The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
as our understanding of the universe and its basic building blocks extends to shorter and shorter distances, experiments capable of probing these scales are becoming increasingly difficult to construct. Fundamental particle physics faces a potential crisis: an absence of data at the shortest possible scales. Yet remarkably, even in the absence of experimental data, the requirement of theoretical consistency puts stringent constraints on viable models of fundamental particles and their interactions. In this talk I’ll present some of these constraints and discuss their applications for cosmology, string theory and more.
There will be dinner after the talk. If you are interested, please send an email with “Dinner” in the heading to nyphilsci@gmail.com (please note that all are welcome, but only the speaker’s dinner will be covered). If you have any other questions, please email isaac.wilhelm@rutgers.edu.
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Abstract: conventional wisdom holds that since the advent of the first full theories of quantum mechanics in the mid-1920s, the Copenhagen interpretation has been the default interpretation of quantum mechanics, and has enjoyed the support of a majority of physicists ever since. This is not the case. While it is indeed true that a majority of physicists have long professed that they subscribe to the Copenhagen interpretation, the plain fact of the matter is that there is no single coherent position known as the Copenhagen interpretation, nor has there ever been one. Moreover, none of the positions that go by the name “Copenhagen interpretation” do a good job of solving the measurement problem, the central interpretive problem at the heart of quantum foundations. Nor do they evade the nonlocality that is dictated by Bell’s theorem. In this talk, I will give an overview of the history of the Copenhagen interpretation from 1926 to the present, explain its multiple inconsistencies and failures, and attempt an answer at a persistent puzzle: why does the Copenhagen interpretation remain popular among physicists despite its manifest flaws and the existence of multiple superior alternatives
About the speaker: Adam Becker is the author of What is Real? The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics. He has a PhD in physics from the University of Michigan and he is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Book Grant. He is currently a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Office for History of Science and Technology.
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Abstract: My main aim is to make a remark about the relation between (i) dualities between theories, as `duality’ is understood in physics and (ii) equivalence of theories, as `equivalence’ is understood in logic and philosophy. The remark is that in physics, two theories can be dual, and accordingly get called `the same theory’, though we interpret them as disagreeing—so that they are certainly equivalent, as `equivalent’ is normally understood. So the remark is simple: but, I shall argue, worth stressing—since often neglected.
My argument for this is based on the account of duality by De Haro and myself: which is illustrated here with several examples, from both elementary physics and string theory. Thus I argue that in some examples, including in string theory, two dual theories disagree in their claims about the world.
I also spell out how this remark implies a limitation of proposals (both traditional and recent) to understand theoretical equivalence as either logical equivalence or a weakening of it.
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Psychopathy is a mental disorder closely associated with marked emotional dysfunctions, limited capacity for moral judgments, recidivistic offending, and poor treatment outcome. Considering its peculiar characteristics, the status of psychopathy in the field of law raises several disputes. While current criminal law holds psychopaths fully responsible and punishable for their misbehavior, some scholars argue that psychopathy is a condition that may severely compromise an individual’s moral agency and capacity for rationality. As such, it should be included among the potential excusing or mitigating factors for criminal responsibility and punishment. This argument finds additional support in the body of studies from neurocriminology showing that people who suffer from psychopathy exhibit (often severe) reduced functioning in the socio-emotional brain regions that are now known to be significantly involved in moral decision-making and prosocial behavior. The insights into the neurobiological roots of psychopathy seem to challenge even more the perennial dilemmas that have occupied the minds of legal scholars and philosophers for many years: Are psychopaths “bad” or “mad” (or both)? And how should criminal law and the justice system deal with them? This seminar aims to examine these issues and explore other contentious arguments about the status of psychopathy in the field law.
Three leading experts in neurocriminology, law, and philosophy will discuss recent neuroscientific findings in psychopathy research. The speakers will consider how these findings might contribute to the reconsideration of the responsibility of psychopathic offenders and how criminal justice should optimally respond to individuals suffering from such a controversial disorder.
Speakers:
Stephen J. Morse; Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law; Professor of Psychology and Law in Psychiatry; Associate Director, Center for Neuroscience & Society; University of Pennsylvania Law School
Adrian Raine; Richard Perry University Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Katrina L. Sifferd; Professor and Chair of Philosophy, Elmhurst College
Free and open to the public, but RSVP is required via Eventbrite. This event is part of the Seminars in Society and Neuroscience series.
What we are hoping for is a free, open, wide-ranging and informal conversation about a number of topics that people have lately been thinking more and more about – and that seem likely to play increasingly central roles, over the next several years, in the foundations of physics. These include questions of the emergence/fundamentality of space and time, the philosophical analysis and scientific role of chance, the relationship between physics and agency, and the possibility, desirability and scientific appropriateness of a complete and fundamental theory of nature.
Location: Pupin Hall Theory Center (8th floor), Columbia University.
Directions: Pupin Hall is located at the northwest end of the campus, in between the Northwest Corner building and Schapiro (south side of 120th Street). The Center for Theoretical Physics is located on the left once you arrive on the 8th floor in Pupin Hall.
RSVP: Please send an email to sr3109@columbia.edu if you would like to attend.
Workshop schedule:
Friday October 26, First Session: “Questions of chance”
– 10:00 – 11.15: Lay-of-the-land talk by Barry Loewer (Rutgers): “The metaphysics of laws and chance in physics”
– 11.15 – 11.30: Break
– 11.30 – 1:00: Panel with Jeff Barrett (UCI), Sean Carroll (Caltech), Mario Hubert (Columbia) and Charles Sebens (UCSD)
– 1:00 – 1:30: General Discussion
– 1:30 – 3:00: Lunch in Columbia area
Friday October 26, Second Session: “Physics and agency”
– 3:00- 4:15: Lay-of-the-land talk by Jenann Ismael (Columbia): “Physics and agency: the missing piece of the puzzle”
– 4:15 – 4:30: Break
– 4:30 – 6:00: Panel with David Albert (Columbia), Thomas Blanchard (IWU), Alison Fernandes (Trinity College Dublin) and Michael Strevens (NYU).
– 6:00 – 6:30: General Discussion
– 7:00: Conference Dinner
Saturday October 27, First Session: “The future of space and time”
– 10:00 – 11.15: Lay-of-the-land talk by Carlo Rovelli (Aix-Marseille): “Do we all mean the same, when we say ‘space’ and ‘time’?”
– 11.15 – 11.30: Break
– 11.30 – 1:00: Panel with Gordon Belot (Michigan), Sean Carroll (Caltech), Nick Huggett (UIC) and Jill North (Rutgers)
– 1:00 – 1:30: General Discussion
– 1:30 – 3:00: Lunch in Columbia area
Saturday October 27, Second Session: “Fundamentality and the ultimate aspirations of physics”
– 3:00- 4:15: Lay-of-the-land talk by Kerry McKenzie (UCSD): “Delusions of a final theory: the problem of progress in physics and metaphysics”
– 4:15 – 4:30: Break
– 4:30 – 6:00: Panel with David Albert (Columbia), Michael Miller (Toronto), Rachel Rosen (Columbia) and Porter Williams (USC)
– 6:00 – 6:30: General Discussion
Sponsor: The event is jointly organized by the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Physics at Columbia University, in association with the MA programme in the Philosophical Foundations of Physics. We would like in particular to acknowledge the generous and invaluable support both to the MA programme and to the workshop from Guerman Aliev.
Speakers:
Amanda Pustilnik, Professor of Law, University of Maryland
Tor Wager, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder
Moderators:
Federica Coppola, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University
Lan Li, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University
We will provide additional information as soon as possible.
Free and open to the public, but RSVP is required via Eventbrite. This event is part of the Seminars in Society and Neuroscience series.
I argue that we do not understand gauge theory as well as we think we do, when boundaries are present. I will briefly explain the conceptual and technical issues that arise at the boundary. I will then propose a tentative resolution, which requires us to think of theories not in space-time, but in field-space.