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Philosophy of Crisis and a Question of Solidarity. Jin Y. Park (American)
5:30 pm
Philosophy of Crisis and a Question of Solidarity. Jin Y. Park (American)
@ Faculty House, Columbia U
Mar 3 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic is said to be a once-in-a-century incident, and it brought to us a sense of crisis at various levels. What is a crisis, though? Can any unnerving moment or period be called a crisis, or are there different dimensions of a crisis to which we need to be attentive? Is solidarity possible after experiencing a crisis like Covid-19? Can Buddhism make any contribution to facilitating solidarity? This presentation explores the meaning and[...]
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From Conceptual Misalignment to Conceptual Engineering: A Case Study on Emotion from Chinese Philosophy. Wenqing Zhao (Whitman)
5:30 pm
From Conceptual Misalignment to Conceptual Engineering: A Case Study on Emotion from Chinese Philosophy. Wenqing Zhao (Whitman)
@ Philosophy Hall, Columbia
Mar 17 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Conceptual misalignment is a pervasive phenomenon in the studies of Non-Western philosophy and the History of Philosophy (NW&HP). However, conceptual misalignment is often undetected, unsuspected, or seen as a hurdle that NW&HP materials need to overcome to contribute to contemporary discussions. Specifically, conceptual misalignment refers to the following: In the process of crystalizing NW&HP materials, a linguistic coordination of concepts is formed between the speaker, i.e., NW&HP, and its context of contemporary anglophone philosophy. However,[...]
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Śrīharṣa on the Indefinability of Knowledge. Nilanjan Das (U Toronto)
5:30 pm
Śrīharṣa on the Indefinability of Knowledge. Nilanjan Das (U Toronto)
@ Faculty House, Columbia
Mar 24 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
In Sanskrit epistemology, philosophers are preoccupied with the notion of pramā. A pramā, roughly, is a mental event of learning or knowledge-acquisition. Call any such mental event a knowledge-event. In A Confection of Refutation (Khaṇḍanakhaṇḍakhādya), the 12th century philosopher and poet Śrīharṣa argued that knowledge-events are indefinable. Any satisfactory (and therefore non-circular) definition of knowledge-events will have to include an anti-luck condition that doesn’t appeal back to the notion of learning or knowledge-acquisition itself. But[...]
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Wittgenstein and Care Ethics. Sandra Laugier (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne)
4:00 pm
Wittgenstein and Care Ethics. Sandra Laugier (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne)
@ New School D1001
Mar 31 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The NYC Wittgenstein Workshop presents: March 31st — Sandra Laugier (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne) will be presenting on Wittgenstein and Care Ethics April 14th — Camila Lobo (PhD candidate in Philosophy at Nova University of Lisbon and visiting scholar) will be presenting on Wittgenstein and hermeneutical justice in connection with the so-called “problem of the new.” April 21st — Harmut von Sass (Humboldt University Berlin and a visiting scholar) will be presenting on gratitude.[...]
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