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Why Philosophy Deserves Its Day
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 Hawking, the answer is emphatically 'no': ‘How can we...
Never mind truth and lies – ‘Trumpism’ rejects the very idea of making sense
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...
Issue 25 of Parrhesia Journal
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...
Hermeneutics and its History: A Personal View
by Prof Nicholas Davey It is an interesting question. Why do we read? Why do we read texts, signs, situations and each other? The ever changing contingencies of existence and the precariousness of our enterprises mean that getting a judgement “right” about a problem,...
Introducing Groundworks Series edited by Arne De Boever, Jon Roffe, Bill Ross and Ashley Woodward
Rowman & Littlefield introduced Groundworks, a new series of publications edited by Arne De Boever, Jon Roffe, Bill Ross and Ashley Woodward. The series starts with Gaston Bachelard's The Dialectic of Duration, translated by Mary McAllester Jones. A quick blurb...
New Articles on Art and the Internet in the Context of the Philosophy of Technology
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 the Internet as Idea. 'On...
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Workshop: Materialist Pedagogies
Dear everyone, We are pleased to invite you to a workshop on "Materialist Pedagogies". The core aim of the workshop is to reflect on what can count as a ‘stimulus’ or ‘object of thought’ in the Arts and Humanities today, in the face of a world that, if you believe the...
Podcast ! Dr Dominic Smith on Walter Benjamin
What is it about? What better way to endure the Brexit confusion than have a conversation about a famous philosophical outsider figure who took an informed and insightful interest in the corner of the British Isles where you're based..... This is what Dr Dominic...
Lorenzo Chiesa (Genoa School of Humanities, Italy / Kent, UK): Anthrophie: The Human Animal between Discourse, Entropy, and Knowledge
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 and...
Mladen Dolar on Gossip’s Feast : Politics in the time of rumours
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 to 6pm. Room 1G05...
Charlotte Alderwick: An Alternative Virtue Ethics
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 to present an...