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First Annual Lecture of the British Society for the History of Philosophy held at King’s

10 Friday Nov 2017

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British Society for the History of Philosophy, History of Philosophy, John Cottingham

John Cottingham spoke on “Why the history of philosophy matters”, on Friday 3 November 2017.

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2017 Sowerby Annual Lecture in Philosophy & Medicine

07 Tuesday Nov 2017

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Mental Health, Philosophy and Medicine

This Thursday, 9 November – 19:30-21:00:

Mental Health and Justice: Classical and Romantic perspectives
 (followed by a reception)

Lecture: Gareth Owen – King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience

Location: Theatre 2 — New Hunt’s House, KCL Guy’s Campus, London

All very welcome!
Bring your KCL ID card — those with no KCL ID need to register here: http://philosophyandmedicine.org/events/annual-lecture-3/

MM McCabe and Clare Moriarty at ‘The Forum’, next week

07 Tuesday Nov 2017

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Clare Moriarty, emotion, ethics, MM McCabe, political philosophy

Strong Feelings

Does anger impede political progress or is it essential for change? Does love make us biased or is it the foundation of ethical thinking? Might shame alter not merely our perception of the world, but the very world itself? Reason is often contrasted with emotion, but what if emotion is essential for understanding traditional philosophical ideas? And how did we end up thinking that reason could ever do without emotion? (more details)

Next week: 14 November, 18:30 — 20:00

Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE, London, WC2A 3LJ United Kingdom

Claire will chair and MM will be a speaker.

 

Julien Dutant at College de France in Paris

04 Wednesday Oct 2017

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College de France, epistemology, Julien Dutant

Last week Julien Dutant took part in a conference on “The Principles of Epistemology” at the College de France in Paris.

The talks have been filmed and the videos are available online. Julien’s can be watched here and an English version of the slides is available here. Abstract below.

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MM McCabe will be giving this year’s Mark Sainsbury Lecture at King’s College London.

30 Tuesday May 2017

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MM McCabe, Plato

The Keeling Scholar in Residence in Philosophy at UCL, MM McCabe will be speaking on ‘Giving and Taking an Account: Plato on the Language of Conversation’.

– 1st June, 2017, 4.15-6pm.

– Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, King’s College London, Strand WC2R 2LS.

Ellen Fridland gives lecture at Royal Institute of Philosophy, Oxford, May 31st 2017

30 Tuesday May 2017

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Ellen Fridland, Royal Institute of Philosophy

Ellen Fridland will talk on the topic ‘Do as I say and as I do: imitation, pedagogy, and cumulative culture.‘

7.00 p.m. at Blackwell’s bookshop on Broad Street, Oxford.

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Clayton Littlejohn and Julien Dutant on Reasonable Doubt

02 Tuesday May 2017

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Clayton Littlejohn, doubt, epistemology, Julien Dutant, scepticism

Clayton Littlejohn and Julien Dutant are taking part in the large interdisciplinary conference From Reasonable Doubt to Undue Scepticism organized by Ulrike Hahn and Marion Worms at Birkbeck this week. Both will be defending knowledge-centred views on the topic. See the programme here.

Maria Rosa Antognazza is speaking today at the Oxford Literary Festival

01 Saturday Apr 2017

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Maria Rosa Antognazza

Prof Antognazza will be giving “A Very Short Introduction” to Leibniz at 13:15 at Blackwell’s Marquee. Full details here.

If you are in town, be sure to check it out!

[Video] Philosophy Without Borders: Religion and Philosophy in the African, Chinese, Greek, Indian, and Islamic Traditions.

30 Thursday Mar 2017

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african philosophy, Alena Rettova, chinese philosophy, greek philosophy, history of philosophy without gaps, indian philosophy, islamic philosophy, Jessica Frazier, Katherine Swancutt, Peter Adamson, religion, Shaul Tor, video

A one-day conference organized in association with Peter Adamson’s History of Philosophy without Gaps project at King’s College London brought together a number of acclaimed scholars to discuss the relationship between religion and philosophy in a variety of traditions across the globe. How is philosophical thought influenced by religious views and practice in different cultures and civilizations? How did the relationship between the two develop throughout ages in different parts of the world? How do philosophical and theological arguments differ or relate?

Watch full recording of the conference online: guest talks and Peter Adamson’s lecture. Details below.

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Matthew Parrott at the Self-Knowledge and Agency Conference, University of Oxford 19-20 May

23 Thursday Mar 2017

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Matthew Parrott will present as an invited speaker at the Self-Knowledge and Agency Conference, University of Oxford, on 19-20 May.

Registration is required and costs £10. You can register here.

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