Apr
18
Thu
Nemira Gasiunas – Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ 302 Philosophy Hall, Columbia U
Apr 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

PoPRocks (formerly known as ‘WoPoP’) is an ongoing series in the NYC area for early career researchers – typically grad students, postdocs, people who got their PhD within the last few years, advanced undergrads etc. – working on philosophy of psychology/mind/perception/cognitive science/neuroscience/… . We usually meet roughly once every 2-3 weeks to informally discuss a draft paper by one of our members. Typically presenters send a copy of their paper around 1 week in advance, so do join the mailing list (by emailing poprocksworkshop@gmail.com or one of the organizers) or email to ask for a copy of the paper. We aim for a friendly, constructive discussion with the understanding that the drafts discussed are typically work in progress.

Presenters Spring 2019

All presentations will be on Thursdays at 7-9pm in 302 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University (Morningside Heights Campus).

February 28th – Kate Pendoley (CUNY)

​March 14th – Amogh Sahu (Columbia)

April 18th – Nemira Gasiunas (Columbia)

If anyone else would like to present on other Thursdays, get in touch.

Jul
5
Fri
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Jul 5 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Jul
11
Thu
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Jul 11 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Jul
18
Thu
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Jul 18 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Jul
25
Thu
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Jul 25 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Aug
1
Thu
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Aug 1 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Aug
8
Thu
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Aug 8 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Aug
13
Tue
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Aug 13 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Aug
22
Thu
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Aug 22 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Oct
17
Thu
Positions in Patriarchy: Retooling the Metaphysics of Gender. Robin Dembroff (Yale) @ CUNY Grad Center, rm 5307
Oct 17 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Decades of feminist theory have approached the question ‘what is gender?’ with an eye to gender as a system — in particular, the system that creates and sustains patriarchy. Using this approach, feminists have proposed theories of gender focused on the social positions that persons occupy within a patriarchal system. However, these analyses almost uniformly assume a gender binary (men women), and so look for corresponding, binary social positions. In this talk, I defend the importance of position-based metaphysics of gender, but challenge the assumption that positions in patriarchy can be captured in a binary. Rather than throw out the baby with the bath water, I’ll propose an alternative position-based approach. It begins with modeling the key axes of the patriarchal ‘blueprint’, or the shared beliefs, norms, and attitudes at the core of dominant, western gender ideology. I’ll then build a framework for describing the variety of positions that persons can collectively occupy in relation to this blueprint. A central upshot is that metaphysics intended to illuminate and debunk gender as imagined within the western patriarchal system fails to sufficiently achieve this end when it presupposes the same binary framework. The categories men and women, I’ll argue, are not primarily descriptive, but rather, contested tools with the central function of reinforcing or revising social power.

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