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Critique of Critical Reason presented by Roy Ben-Shai 6:00 pm
Critique of Critical Reason presented by Roy Ben-Shai @ Wolff Conference Room/D1103
Mar 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
What is critique? According to the Kantian tradition, it is an investigation of the transcendental conditions for the possibility of thinking and experience. While later critics shifted the focus to material conditions, core metaphysical commitments and procedures of critique remained unchanged. Critique of Critique (Stanford UP, 2023), the subject of this talk, probes critique as an orientation of thought through its historical manifestations from Plato to the Frankfurt school and present-day critical theory. In the[...]
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Unmasking Objectivity: A Critical Examination of the Nexus between Universal Truth Claims and Emergent Power Structures Conference
Unmasking Objectivity: A Critical Examination of the Nexus between Universal Truth Claims and Emergent Power Structures Conference @ Wolff Conference Room/D1103
Mar 21 – Mar 23 all-day
How does objectivity shape power, and how does power shape objectivity? Welcome to “Unmasking Objectivity: A Critical Examination of the Nexus between Universal Truth Claims and Emergent Power Structures,” a conference that plunges into the intricate relationship between knowledge and power. In this conference, we will uncover how epistemological standpoints intersect with systems of coercion, marginalization, and oppression. Our topic extends to alternative visions of knowledge, truth, and learning, offering the potential for shared beliefs[...]
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Democracy Today?
Democracy Today? @ The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute
Mar 22 – Mar 23 all-day
Democracy is often presented as the sine qua non of politics today. Yet our own democratic political orders across the West consistently fail to deliver the desiderata they promise to provide. Does this failure arise in part from the theoretical insufficiency of conventional diagnoses of democracy’s challenges and ills? As the primaries for the 2024 U.S. presidential election open, we invite participants to consider critically the status of democracy with an eye toward the concerns[...]
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24th Annual Columbia-NYU Graduate Conference in Philosophy
24th Annual Columbia-NYU Graduate Conference in Philosophy @ Philosophy Hall
Mar 30 all-day
The graduate students and faculty of Columbia University and New York University invite graduate students* to submit papers to present at the 24th Annual Columbia-NYU Graduate Conference in Philosophy, to be held March 30th, 2024! The keynote speaker for this event will be Robert Brandom (University of Pittsburgh). The conference will take place in person at Columbia University. This conference is a generalist conference. Any topic suitable for presentation for a general philosophical audience is welcome! Requirements for submission. Papers[...]
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