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4:00 pm Mind and Language Research Seminar @ NYU Philosophy Dept. rm 202
Mind and Language Research Seminar @ NYU Philosophy Dept. rm 202
Feb 13 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Our topic for Spring 2018 will be Formal Frameworks for Semantics and Pragmatics. We’ll be investigating a range of questions in semantics and/or pragmatics which involve or are relevant to the choice between different kinds of overall structure for theories in these areas. In most sessions, the members of the seminar will receive a week in advance, copies of recent work, or work in progress from a thinker at another university. After reading this work,[...]
5:30 pm “In Defense of Uncivil Disobedience” @ Plaza View Room, 12th Flr, Lowenstein
“In Defense of Uncivil Disobedience” @ Plaza View Room, 12th Flr, Lowenstein
Feb 13 @ 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
Candice Delmas (Northeastern) presented by the Fordham Workshop in Social and Political Philosophy March 13 – Robert Gooding-Williams (Columbia) April 17 – Serene Khader (Brooklyn College/CUNY Grad Center) Meetings are held on Tuesdays at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan in the Plaza View Room, 12th Floor, Lowenstein Building (113 W. 60th St). We meet from 5:30 to 6:45 and papers are read in advance. If interested in attending, contact sahaddad@fordham.edu or jeflynn@fordham.edu. ​
7:30 pm Time in Mayan Philosophy – Alexus McLeod @ Brooklyn Public Library, Dweck Center
Time in Mayan Philosophy – Alexus McLeod @ Brooklyn Public Library, Dweck Center
Feb 13 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Beyond the Linear-Cyclical Distinction: The Nature of Maya Philosophy of Time Since the early 20th century, anthropologists have distinguished two ways cultures can think about time. On the linear conception of time, everything happens only once, never to be repeated. On the cyclic conception of time, the world is made of a recurring cycle of events. This distinction has come to be a mainstay of categorizing Maya conceptions of time, even in much contemporary scholarship.[...]