Visiting speakers Spring 2012
in association with the Dublin Centre for Research in Philosophy
Unless otherwise noted, all seminars will run from 5.00 (sharp!) to 6.30 pm, and be held in the Agnes Cuming seminar room, D522 of the Newman building, UCD campus. Admission free, everyone welcome.
19 January
Prof Noel Carroll, City University of New York
Topic: Humour and Morality
Newman Theatre 1 (lower ground floor)
26 January
Prof Catherine Wilson, University of Aberdeen
Topic: The Puzzle of External Reasons
9 February
Prof Daniel Dahlstrom, Boston University
Topic: Mild and Wild: Heidegger on Human Liberation and the Essence of History
16 February
Prof Wayne Martin, University of Essex
Topic: Infinite Ethical Demands and the Problem of Moral Despair
23 February
Prof Jean Grondin, University of Montreal
Topic: Ricoeur and Gadamer. Do they have the same understanding of hermeneutics?
29 March
Prof Titus Stahl, University of Frankfurt
Topic: Institutional Power and Social Justice
Date TBA
Prof Gérard Bensussan, University of Strasbourg
Topic: TBA
Prof Christine M. Korsgaard, Havard University
AGNES CUMING LECTURE - 20, 21, 22 March 2012
(Past Speakers in Autumn 2011)
Dr Julia Jansen, University College Cork
Topic: Kant, Husserl, and the Imagery Debate
Prof. Jean-Claude Gens, University of Dijon
Topic: The East-Asian Inspiration of Heidegger's Meditation on Space
Prof. John Dillon, Trinity College Dublin
Topic: Do The Gods of Neoplatonism Really Care?
Dr Tanja Staehler, University of Sussex
Topic: Just too much Noise? Ideality and Lifeworld
Prof. Alfred Mele, Florida State University
Topic: Free Will and Neuroscience: Back to the Drawing Board
Dr Louise Mabille, University of Pretoria
Topic: TBA
