Tagungen & Workshops
11.-12. May 20234th Berlin-Hamburg Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy
Call for Abstracts:
We invite abstracts of no more than 500 words on any topic in early modern philosophy (construed, roughly, as the period from Montaigne to Reid) for a workshop co-organized by the philosophy departments of Humboldt University Berlin and Hamburg University (HU-UHH). The workshop aims to bring together established scholars, junior faculty, and advanced graduate students, and will take place at Universität Hamburg on May 11 and 12, 2023. The language of presentation and discussion is English. Talks should be 35-40 minutes, followed by 30-35 minutes of discussion.
Deadline for abstract submissions is December 15, 2022; decisions will be made by February 15, 2023. Please submit documents in PDF format to hu.uhh.earlymodern"AT"gmail.com. The abstract should be prepared for blind review (please provide your name, contact details, and institutional affiliation in the body of your email).
Successful applicants may have the opportunity to apply for a travel fund of 300 EUR to cover (at least part) of their travel costs. Confirmed keynote speakers are Robert Pasnau (University of Colorado Boulder), Ruth Boeker (UC Dublin), and Vili Lähteenmäki (University of Oulu). Details of the program will be available in March. Attendance is free and all are welcome. Any questions may be directed to hu.uhh.earlymodern"AT"gmail.com.
05.11. - 06.11.21 "SWIP-Jahrestagung 2021" SWIP (Society for Woman in Philosophy)
SWIP-Jahrestagung 2021
Datum: 5. und 6. November 2021
Digital, via Zoom
2. Call for Registration: bis 03.11.2021
Das Programm findet sich online unter https://swip-philosophinnen.org/8-swip-germany-jahrestagung/.
Informationen zur Anmeldung:
Die SWIP Jahrestagung 2021 wird digital über Zoom stattfinden. Um alle relevanten Einladungslinks zu erhalten, registrieren Sie sich bitte bis spätestens 03.11.2021 unter swiphamburg"AT"gmail.com.
Der separate Link zum Keynote-Vortrag ist bereits im Programm zu finden und darf sehr gerne geteilt werden.
Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos. Alle sind sehr herzlich willkommen.
Organisationsteam der Jahrestagung 2021:
Costanza Porro (Hamburg), Esther Neuhann (Hamburg), Kira Meyer (Kiel), Viktoria Knoll (Dresden).
Mit freundlicher Unterstützung von SWIP Germany e.V. (swip-philosophinnen.org) und dem Gleichstellungsfond der Universität Hamburg.
Orders of Being - International Workshop - 11. December 2021
Orders of Being (International Workshop)
Event Date:
11.12.2021 (10:00 - 19:00)
Event Description:
To be – W.V.O. Quine famously told us – is to be the value of a variable. Importantly, there are two strands to the Quinean paradigm. First, it connects metaphysics (in particular: ontology) to quantification. Second, it takes a stance on the type of quantification at issue. For Quine was convinced that the only legitimate type of quantification is first-order quantification, i.e. quantification into the syntactic position of singular terms. Taking this into account, the Quinean paradigm can be expressed more precisely as follows: for Quineans, to be is to be the value of a first-order variable.
In recent years, we have seen a shift away from this Quinean paradigm: there is a growing consensus that higher-order quantifiers, in particular quantifiers binding variables in the syntactic position of predicates and sentences, are a perfectly legitimate and useful instrument in the logico-philosophical toolbox, while neither being reducible to nor fully explicable in first-order terms. This anti-Quinean, positive attitude towards self-standing higher-order quantification has a historical pedigree too: it can be seen as following a Fregean paradigm, since it is rooted in Frege’s Begriffsschrift (1879). Adapting a famous dictum by Boolos, we can contrast it with the Quinean paradigm as follows: for Fregeans, to be is to be the value of a first-order variable or the value of a higher-order variable.
This paradigm-shift is of great importance for many fundamental questions in metaphysics, concerning e.g. the reality and nature of properties, propositions and numbers as well as our notions of existence, being and ontological commitment. The aim of this workshop is to bring together philosophers from different theoretical backgrounds to present their latest research on these and related topics.
The speakers at this workshop include:
- Fiona Doherty (University of Notre Dame - London Campus)
- Berta Grimau (Czech Academy of Sciences)
- Tobias Rosefeldt (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
- Lukas Skiba (Universität Hamburg)
Logistics and Registration:
Health and Safety regulations permitting, the plan is to conduct this workshop in person. The event will be subject to a 3G policy (i.e. only those vaccinated, recovered, or tested will be admitted). Attendance is free, but prior registration is necessary, and the number of attendees is limited.
If you would like to attend, please send an email to: lukas.skiba@uni-hamburg.de(lukas.skiba"AT"uni-hamburg.de).
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Dr. Lukas Skiba
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Philosophisches Seminar
Überseering 35, #4 Postfach
22297 Hamburg
Raum: 03014
Tel.: +49 40 42838-3543
Fax: +49 40 42838 - 3983
Web: www.skibalukas.wordpress.com
Email: lukas.skiba"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Difference-Making and Explanatory Relevance
International Conference from 12. July 2021 - 16. July 2021
The central question for any theory of explanation can be put in terms of relevance. What makes bits of information relevant to explaining why something is the case? Classical accounts of explanation (in terms of nomic expectability, causation, or certain statistical patterns) have frequently been criticized for not properly answering this question. In recent approaches to the question, philosophers have turned to the idea of making a difference. Causes, for instance, that make a difference to the occurrence of an event are relevant to explaining why that event occurred. This idea is present both in counterfactual accounts of explanation that have been advanced by Woodward and others as well as alternative approaches such as the one by Strevens. But the notion of difference-making has also been studied independently of the philosophy of explanation, for instance in the questions centring around free will and responsibility.
The aim of the present conference is to bring together philosophers from different disciplines to present their newest research on the topics of difference-making and explanatory relevance.
Given the circumstances, the event will take place via Zoom in the week from July 12 to July 16.
In order to ensure that people from different time-zones can attend, we will keep it with two talks per day.
Invited Speakers
- Laura Franklin-Hall (NYU)
- Carolina Sartorio (Arizona)
- Jonathan Schaffer (Rutgers)
- Michael Strevens (NYU)
- James Woodward (Pittsburgh)
Website:
https://relevance-project.org/events/555-2/
Contact:
Dr. Stefan Roski
Universität Hamburg
Philosophisches Seminar
stefan.peter.roski"AT"uni-hamburg.de
+49 40 42838-9168
21.-22.01.21 "What is a Woman?" SWIP (Society for Woman in Philosophy)-Hamburg Workshop zu Feministischer Philosophie
Wenn das Ziel feministischer Bewegungen ist, die Stellung der Frau zu verbessern, dann muss zuvor geklärt werden, was Frauen überhaupt sind und wie bzw. ob sie sich von Männern unterscheiden.
Spätestens seit Simone de Beauvoir’s Das zweite Geschlecht (1949) wurde die Frage „Was ist eine Frau?“ in der Feministischen Philosophie diskutiert. Die Vermeidung von biologischem Determinismus ist das Ziel der Unterscheidung zwischen dem (biologischen) sex und dem (sozialen) gender einer Person. Die sex/gender Unterscheidung hat wiederum zu einer intensiven Debatte über das richtige Verständnis dieser zwei Konzepte, insbesondere des gender Konzepts, geführt sowie Kritik an der Unterscheidung selbst hervorgebracht.
Im Rahmen des zweitägigen Workshops mit Vorlesung bringen wir verschiedene Philosoph*innen zusammen, die sich der Frage "What is a Woman?" aus verschiedenen Traditionen nähern. Der erste Teil der Veranstaltung wird die erste jährliche SWIP-Hamburg Vorlesung sein, die Professorin Esa Díaz-León (Barcelona) zum Thema “An inclusive account of 'woman'” am Donnerstag, den 21. Januar 2021, von 16-18 Uhr halten wird.
Der Workshop findet dann am Freitag, den 22. Januar 2021, statt: Hierbei werden fünf Sprecher*innen, darunter Esa Díaz-León und voraussichtlich Anca Gheaus (Barcelona), Vorträge halten. Anschließend werden diese kurz kommentiert und im Anschluss daran besteht jeweils die Gelegenheit für eine ausführlichere Diskussion.
Die Veranstaltung wird von der Hamburg Gruppe der SWIP (Society for Women in Philosophy) Germany organisiert.
Kontakt: Kira Meyer