The Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy Blog
Horrible Creatures by Cally Nurse
The Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy is delighted to host the essay Horrible Creatures by Cally Nurse, an MFA student in Dundee. Encounters with the Velvet Swimming Crab: What do our feelings of disgust towardsanimals reveal about our attitude to the living...
“Seeking Truth” by Dr Luca Siliquini-Cinelli
The Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy is delighted to host a short essay on 'Seeking Truth' by our colleague Dr Luca Siliquini-Cinelli (Law, University of Dundee). Luca specialises in comparative contract law, comparative legal traditions, and continental...
Why lockdown life is a lot like insomnia – a philosopher of sleep explains
https://theconversation.com/why-lockdown-life-is-a-lot-like-insomnia-a-philosopher-of-sleep-explains-139156
Seeing the Shark
by Dominic Smith Two transitional moments in Spielberg's Jaws demand special attention. The first is when Richard Dreyfuss turns up as oceanographer Matt Hooper. In a film full of strong performances, he steals the show (opinion will be split on whether Robert Shaw...
Selling Nietzsche Short (Again)
by Ashley Woodward Popular culture has already had more than its fair share of misrepresentations of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) and his ideas, from the comic book superhero Superman to the‘Nietzscheans’ – a malevolent alien race...
Ugly David
by Dominic Smith I wasn't in the habit of noticing it at all: a small rectangular fridge magnet bearing a likeness of the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume, gifted to me by an eccentric member of the Hume Society many years ago.... It is frankly...
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,...
NEWS
Hsgb Annual Conference 2021: “Hegel Today”
We are pleased to announce that the the line-up for the Hsgb Annual Conference 2021: “Hegel Today” has now been finalised as follows: Monday, 11 Oct. 2021, 5.30-7.00 pm UK time: Robert Pippin (University of Chicago) — “The Phenomenology and the Logic of Life:...
Speaker series – The Royal Institute of Philosophy University of Dundee
We are pleased to announce The Royal Institute of Philosophy University of Dundee Speaker series. The online events are the following: 06.10., 4-6pm: Geoffrey Bennington (Emory): “Kicking and Screaming” 20.10., 6-8pm: Alberto Toscano (Goldsmith / Simon Fraser...
Society for European Philosophy – SEPtember 2021
We are delighted to announce the SEPtember 2021 online events by the Society for European Philosophy. Have a look at the program here:
The Phenomenon of Temporality
We are delighted to announce the online workshop "The Phenomenon of Temporality" organised by Tina Röck (University of Dundee) and Daniel Neumann (University of Klagenfurt). The event will take place on the 16th of September from 13:00 until 18:00 (CET). Participation...
The time that ‘destroys humanity’: clocks and continental philosophy
This Wednesday, the 5th of May from 1pm to 3pm, we are glad to welcome Dr Michelle Bastian from the University of Edinburgh who will give a lecture entitled The time that ‘destroys humanity’: clocks and continental philosophy. The event will take place through Teams....