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Spontaneous Arising and an Ethics of Creativity in Early Daoism, Erica Brindley (Penn State) 5:30 pm
Spontaneous Arising and an Ethics of Creativity in Early Daoism, Erica Brindley (Penn State) @ Columbia University Religion Dept. 101
Nov 2 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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In the early part of the 20th century, Joseph Needham formulated a substantial claim concerning the Chinese predilection for self-generated creation rather than creator gods and myths. Half a century later, scholars working in the West like Frederick Mote, Derk Bodde, and Chang Kwang-chih picked up on Needham’s insight to discuss the so-called lack of a “creation myth” in early Chinese culture, basing their arguments on what they called the “inner necessity” or “spontaneously self-generating”[...]
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Philosophy of Language Workshop 6:30 pm
Philosophy of Language Workshop @ NYU Philosophy Dept. rm 302
Nov 5 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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10 Sept Michael Rieppel (Syracuse) 17 Sept Ethan Jerzak (Berkeley) 24 Sept Jeff King (Rutgers) 1 Oct Philippe Schlenker (NYU/ENS/Jean Nicod) 8 Oct No Talk (NYU Fall Recess) 15 Oct Morgan Moyer (Rutgers) 22 Oct Luvell Anderson (Syracuse) 29 Oct Matthew Stone (Rutgers) 5 Nov Justin Bledin (Johns Hopkins) 12 Nov Samia Hesni (MIT) 19 Nov Megan Hyska (Northwestern) 26 Nov Derek Anderson (BU) 3 Dec Cat Saint-Croix (Minnesota) 10 December Elisabeth Camp (Rutgers)
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BPP Onscreen: Inside Out 1:00 pm
BPP Onscreen: Inside Out @ Carrol Gardens Library
Nov 10 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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Brooklyn Public Philosophers is hosting a movie and discussion on “Inside Out”. Free popcorn.
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Philosophy of Language Workshop 6:30 pm
Philosophy of Language Workshop @ NYU Philosophy Dept. rm 302
Nov 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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10 Sept Michael Rieppel (Syracuse) 17 Sept Ethan Jerzak (Berkeley) 24 Sept Jeff King (Rutgers) 1 Oct Philippe Schlenker (NYU/ENS/Jean Nicod) 8 Oct No Talk (NYU Fall Recess) 15 Oct Morgan Moyer (Rutgers) 22 Oct Luvell Anderson (Syracuse) 29 Oct Matthew Stone (Rutgers) 5 Nov Justin Bledin (Johns Hopkins) 12 Nov Samia Hesni (MIT) 19 Nov Megan Hyska (Northwestern) 26 Nov Derek Anderson (BU) 3 Dec Cat Saint-Croix (Minnesota) 10 December Elisabeth Camp (Rutgers)
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Philosophy of Language Workshop 6:30 pm
Philosophy of Language Workshop @ NYU Philosophy Dept. rm 302
Nov 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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10 Sept Michael Rieppel (Syracuse) 17 Sept Ethan Jerzak (Berkeley) 24 Sept Jeff King (Rutgers) 1 Oct Philippe Schlenker (NYU/ENS/Jean Nicod) 8 Oct No Talk (NYU Fall Recess) 15 Oct Morgan Moyer (Rutgers) 22 Oct Luvell Anderson (Syracuse) 29 Oct Matthew Stone (Rutgers) 5 Nov Justin Bledin (Johns Hopkins) 12 Nov Samia Hesni (MIT) 19 Nov Megan Hyska (Northwestern) 26 Nov Derek Anderson (BU) 3 Dec Cat Saint-Croix (Minnesota) 10 December Elisabeth Camp (Rutgers)
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Philosophy of Language Workshop 6:30 pm
Philosophy of Language Workshop @ NYU Philosophy Dept. rm 302
Nov 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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10 Sept Michael Rieppel (Syracuse) 17 Sept Ethan Jerzak (Berkeley) 24 Sept Jeff King (Rutgers) 1 Oct Philippe Schlenker (NYU/ENS/Jean Nicod) 8 Oct No Talk (NYU Fall Recess) 15 Oct Morgan Moyer (Rutgers) 22 Oct Luvell Anderson (Syracuse) 29 Oct Matthew Stone (Rutgers) 5 Nov Justin Bledin (Johns Hopkins) 12 Nov Samia Hesni (MIT) 19 Nov Megan Hyska (Northwestern) 26 Nov Derek Anderson (BU) 3 Dec Cat Saint-Croix (Minnesota) 10 December Elisabeth Camp (Rutgers)
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Philosophical Linguistics and Linguistical Philosophy (PhLiP) 5
Philosophical Linguistics and Linguistical Philosophy (PhLiP) 5 @ Tarrytown House Estate
Nov 29 – Dec 2 all-day
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Philosophical Linguistics and Linguistical Philosophy (PhLiP) 5 will take place from November 29 to December 2, 2018 at the Tarrytown Estate in Westchester, NY. PhLiP is a small, workshop-style conference that brings together researchers who are working at the intersection of philosophy and linguistics. The conference is a four-day retreat intended to provide the opportunity for intense discussions of topics at the intersection of linguistic semantics and pragmatics and philosophy of language, in the bucolic[...]
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Can the Vaiśeṣika Individuate Universals? David Nowakowski (Union) 5:30 pm
Can the Vaiśeṣika Individuate Universals? David Nowakowski (Union) @ Columbia University Religion Dept. 101
Nov 30 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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The Vaiśeṣika school of Indian philosophy is known for its distinctive doctrine of “individuators” (viśeṣāḥ), by means of which the various entities of the mundane world—substances, qualities, and motions—can be distinguished as unique individuals on purely formal grounds. As straightforward as the account is for these entities, the problem of individuation becomes much more complicated for universals. This paper uses the question “Can the Vaiśeṣika individuate universals?” to explore the next three categories in the[...]
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