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Buddhist Perfectionism and Kantian Liberalism on Self-Constitution – David Cummiskey (Bates College) 5:30 pm
Buddhist Perfectionism and Kantian Liberalism on Self-Constitution – David Cummiskey (Bates College) @ Columbia Religion Dept. rm 101
May 11 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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At the core of Kantian liberalism is a conception of the independent autonomous subject. On the other hand, the most central and distinguishing feature of Buddhist philosophy is the doctrine of no-self. It thus seems that Buddhists should reject Kantian liberalism. My larger project develops the connections between Buddhist perfectionism, liberalism, and principles of justice. In this paper, I focus on Buddhist and Kantian conceptions of self-constitution, but my ultimate concern is the significance of[...]
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Philosophy of Science Workshop
Philosophy of Science Workshop @ NYU Philosophy Dept. rm 302
May 16 all-day
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J. Brian Pitts (Cambridge). 11am-12pm, Wednesday May 16, NYU philosophy department, room 302 (5 Washington Place, New York, NY). Title: TBD. Abstract: TBD. =============================================================== Jeremy Butterfield (Cambridge). 1:30-3:30pm, Wednesday May 16, NYU philosophy department, room 302 (5 Washington Place, New York, NY). Title: On Dualities and Equivalences Between Physical Theories. 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)[...]
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Rutgers-Columbia Workshop on Metaphysics of Science: Quantum Field Theories*
Rutgers-Columbia Workshop on Metaphysics of Science: Quantum Field Theories* @ Rutgers Philosophy Dept
May 17 – May 18 all-day
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Workshop Theme: What is the metaphysical status of quantum field theory (QFT)? How should field theories be interpreted? These questions have received considerable attention over the past few decades in various research projects in physics, mathematics, and philosophy, but there is no clear consensus on any of them. One finds a variety of different approaches to understanding QFTs — Algebraic QFT, conventional QFT, Bell-type Bohmian QFT, etc. — and different interpretations — realism, instrumentalism, and[...]
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Philosophy of Psychology Workshop 1:00 pm
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia University Philosophy Dept. 716
May 25 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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PoPRocks (formerly known as ‘WoPoP’) is an ongoing series in the NYC area for early career researchers – typically grad students and postdocs – working on philosophy of psychology/mind/perception/cognitive science/neuroscience/… . We usually meet roughly once every 2 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[...]
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop – Stephan Pohl 1:00 pm
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop – Stephan Pohl @ Columbia University Philosophy Dept. 716
May 25 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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In perception, the world is represented by me. So goes a very naive thesis about perception. Yet when faced with phenomena of hallucination and illusion many theorists come to accept that in perception one merely represents a possible world that can more or less accurately match the actual world. Recently, a much more radical thesis arose: Perception is probabilistic. This would mean that in perception one does not simply represent one possible world, but one[...]
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