Mazviita Chirimuuta (University of Edinburgh) 15.00-17.00, Wednesday 11th February Dalhousie 2F13 And on Teams: SCCP Philosophy Seminar | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams A complaint of pragmatists against scientific realism (of the non-pragmatist sort) is that it rests on “kryptotheological” assumptions about the pre-given structure of reality and human cognitive capacities to discover this structure (Chang 2022:217). …
Lucy Benjamin (University of Edinburgh) 4-6pm, Wednesday 26 November Room 2G12, Dalhousie Building And online via Teams: Philosophy Research Seminar Lucy Benjamin | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams All welcome, and no need to book. Abstract: Hannah Arendt offered a divisive account of political life, staging action, the product of spontaneous and collective action as political, …
of Non-Linear Modelling Sara Franceschelli (École Normale Supérieure, Lyon) 3-5pm, Wednesday 12 November Room 3G05 (Lecture Theatre 2), Dalhousie Building University of Dundee City Campus And online via Teams: Philosophy Research Seminar Sara Franceschelli | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams Abstract I will propose a reading and interpretation of Turing’s famous 1952 article “The Chemical Basis …
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Oisin Keohane (Dundee) 3-5pm, Wednesday 15 Oct Dalhousie 2F14 Or online via Teams: Philosophy Seminar Oisin Keohane | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams Abstract My talk aims to be the first to create a dialogue between Hadot’s work on the idea of naked nature and Agamben’s work on the relationship of grace to nature via nudity. …
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Ole Thijs (Wageningen University & Research) 3-5pm, Wednesday 1 October Dalhousie Building, Room 2F14 University of Dundee, City Campus And online via Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Mzc1N2NkMTctYTdhNi00YTBmLWFhYTQtODNlNTE3ZWFiYWI3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22ae323139-093a-4d2a-81a6-5d334bcd9019%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22dcf53963-b25a-46a1-ba80-04a103704cc5%22%7d Abstract: With the advent of geo-engineering and ‘sustainable’ technologies (GESTs), technology is taking a uniquely reflexive turn. In order to address the impacts that earlier, goal-oriented technologies have had on the …
‘Chaos and the Birth of Form’ 4pm, 23 April Dalhousie Building 2F14 University of Dundee Or online Form has occupied the very top of the great chain of being throughout nearly all ancient and modern thought. In much of this tradition, however, form ultimately has no birth. And yet, birth is precisely what defined the …
4pm, Dalhousie 2F15 Or online here. In the 18th century, criticism of mechanism led to a new discourse on the organic form, largely inspired by research in the natural sciences. The most significant exploration of this concept can be found in Kant’s Critique of Judgment, where he proposed an alternative model based on organic structure and …
Textural Sensemaking 4.30 – 6 pm Wed 29 January 2025 Dalhousie LT2, University of Dundee Or online here. A seminar for the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy. Sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy and the AHRC project Energy: A Philosophy of Practice. Lightning… distinguishes itself from the black sky but must also trail it …
Unless otherwise indicated, seminars are held 4:40 – 6:00pm Wednesdays, both in person (Room 2F15, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee) and online (links will be posted below). 25 Sept Gregory Cajete (U of New Mexico), ‘Native Science and the Laws of Interdependence’ 9 Oct Dominic Smith (U of Dundee), ‘Programme without Transmission: The Translatability of …
Nicholas Davey (Professor Emeritus, University of Dundee) 4:30pm, Wednesday 4 December Dalhousie Building, Room 2F15, University of Dundee A seminar for the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy. Funded by the Royal Institute of Philosophy. All welcome. Link for online streaming on Teams: Abstract Unless hermeneutical thinking can establish a robust philosophical justification for what is …