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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’:...
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...
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....
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....
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From Mystique to Politique: Péguy and Deleuze on Repetition and the Event
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...
Dr Connal Parsley: “The authority of the artist”
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...
Masterclass : Alexander Galloway and Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback
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 in philosophy, technology, and theories of mediation....
Seminar : Frank Ruda on Courage
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 to courage today in most of...
‘Widdershins Dundee’
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 places; please...