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Causal Dispositionalism and Emptiness in Huayan Buddhism. Nicholaos Jones (The University of Alabama in Huntsville) 5:30 pm
Causal Dispositionalism and Emptiness in Huayan Buddhism. Nicholaos Jones (The University of Alabama in Huntsville) @ Philosophy Hall 716
Sep 13 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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I relate an approach to causation from Huayan Buddhism to an emerging research program from analytic metaphysics. The research program is Causal Dispositionalism. The core commitment of Causal Dispositionalism is that causation involves dynamic causal powers. Causal Dispositionalism competes with Neo-Humeanism, a research program that conceptualizes causation as a relation among powerless, causally inert properties. Some scholars claim that approaches to causation from the Madhyamaka Buddhist tradition cohere with Neo-Humeanism. Some also claim that Huayan[...]
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Kant, Schiller, Beethoven: Enlightenment Connections between Aesthetics, Revolution, and Religion. Karl Ameriks (Notre Dame) 5:00 pm
Kant, Schiller, Beethoven: Enlightenment Connections between Aesthetics, Revolution, and Religion. Karl Ameriks (Notre Dame) @ New School
Sep 20 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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With response by John Hare (Yale) Presented by the NY German Idealism Workshop. nygermanidealism@gmail.com
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