Chinese Aesthetics. Paul Goldin (UPenn) @ Columbia University Religion Dept. 101
Dec 6 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
This will be the third (and, time permitting, some material from the fourth) of a series of lectures that I aim to write up formally as a book.  We will begin with a brief review of the most familiar theory of Chinese aesthetics: works of art are the products of sensitive human beings who cannot suppress their sincere responses to emotional stimuli.  If art is understood as a sincere statement of this kind by a[...]
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Philosophy of Emotion Workshop
Philosophy of Emotion Workshop @ CUNY Grad Center, rm 5307
Dec 7 all-day
Please R.S.V.P. The City University of New York, Graduate Center, is hosting its second Emotion Workshop. This semester, we are profiling the work of local scholars and visitors to New York.  Topics relate to mind, social philosophy, epistemology, aesthetics, experimental philosophy, and psychology.     The workshop will be 1 day long.  Participants should not feel obligated to attend every session, but we do ask you to RSVP (this is to make sure everyone is[...]
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Philosophy of Psychology Workshop 7:00 pm
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ NYU Philosophy Dept. rm 202
Dec 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Here is the tentative schedule for PoPRocks sessions this semester. We will be meeting, usually, on Thursday or Friday evenings from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm in the 2nd floor seminar room at the NYU philosophy department. Th. 10/03 Luke Roelofs Fr. 10/18 Josh Myers CANCELLED Fr. 10/25 Sam Clarke Th. 10/31 Simon Brown Th. 11/14 Noga Gratvol Fr. 11/22 Cristina Ballarini Th. 12/12 Rodrigo Diaz You can still sign up to present! Of course,[...]
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