This Thursday, we have the pleasure of welcoming Christoph Menke (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), who will be giving a talk on “the Shadow of the Constitution: The Crisis of Liberalism”. Date and Location: March 7th, 4-6pm 2F15, Dalhousie Building Abstract: …
UPDATE: Event cancelled. Our sincere apologies. This week, we have the pleasure to welcome Lorenzo Chiesa (Genoa School of Humanities, Italy / Kent, UK) who will be speaking about “Anthrophie: The Human Animal between Discourse, Entropy, and Knowledge”. Date…
This Wednesday, we have the pleasure of welcoming Mladen Dolar (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) who will be giving a talk on “Gossip’s Feast: Politics in the time of rumours”. Don’t hesitate to come along ! Date and time: January 16th from 4…
This Wednesday, we have the pleasure of welcoming Dr Charlotte Alderwick from the University of West England (Bristol) who will be talking about virtue ethics. Room 2G13 Dalhousie Building Wednesday 5 of December, 4-6pm Abstract: In this paper I want…
This week, we have the pleasure of welcoming Laura Cull from the University of Surrey! She will be giving a talk on “Opening the Circle, Toward a Radical Equality: Performance, Philosophy & Animals” DATE AND LOCATION 29.11. 4-6 pm:…
We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy, which is freely available to read online: This issue contains the first publication in English of Bernard Stiegler’s first philosophical work,…
DESCRIPTION Philosophy Seminar Series – presented by the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy ‘Samuel Beckett’s Art of Abstraction’ by Slavoj Žižek (The Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities). All are welcome, but please book tickets in advance. The first 350 tickets…
This Tuesday, we have the pleasure to welcome Hynek Janousek (Charles University, Prague) for a seminar on Hume. Date and time: Tuesday 30/11, 4-6pm Location: Dalhousie Building, room 2F14 Abstract: The influence and the reception of David Hume’s philosophical ideas…
Hi everyone ! The Scottish center for Continental Philosophy is pleased to welcome Dr Lynn Turner who will be giving a talk on Derrida’s Cardio-pedagogy this Wednesday. Location: 2F11 Dalhousie Building Time: 4-6pm Abstract: This paper will bring attention to…
The Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy is excited to announce that Dominic Smith has recently published a monograph drawing on his long-term research into philosophy of technology. The book is called Exceptional Technologies: A Continental Philosophy, and was officially published…
“From ‘Ding an sich’ to ‘Ansichhalten’ – The Hermeneutics of Constitutive Absentiality in Kant and Heidegger” Andrea Rehberg (Newcastle University) (*Please note the change from the previously advertised date of Wednesday 6 June) All welcome! WHEN ? Friday, the 8th…
The university of Dundee had the pleasure to welcome Alexander Galloway, major media theorist based in New York, who ran a series of seminars on the concept of the digital and the analog. If you missed it, here is…
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 Dalhousie 1S05 Abstract: Although not widely known outside of France, Charles Péguy is an important social critic, essayist and poet from the early 20th century. European intellectuals who have been influenced by…
When: Wednesday, 25th April. Where: Dalhousie Building, 2F14 Abstract: Hannah Arendt famously declared the “breakdown of all traditional authorities”, later going even further to say that “practically as well as theoretically, we are no longer in a position…
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] The Dundee Centenary Fellowship Series Financed by the Scots Philosophical Association Our first fellow is Alexander R. Galloway 14.05. – 19.05.2018 He is a writer and computer programmer working on issues…
The lecture will return to a concept which seems fairly out of fashion today: courage. It will start revisiting this concept from the analysis of a simple problem: There seems to be almost no reference made or value assigned…
Dear all, it is our pleasure to invite you to a collaborative ‘Widdershins’ urban walking event, organised by one of our PhD students, Gareth Jones (please note: this event is open to all, but there are a restricted number of…
The Scottish Center For Continental Philosophy is pleased to announce the publication of Dr Oisin Keohane’s new book, titled Cosmo-nationalism: American, French and German Philosophy. The book interrogates the rise of national philosophies and their impact on cosmopolitanism…
David Webb is Professor of Philosophy at Staffordshire University. His research is centred on recent and contemporary European philosophy, and he has a particular interest in French epistemology and philosophy of science. He is the author of Foucault’s Archaeology:…
Wed 31 January, 4-6pm Dalhousie Building, Room 1S05 University of Dundee All welcome. “Of a Universal No Longer Indifferent to Difference: Badiou (and Irigaray) on Woman, Truths and Philosophy” In a startling inflexion of his core tenet of…
“The Body Eclectic: Mimesis and Play in Contemporary V.R.” Darshana Jayemanne (Abertay University) 4 – 6pm, Wednesday 24 January Dalhousie Building, Room 1S05, University of Dundee All welcome! This talk extends Walter Benjamin’s concept of mimesis in order…
The Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy is pleased to present our first Philosophy Seminar for 2018. Alison Stone (University of Lancaster) will speak on the topic ‘Hegel and Colonialism’ 4-6pm, Wednesday 17 January, Dalhousie Building, Room 2F13. All Welcome!
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] by Dominic Smith Originally published on the University of Dundee blog, Nov 15. Today is UNESCO ‘World Philosophy Day.’ But does philosophy deserve this celebration? According to a famous assessment from Stephen…
David Sorfa (University of Edinburgh) Philosophy Seminar this Wednesday 22nd November, 3-5pm (NOTE the earlier start) Dalhousie Building, Room 2F11, University of Dundee All welcome! In his most developed discussion of film, the interview “Cinema and Its Ghosts” in 2001, Jacques Derrida…
SCCP:CP+IT 9:15am-5:30pm, 1st December 2017 Dalhousie Building, Room 2S16, University of Dundee This open workshop will bring together scholars engaging with information technologies within the continental philosophical tradition, with the aim of sharing ideas and fostering this emerging area of…
In conjunction with the Centre for Poetic Innovation (Universities of Dundee and St Andrews), the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy is pleased to present a seminar by visiting guest speaker Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei (Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University) ‘On Poetry and…
Professor Paul Davies (University of Sussex) “On Being Patient (with Kant, Kierkegaard, and Levinas)” Wednesday 25 October 4-6pm, Dalhousie 2F13 All welcome! Patience has generally been regarded as a good thing, perhaps even a virtue, but it has proved…
Date: Friday 27 October 2017 Venue: Dalhousie 2S12 (10-1PM) & 2F14 (1-4PM) The Hermeneutics of Practise is an Art and Philosophy symposium hosted by the School of Humanities. The themes it will investigate will be in honour of Professor Nicholas…
Wednesday 11 October, 3-5pm Dalhousie 2F13 All welcome. ‘Lesson of Darkness: Phenomenology and Lyotard’s Aesthetics’ Ashley Woodward (Dundee) This presentation will examine the relationship of Jean-François Lyotard’s aesthetics to phenomenology, especially the works of Mikel Dufrenne and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It…
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…
“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…
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?…
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)?’…
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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…
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
Dr Dominic Smith, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Dundee, has had two new journal articles published recently, one looking at the art of Torsten Lauschmann in the context of the philosophy of technology, and the other looking at…
Dr Dominic Smith, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Dundee, is to have his latest article published in the ‘Philosophy & Technology’ journal’s December 2015 issue. Rewriting the Constitution: A Critique of ‘Postphenomenology’ builds a three-part argument in favour…
3-5 Sep 2015 SEP-FEP 2015 Joint Annual Conference of the Society for European Philosophy and Forum for European Philosophy. Visit the website
10 July 2015 ‘Philosophy in the Garden’ The University of Dundee Botanic Garden and Philosophy programme presented two talks on the theme of ‘Philosophy and Gardens’. Visit the website
The University of Dundee Botanic Garden and Philosophy Programme have joined together to present two talks on the theme of ‘Philosophy and Gardens’, followed by a drinks reception, on Friday 10th July at 2pm in the Botanic Garden Education Centre.…
7-8 May 2015 ‘Hermeneutics of Practice Workshop’ The Hermeneutics of Practice, a two day workshop in conjunction with Hermeneutica Scotia. Visit the website
Hermeneutica Scotia in conjunction with the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy in the School of Humanities (University of Dundee) are delighted to announce the programme for their two day workshop on The Hermeneutics of Practice, taking place on 7th-8th May.…
1 April 2015 ‘Digital Subjects UK’ A workshop tackling questions surrounding ‘the network’, the Internet, the ‘Information Age’ and technology. Visit the website
25 Mar 2015 ‘Dominic Smith FEP Public Engagement Talk’ Dr Dominic Smith – Paying Attention: Philosophy as Strong Therapy for the Information Age (Public Engagement Talk). Visit the website
An intensive one-day workshop taking place at the University of Dundee tackling the following questions and other related questions: How enabling or disabling are concepts such as ‘the network’, ‘feedback’, and ‘information’ for contemporary forms of life? Is the Internet…
The Philosophy Seminar Series “Gender Difference and Ontological Difference” restarts tomorrow, Wednesday 28th January. Dr Catherine Heeney, from the University of Edinburgh, will be speaking on Ethics and the Sharing of Human Biomedical Data: A Deleuzian Approach. You can see…
Susana Viegas, a postdoctoral fellow working with Professor James Williams in Philosophy, has edited her latest journal issue. Gilles Deleuze and Moving Images is the recent issue of the ‘Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image’, an international peer-reviewed…
The Joint Annual Conference of the Society for European Philosophy and Forum for European Philosophy (SEP-FEP 2015) will be hosted by the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy at the University of Dundee from 3rd to 5th September. Conference support is…
Hermeneutica Scotia in conjunction with the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy in the School of Humanities of the University of Dundee announces a two day workshop on The Hermeneutics of Practice in May 2015. The workshop will also be forming…
The University of Dundee has AHRC funded PhD studentships which may be undertaken under the supervision of the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy. Find out more on the University of Dundee website.
The Royal Institute of Philosophy & The Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy present Prof Laurence Hemming speaking under our theme of Gender Difference and Ontological Difference.
Part of the Scottish Heroes and Villains Month, Dr Dominic Smith will be talking at the Dundee University Culture Day on David Hume. The talk takes place on Wednesday 1st October, 3.30pm, Baxter Suite, Room 1.36, Tower Building. More information:…
The Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy and The Forum for European Philosophy present a Philosophy Public Engagement Talk
The Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy and The Royal Institute of Philosophy present a series of invited speakers on the theme of Gender Different & Ontological Difference.
The Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy presents a workshop on ‘A Thousand Plateaus and Philosophy’. Taking place at the University of Dundee on 12th September 2014, the workshop aims to provide a forum for the reconsideration of Deleuze and Guattari’s…
Professor James Williams writes: I have been asked recently by students in Dundee and while travelling to conferences abroad how support for Scottish independence can be politically progressive, in the sense of a search for a better society for all…
Dr Ashley Woodward is presenting a lecture course on “Lyotard’s Aesthetics” at the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy in July. You can read about his contribution to their Winter School at
One should not think slightingly of the paradoxical; for the paradox is the source of the thinker’s passion, and the thinker without the paradox is like a lover without a feeling. Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments, p 46
Paradox: a composite of the Greek ‘para’ (against or beyond) and ‘doxa’ (common belief or opinion); a paradox, informally, is a statement that goes against or beyond common sense; ‘this statement is a lie’ is a famous example of a…
Professor James Williams gave a talk at Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) on 17th April 2014 to accompany the exhibition of work by Navid Nuur. The transcript of his talk is available to download here.
Professor James Williams will be one of the keynote speakers at a conference in Hong Kong next month – ‘Deleuze’s Cultural Encounters with the New Humanities’. Running from 9th to 12th June 2014, the conference has been organised by the Department…
Professor James Williams will be giving a series of talks in Paris in April and May 2014. The next talk on May 14th will be on ‘Duchamp transformations and the refinement of feedback by continental philosophy (with some examples from…
7-8 May 2014 Acinemas Conference Acinemas: Aesthetics and Film in the Philosophy of Jean-François Lyotard. Visit the website
Professor James Williams will be giving a series of talks at Paris 8 University in April and May 2014. The second talk on April 29th will be on Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy of signs, as set out in Deleuze’s book ‘Proust…
Everything we call base is a phenomenon due to gravity. Moreover the word baseness is an indication of this fact. . . . Queueing for food. The same action is easier if the motive is base than if it is…
Gravity: From the Latin gravitatem, ‘weight; heaviness; pressure’. According to Weil, gravity is the force governing human existence when and as we are directed by base virtues. It is characterised not only by attraction but also an intensity the closer…
Read Professor James Williams’ paper from the inaugural workshop, titled Continental Philosophy? Oh, yes!
The Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy (SCCP) marked its inauguration with an international workshop in which renowned philosophers discussed and debated new and exciting advances in their respective fields of research. Themes of discussion drew on such diverse fields as…
Against the great error of thinking that our era (Europe) represents the highest human type. Instead: the men of the Renaissance were higher, as were the Greeks; in fact, perhaps we are at a rather low level: ‘understanding’ is not…
Nihilism: From the Latin nihil, meaning ‘nothing’. Nihilism is the radical negation of the meaning and value of life, its reduction to nothing. For many continental philosophers, following Nietzsche, nihilism signifies a state of crisis in contemporary European culture.