Funded by ISLA and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 27th, 2013
We are happy to announce that the Philosophy and History Workshop will be resuming our monthly meetings this academic year. Dieter Sturma will give a workshop on September 11th entitled “The Nature of Self-Consciousness: Reconstructing German Idealism”. This talk will be in O’Shaughnessy 119 at 3:00 pm. We will have more information on this talk […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 21st, 2013
We are happy to announce that Thomas Clemmons, of the Notre Dame Theology department, will be giving a workshop entitled “Considerations on Beauty in the Thought of St. Augustine”. The workshop will be at 3 pm on Friday, April 26th in 339 O’Shaughnessy, discussion to follow. Refreshments will be available.
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 1st, 2013
We are happy to announce that Jordan Rodgers, Ph. D. candidate in the Department of Philosophy here at Notre Dame will be giving a workshop entitled “Disinterestedness in Art and Knowledge in the Early Nietzsche”. The workshop will be at 3 pm on Wednesday, April 10th in 131 Decio, discussion to follow. Refreshments will be available. Here […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 25th, 2013
We are pleased to announce a talk by Vittorio Hösle on Wednesday, March 6th at 5 p.m. in 131 Decio, entitled “How to Write a History of German Philosophy.” Prof. Hösle holds the Paul Kimball Chair of Arts and Letters and is the director of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Studies. We will be offering a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 12th, 2013
We are pleased to announce that Katerina Deligiorgi from the University of Sussex will be giving two talks this coming week. On Tuesday, February 19th at 2 pm in Malloy 220, she will give a talk entitled “Arbitrium sensitivum liberum: what is it?” On Wednesday, February 20th at 3 pm in Main Building 303 she […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 29th, 2013
We are pleased to announce that Eckart Förster, Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, will give his talk “The Discourse of German Idealism” on Friday, February 8th at 3 pm in Geddes Hall B034 (in the basement of Geddes Hall), discussion to follow. In addition to refreshments we will have a limited number of […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2013
We are pleased to announce an upcoming lecture by Gabriel Richardson Lear, Professor of Philosophy and of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, entitled “Philosophical Wonder and the Provocation of the Past: the Case of Plato’s Kalon,” to be held Friday, January 25th at 3 pm in 404 Main Building. In addition to the usual […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 7th, 2012
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Stephen Gersh will be giving a talk entitled “Music as Philosophy. Medieval musica speculativa and Contemporary Practice” this coming Wednesday, November 14th at 1:30 pm in 122 Crowley Hall (the music building just south of La Fortune). His talk will include musical illustrations. We hope you can join us for this exciting event.
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2012
Join us for a talk by Dan Sportiello (philosophy) on Friday, September 14th at 3:30 pm in 339 O’Shaughnessy, entitled “‘I Believe in Harvey Dent’: the Noble Lie, the Love of Fate, and the Practical Proof.” Refreshments and conversation to follow. Abstract: As rational animals, we are born into original sin–that is, into desires and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2012
We are pleased to announce that the Philosophy and History series will continue for another exciting year, thanks to the generous support of ISLA and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. A major change this year is that Naomi Fisher, a graduate student from the Notre Dame philosophy department, has joined me in the organisational efforts. […]