From Thing to Being – From a reductionist approach (as seen in classical genetics and biochemical studies) to a more networked and holistic approach (as seen in, for instance, genomic and metabolomic studies) in understanding life.
First Philosophy Seminar of the semester – All welcome! The seminar will take place on Wednesday 20 September, from 4 – 6pm in Dalhousie 2F11. Dr Constantinos Athanasopoulos ‘Hesychia vs. Quietude: St Gregory Palamas and L. Wittgenstein on the escapist and futile misconceptions of ontological salvation and metaphysical hinges’. Abstract Hesychasm is a monastic …
“Gillian Howie’s Situated Philosophy: Theorizing Living and Dying ‘In Situation’” Christine Battersby (University of Warrick) Wednesday 22nd March, 4-6pm Room 2F13, Dalhousie Building The seminar will be followed by a wine reception in the foyer of the Dalhousie Building. This presentation will examine living with a life-limiting illness, through an engagement with the work of …
by Dr Dominic Smith Originally published in The Conversation magazine (March 2, 2017) A colleague recently asked me how I would define “Trumpism”. Where do you start? Is it a new political ideology, or a revival of dangerous old populisms? A flash in the pan, or a draining of the swamp? Are we seeing the …
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The editors of Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy are pleased to announce the publication of Issue 25. FEATURES ‘(Neuro)plasticity, Epigenesis and the Void’ by Ian James ‘From “L’inexistance divine”‘ by Quentin Meillassoux (transl. Nathan Brown) ‘What is a Diagram (for a Sign)?’ by James Williams ESSAYS ‘Polemic as Logic in the Work of Alain Badiou’ by Justin Clemens and …
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We are very pleased to be hosting Don Ihde from Stony Brook University, an internationally renowned philosopher of science and technology and pioneer of ‘postphenomenology.’ All most welcome! Wednesday, 5th October, 4pm – 6pm Venue: Dalhousie 2F13 Don Ihde (Stony Brook University) “Letting Things Speak: Material Hermeneutics” I contend that there is a current Second Scientific Revolution from …
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Sept 2016 – April 2017 Philosophy Seminar Series Organised regularly throughout the semester, with a wide range of guest speakers. Visit the website
21 Jan 2016 Dr Dominic Smith, ‘Drawn into Tomorrow Exhibition’ Dr Dominic Smith will be giving a short presentation at Dundee Contemporary Arts to accompany their exhibition ‘Drawn into Tomorrow’. Visit the website