LPW is an annual conference designed to foster reflection on the nature of law and the philosophical issues underlying its different areas. Our aim is to promote work that connects legal philosophy with other branches of philosophy (e.g., moral and political philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, or philosophy of action) and to create a venue for the critical examination of different viewpoints about law.
The format of the workshop is pre-read. Each session will start with a very short presentation by the author (5-10 minutes). A commentator will then kick off the discussion; the author will respond to the comments, and then the remainder of the session will be dedicated to Q&A.
We are inviting abstracts (up to 1,000 words). Once we have received abstracts, we aim to put together a diverse program that we hope will be of interest to a wide range of people within legal philosophy.
If you would like to submit an abstract, volunteer to comment, or register to participate, you can do so here: https://legalphilosophyworkshop.typeform.com/to/SRNU3m
You can also find the CFA for this event on our website.
https://sites.google.com/site/legalphilosophyworkshop/home
One dimension of cognitive success is getting it right, i.e gaining knowledge of facts. Another dimension of cognitive success is using the right concept, i.e. framing a topic in the right way. This view, if correct, tasks inquirers with critically examining the concepts they are using and perhaps replacing those concepts with new and better ones. This task is often known as “conceptual engineering”.
The idea that conceptual engineering is an important task for inquirers in and outside philosophy has recently gained traction. Some philosophers think conceptual engineering is an important task for inquirers to pursue. The conference is focused on foundational issues in connection with conceptual engineering. Topics to be addressed include the following:
- What are the semantic mechanisms that underlie conceptual engineering?
- What are concepts, and which role (if any) do they play in conceptual engineering?
- How can a theory of conceptual engineering be integrated with large-scale semantic theories?
- Which precise changes does a language undergo when its speakers engineer concepts?
- Is conceptual engineering something that speakers can ever purposefully bring about?
- What is the relation between changing concepts and changing reality?
The planned conference will focus especially on the semantic foundations of conceptual engineering and push towards a better understanding of the process.
The conference is organized collaboratively by members of NYU (Vera Flocke and David Chalmers) and members of the research project ConceptLab, located at the University of Oslo (Herman Cappelen and Andrew Peet).
The conference is funded by the New York Institute of Philosophy and ConceptLab.
To attend, please register by following this link no later than August 31, 2018.
The CUNY Graduate Center Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC), the Center for the Humanities, and the Philosophy Program present an interdisciplinary conference on:
“#MeToo and Epistemic Injustice”
Over the past year, the #MeToo movement has forced into national consciousness what has long been an underground truth known by women: the horrifying pervasiveness of sexual harassment and assault as routine everyday occurrences, largely unpunished. How can one explain the resistance there has traditionally been, as recently brought out in one high-profile case after another, to taking women’s testimony seriously? Using Miranda Fricker’s innovative concept of “epistemic injustice” as a focus—the refusal to give members of subordinated groups a fair hearing—this 2-day interdisciplinary conference will examine the problem in its multiple dimensions. Eighteen theorists from a wide variety of subjects—philosophy, political theory, media studies, history, gender and women’s studies, LGBTQ theory, Africana and Native American studies, law, and disability theory—will look from their distinctive perspectives at women’s vulnerability to sexual harassment and assault, and the ways in which it is complicated by class, race, nationality, sexuality, and disability.
October 5-6, 2018
Venues:
- Oct 5th – Roosevelt House, 47-49 East 65th St.
9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. - Oct 6th – Skylight Room (9100), CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave.
10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Speakers:
- Linda Martín Alcoff, Philosophy, Hunter College & CUNY Grad Center
- Susan Brison, Philosophy, Dartmouth College
- Ann Cahill, Philosophy, Elon University
- Nirmala Erevelles, Disability Studies & Education, University of Alabama
- Karyn Freedman, Philosophy, University of Guelph
- Miranda Fricker, Philosophy, CUNY Grad Center
- Mishuana Goeman, Gender Studies & American Indian Studies, UCLA
- Suzanne Goldberg, Columbia Law School
- Raja Halwani, Liberal Arts, Art Institute of Chicago
- Alison Jaggar, Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder
- Kate Manne, Philosophy, Cornell University
- Danielle McGuire, Independent Historian
- Sarah Clark Miller, Philosophy, Penn State University
- Rupal Oza, Women & Gender Studies, Hunter College & CUNY Grad Center
- Andrea Press, Media Studies & Sociology, University of Virginia
- Tricia Rose, Africana Studies, Brown University
- Dina Siddiqi, Women & Gender Studies, Hunter College
- Shatema Threadcraft, Government, Dartmouth College
Conference organizers: Linda Martín Alcoff and Charles W. Mills
The CUNY Graduate Center Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC), the Center for the Humanities, and the Philosophy Program present an interdisciplinary conference on:
“#MeToo and Epistemic Injustice”
Over the past year, the #MeToo movement has forced into national consciousness what has long been an underground truth known by women: the horrifying pervasiveness of sexual harassment and assault as routine everyday occurrences, largely unpunished. How can one explain the resistance there has traditionally been, as recently brought out in one high-profile case after another, to taking women’s testimony seriously? Using Miranda Fricker’s innovative concept of “epistemic injustice” as a focus—the refusal to give members of subordinated groups a fair hearing—this 2-day interdisciplinary conference will examine the problem in its multiple dimensions. Eighteen theorists from a wide variety of subjects—philosophy, political theory, media studies, history, gender and women’s studies, LGBTQ theory, Africana and Native American studies, law, and disability theory—will look from their distinctive perspectives at women’s vulnerability to sexual harassment and assault, and the ways in which it is complicated by class, race, nationality, sexuality, and disability.
October 5-6, 2018
Venues:
- Oct 5th – Roosevelt House, 47-49 East 65th St.
9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. - Oct 6th – Skylight Room (9100), CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave.
10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Speakers:
- Linda Martín Alcoff, Philosophy, Hunter College & CUNY Grad Center
- Susan Brison, Philosophy, Dartmouth College
- Ann Cahill, Philosophy, Elon University
- Nirmala Erevelles, Disability Studies & Education, University of Alabama
- Karyn Freedman, Philosophy, University of Guelph
- Miranda Fricker, Philosophy, CUNY Grad Center
- Mishuana Goeman, Gender Studies & American Indian Studies, UCLA
- Suzanne Goldberg, Columbia Law School
- Raja Halwani, Liberal Arts, Art Institute of Chicago
- Alison Jaggar, Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder
- Kate Manne, Philosophy, Cornell University
- Danielle McGuire, Independent Historian
- Sarah Clark Miller, Philosophy, Penn State University
- Rupal Oza, Women & Gender Studies, Hunter College & CUNY Grad Center
- Andrea Press, Media Studies & Sociology, University of Virginia
- Tricia Rose, Africana Studies, Brown University
- Dina Siddiqi, Women & Gender Studies, Hunter College
- Shatema Threadcraft, Government, Dartmouth College
Conference organizers: Linda Martín Alcoff and Charles W. Mills
The Minorities and Philosophy Chapters of The Graduate Center CUNY, NYU, Princeton, Columbia, Rutgers, and the New School present: Oppression and Resistance, a conference on understanding and resisting oppression inside and outside the academy.
Highlights include:
- an afternoon of practical workshops
- a panel on activism and philosophy with Linda Martín Alcoff, Lori Gruen, Kate Ritchie, and Briana Toole
- six fantastic talks on the topic of the conference
- a keynote address by José Medina, “Resisting Racist Propaganda”
- delicious all-vegan food and a house party!
The full schedule is below. We hope to see you there!
You can register (optionally) here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbVIij40xlFYKPpBRbIFB1NqiqB-xJNMStKn-wNhwZYgHuCA/viewform
FULL SCHEDULE:
Friday Oct 12
- Panel 1 – MAP Panel: 1.00-2.00pm (6th Floor)
Elise Woodard, Carolina Flores, Keyvan Shafiei - Panel 2 – Graduate Employee Unions and Social Justice: 2.10-3.10pm (6th Floor)
Danny Echikson, Nadia Mehdi, Chris Nickell
- Panel 3 – Teaching outside the Academy & Inclusive Pedagogy: 3.20-4.20pm (6th Floor)
Sukaina Hirji, Allysa Lake, Victoria Emery
- Panel 4 – Faculty Panel on Activism and Public Philosophy: 4.30-6.30pm (202)
Linda Martín Alcoff, Lori Gruen, Briana Toole, Kate Ritchie
- Reception: 6.30-7.30pm
Saturday Oct 13
- Session 1: 10.00-11.30am (101)
Rebecca Harrison, “Experiencing Resistance: Disruptive Protest as a Site of Moral Learning”
Claryn Spies, “Ideas Spring from Deeds: Rethinking Black Bloc Aesthetically” - Session 2: 11.45am-1.15pm (101)
Noel Dominguez, “Are We Blameworthy for Implicit Biases? We Might As Well Be”
Javiera Perez-Gomez, “Microaggressions: Failings and Prospects” - Session 3: 2.30-4.00pm (101)
Emmalon Davis, “What we Owe To Ourselves: Resisting a Self-Directed Duty to Resist Oppression”
Matt Andler, “What Is Sexual Identity?” - Keynote: 4.30-6.30pm
José Medina, “Resisting Racist Propaganda: Distorted Visual Communication and Epistemic Activism” (101) - Reception: 6.30-7.30pm
Philosophers
Economists
Ethan Lewis, Dartmouth
Giovanni Peri, University of California, Davis
Chad Sparber, Colgate University
Organizers
K. Anthony Appiah, NYU Philosophy and Law
Jess Behabib, NYU Economics
Giovanni Peri, UC Davis Economics; Director, UC Davis Migration Research Cluster
Over the course of his 49 year career (48 years of which were spent at Rutgers), Peter established himself as a giant in the field of aesthetics, especially in the philosophy of music. Sadly, Peter passed away in 2017. To honor his memory, the Rutgers Philosophy Department is hosting a one-day conference on October 26, 2018, celebrating his life’s philosophical work.
The Conference will include talks by Christy Mag Uidhir (Houston), Jenefer Robinson (Cincinnati), Jerrold Levinson (Maryland), and David Davies (McGill). In addition, Aaron Meskin (Leeds) will introduce and read Peter Kivy’s unpublished ‘The Case of (Digital) Wagner.’ Finally, there will be a time set aside for remembrances from Peter’s friends and colleagues.
All are welcome to attend the conference. There is no registration fee; however, attendees are encouraged to pre-register (so that we have an accurate headcount for the lunch and reception). To pre-register, please email us at kivymemorial@philosophy.rutgers.edu
Conference Information
October 26, 2018
9:30 am – 5:00 pm – Conference
5:00 am – 6:15 pm – Reception
The conference and reception will take place at the Teleconference Room on the 4th Floor of Alexander Library (169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ). In addition to the reception at the close of the conference, a catered lunch will be served.
The exact conference schedule will be posted soon.
Questions can be directed to kivymemorial@philosophy.rutgers.edu
Perceptual Capacities and Pyschophysics
Saturday, October 26-27, 2018, 09:30am – 06:00pm
Location Rutgers Philosophy Department, 106 Somerset St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Fourteenth Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy
17th/18th Century Philosophy
19th Century Philosophy
20th Century Philosophy
November 9, 2018 – November 10, 2018
Department of Philosophy, New York University
60 Washington Square South
New York 10012
United States
Tentative Schedule PDF, with all the philosophies. Fair warning: it’s 122 139 pages long.
Registration is $50 more after 20 December.
2019 Meeting Registration Rates
| Early Bird | On-Site | |||
| printed program | APA app | printed program | APA app | |
| Student Member |
$40 | $35 | $90 | $85 |
| APA Member | $125 | $120 | $175 | $170 |
| Non-Member | $240 | $235 | $290 | $285 |