January 2024 - Iris - Philosophy bulletin board

APSE Talk - Stephanie Ifill - 12.10.23 - Knowledge as a turn towards the possibility of existence

by Sophie Juliane Veigl

Dear all, we cordially invite you to the upcoming talk of the APSE - lecture series, delivered by Stephanie Ifill (University of Westminster) Title: Knowledge as a turn towards the possibility of existence When/Where: 12.10., 15-17pm, HS 3A If you are interested in joining us for dinner/drinks afterwards, write an email to Manu Sharma (manu.sharma(a)univie.ac.at)! everyone welcome! Abstract: "I came to realise that to produce knowledge, I must enter into a framework where I am non-existent....I refused...There must be another possibility, another way of knowing." This talk brings forward the question: what is the possibility of epistemic non-existence? One of the possibilities I raise is that of the turn. The turn is not a seek of inclusion in; it's a turn, a break from. I turn in relation to Sylvia Wynter (to rupture) and Henri Bergson (to indetermination) to help articulate what I mean by epistemic turn. Upon awareness, there is the possibility to turn from, indeed with a cost, but a possibility none the less. This talk represents the culmination of deep thought brought out through relational conversations and a direct lived confrontation with epistemic non-existence; it's part of an ongoing experiment in the possibility of appearing in Europe as a *Black woman (outside of the cage). Kind regards, Sophie Veigl on behalf of the APSE-Unit -- Dr. Sophie Juliane Veigl, BSc., BA., MSc., MA. Institut für Philosophie, Universität Wien E-Mail: sophie.juliane.veigl(a)univie.ac.at my pronouns are she/her

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CEU Philosophy Department Events

by Sigrid Preissl

Dear all you are warmly invited to join the CEU Department of Philosophy upcoming events: Experimental Philosophy of Law: Biases in Mens Rea Attribution & How to Address Them<https://events.ceu.edu/2024-02-06/experimental-philosophy-law-biases-mens-r…> Markus Kneer (University of Graz) Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - 3:40PM Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | QS D-001 Tiered What’s So Awful About Substance Dualism?<https://events.ceu.edu/2024-02-13/whats-so-awful-about-substance-dualism> Ralph Weir (University of Lincoln) Tuesday, February 13, 2024 - 3:40PM Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | QS D-001 Tiered Knowledge Resistance and Irrationality<https://events.ceu.edu/2024-02-20/knowledge-resistance-and-irrationality> Kathrin Glüer-Pagin (Stockholm University) Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - 3:40PM Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | QS D-001 Tiered Why Do We Disagree About Politics? The role of knowledge in democratic societies<https://events.ceu.edu/2024-02-21/why-do-we-disagree-about-politics-role-kn…> Michael Ignatieff, Åsa Wikforss, Oliver Traldi Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - 7:30PM Off-campus | Billrothhaus | Frankgasse 8, 1090 Vienna Are there moral compromises? The paradox of moral compromises<https://events.ceu.edu/2024-02-27/are-there-moral-compromises-paradox-moral…> Veronique Zanetti (Universität Bielefeld) Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - 3:40PM Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | QS D-001 Tiered The outer flow and the inner flow<https://events.ceu.edu/2024-03-05/outer-flow-and-inner-flow> Giuliano Torrengo (Università degli Studi di Milano) Tuesday, March 5, 2024 - 3:40PM Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | QS D-001 Tiered Character and Freedom<https://events.ceu.edu/2024-03-12/character-and-freedom> Iskra Fileva (University of Colorado Boulder) Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 3:40PM Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | QS D-001 Tiered Christian Piller talk<https://events.ceu.edu/2024-05-07/christian-piller-talk> Christian Piller (University of York and IAS, CEU Budapest) Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 3:40PM Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | QS D-001 Tiered Summer Course in The Ethics of Attention - Apply Now!<https://events.ceu.edu/2024-07-01/summer-course-ethics-attention-apply-now> Georgi Gardiner, Cathy Mason, Ella Whiteley, Tatyana Kostochka, Jessie Munton, Wayne Wu, Samantha Vice Monday, July 1, 2024 - 9:00AM Budapest Site | Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower For more information about an event, please consult our event page<https://events.ceu.edu/host/department-philosophy?_gl=1*1kbwnjw*_ga*NTE4MDU….>. We look forward to welcoming you to CEU. Kind regards [https://attachments.office.net/owa/PreisslS%40ceu.edu/service.svc/s/GetAtta…] Central European University Department of Philosophy Quellenstrasse 51 | A-1100 Wien | Austria

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Event Invitation: Why Do We Disagree About Politics? (21 Feb)

by Jason Means

Dear Colleagues, Knowledge in Crisis is hosting its next public event on 21 February at the Billrothhaus. Please check out the details & register here<https://events.ceu.edu/2024-02-21/why-do-we-disagree-about-politics-role-kn…>. Why Do We Disagree About Politics? The Role of Knowledge in Democratic Societies Panel Discussion and Reception 21 February 2024 19:30 - 22:00 Billrothhaus | Frankgasse 8, 1090 Wien Doors open at 19:00. Registration required. "Democracy is a mechanism for distributing knowledge about matters of public interest, allowing us to decide which politicians should govern." This popular view paints the picture that a politician's role is to inform voters about what is in our best interest. Losing elections, then, must be the result of ineffective communication: "If only we'd managed to get our message across to people properly", the story goes, "then they would have seen why they had to vote for us!" This picture clearly falls short of the messy reality of politics. But why? Does it portray an overly rationalistic picture of the democratic process? Is this picture overly idealistic? Does it overestimate the importance of (conveying) knowledge in democratic decisionmaking? Does it overestimate the potential for people to know what is in their best interest? How can we even determine what a person's "best interest" truly is? Speakers: Michael Ignatieff (Historian, former politician, Rector Emeritus at Central European University) Oliver Traldi (Philosopher at Princeton University, author of the forthcoming book Political Beliefs) Åsa Wikforss (Philosopher at Stockholm University, member of the Swedish Academy, Director of the Knowledge Resistance project) The discussion will be moderated by Eva Stanzl, journalist at the Wiener Zeitung. All the best, Jason Means Jason Means, MA Director of Management and Transfer FWF Cluster of Excellence Knowledge in Crisis Department of Philosophy Pronouns: He/Him [cid:image001.jpg@01DA52AC.767EB980] +43 1 25230 7538 LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-d-means/>

2 months, 4 weeks

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Workshop on Logic and Its Philosophy Feb 8-9

by vcs＠univie.ac.at

Workshop on Logic and Its Philosophy This workshop brings together early career researchers in areas of philosophy that intersect with logic (including philosophical logic, philosophy of logic, and philosophy of mathematics) to discuss on-going work. 08.02.2024 -- 09.02.2024 Neues Institutsgebäude HS 3B, 3. Stock, Universitätstrasse 7, 1090 Wien Please contact Andrew Tedder ( <mailto:ajtedder.at@gmail.com> ajtedder.at(a)gmail.com) with questions.

3 months

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Call for Participants: univie:summer school “Ways of Doing Philosophy: East and West” – Deadline: March 15, 2024

by Institut für Philosophie

Dear Colleagues, There is an open call for participants (at the master, doctoral, and postdoctoral level) in the univie:summer school “Ways of Doing Philosophy: East and West” that is organized by our doctoral researchers at the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy. Abstract: Nowadays, the term philosophy is a common currency across cultures, university curricula, and public discourses around the world. But what happens when φιλοσοφία (philosophia) meets contemporary philosophy and its non-Western counterparts such as Chinese zhexue 哲學? The term encompasses a plethora of conceptions of philosophical practices that vary between East and West cultures. This edition of the Summer School will provide a platform for participants to explore and learn from the plurality of philosophical subjects, methods, and purposes. In addition, the Summer School will focus on the past and present bridges between ancient and modern/contemporary philosophy, as well as between Western and non-Western philosophical traditions, and on the global lessons about philosophy that can be drawn from these interactions. The summer school will, in addition, host keynote lectures on Western Philosophy (with a focus on Ancient Greek Philosophy) and Eastern Philosophy (Daoism, Confucianism and Indian Philosophy). All the relevant information can be found here: https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/phd-program/doctoral-training/summer-sch… Dates: 25-30 July 2024 Location: Neues Institutsgebäude, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien The deadline for applications is March 15, 2024. Contact email: vdp.summerschool.2024(a)gmail.com We would be very grateful if you could help us to spread this call to your colleagues and students worldwide. Thank you very much for your support! Best, Raphael Aybar

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6 PhD Positions in Philosophy (all areas) at the University of Vienna - Application deadline March 6, 2024

by Institut für Philosophie

Dear Colleagues, There is a job opening for six PhD positions (four years, fixed term) in all areas of philosophy in our department. The announcements can be found here: Three PhD Positions in Philosophy at the University of Vienna - Cluster of Excellence: https://philjobs.org/job/show/25742 Three PhD Positions in Philosophy at the University of Vienna - PACE Project: https://philjobs.org/job/show/25738 The deadline for applications is March 6, 2024. Applicants can apply for both simultaneously. We would be very grateful if you could help us to spread this call to your colleagues and students worldwide. Thank you very much for your support! Best regards, Raphael Aybar

3 months

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25.01. Workshop zu Origen: An early Christian Philosopher // Workshop: Readings in Christianity: The Case of C. P. Cavafy

by Institut für Philosophie

im Namen von Prof. Karamanolis laden wir Sie zu den zwei Veranstaltungen am 25.01 ein: 1. Workshop zu Origen: An early Christian Philosopher (c. 185-254) When & Where: Hörsaal 3A Thursday 26.1.2024 10.00-12.30 Introduction: George Karamanolis: Main Philosophical issues in Origen᾽s Philosophy Vito Limone (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele): Origen and Methodius on the Resurrected Body Mehr Information unten: https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… ______ 2. Workshop: Readings in Christianity: The Case of C. P. Cavafy 25. Jänner 2024 Ort: Institut für Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 3. Stock Programme: 13:30: Opening Words 14:00: George Karamanolis (University of Vienna): "Cavafy's ancient Christianity" 14:40-14:50: Coffee Break 14:50-15:30: Katerina Kostiou (University of Patras): "Cavafy's construction of poetic personae: 'Julian in Nicomedia' and repetition as complentarity" 15:30-15:40: Coffee Break 15:40-16:20: Vasiliki Dimoula (University of Vienna): "Christian Pleasures: Reading Christianity's Historians through a fin-de-siècle lens" 16:20-16:30: Coffee Break 16:30-17:10: Martha Vassiliadi (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki): "Refiguring Cavafy's Salome: The female hero and the storytelling mechanism" 17:10-17:30: Coffee Break 17:30-18:10: Maria Boletsi (Leiden University and University of Amsterdam): "From Christianity to capitalism and Back: Cavafy's Noonday Demon" 18:10-19:00: General Discussion, Conclusions 20:00: Workshop's Dinner Mehr information unten: https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail…

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APSE talk by Stella Villarmea on 25 January 2024 at 3pm

by Anne Sophie Meincke

Dear colleagues, I'm pleased to invite you to our next APSE talk on Thursday, 25th January 2024, 3:00 (s.t.) - 5:00 p.m. in HS 3A, 3. OG, NIG. The speaker is Professor Stella Villarmea (Complutense University of Madrid & University of Oxford). She will be speaking about: "Birthing: Vindicating a Visceral Body Philosophically" Abstract: Birth matters matter — and they matter philosophically too. I work on philosophy of birth, that is, I use the tools of philosophy to analyse representations and practices around childbirth. My thesis is that to reorient philosophical conversation toward birth and, specifically, to the origin of our lives in the female body, produces a radical shift. Once we take that turn, many of the tales about our origin truly become 'old-tales'. Are we already imagining a new genealogy, a new logos for genos? Can we philosophically (and medically/obstetrically) represent and vindicate this new genea-logy? The talk will be followed by a dinner. Please let me know if you would like to join. I'm looking forward to seeing you. Best wishes, Anne Sophie -- "The Metaphysics of Development and Evolution: From Thing Ontology to Process Ontology", Human Development, online first: https://doi.org/10.1159/000534421 "Emergent Properties", in: The Routledge Handbook of Properties, ed. by A.-S. Maurin & A. Fisher (pp.347-357), Routledge "The Metaphysics of Living Consciousness: Metabolism, Agency and Purposiveness", Biosemiotics 16 (2023), 281–290: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12304-023-09531-0 www.annesophiemeincke.com Elise Richter Research Fellow Institute of Philosophy University of Vienna Universitätsstraße 7 1010 Vienna, Austria

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Khôra Colloquim: "CLINAMEN - Bewegtbilder des Denkens", 25.01.2024, 18:30, HS 3f

by Sebastian Krach

Sehr geehrte Kolleg:innen, ich möchte Sie im Namen von Khôra herzlich zum nächsten Colloquium einladen. Termin: 25.01.2024, 18:30 - 20:00, HS 3F, Neues Institutsgebäude Thema: "CLINAMEN - Bewegtbilder des Denkens" – An der Grenze zwischen Philosophie und Kunst mit einer Performance von Noemi Call und Philipp Quell Beschreibung: Sarah Kofman wirft in ihrer Beschreibung der Paarung von Kunst und Philosophie eine Frage auf: „Aus der Kunst eine philosophische Frage machen, einen Diskurs über die Kunst führen, der sich diesem System von Oppositionen beugt, heißt das nicht die Herrschaftsgeste der Philosophie zu wiederholen, die immer die Kunst dem Logos und der Wahrheit unterordnen wollte?"(Kofman 1990, "Die Melancholie der Kunst" in: Postmoderne und Dekonstruktion, 224) Die Beziehung zwischen Philosophie und Kunst scheint in einer Sackgasse zu sein. Entweder die Philosophie spricht "über" die Kunst und will erklären, was sie "eigentlich" bedeutet, oder sie muss sie unberührt und für sich selbst sprechen lassen. Doch gibt es neben dieser erstarrten Opposition alternative Wege, Holzwege oder Schleichwege vielleicht, die Kunst und Philosophie in einen "Dialog auf Augenhöhe" bringen? In einem Dialog mit dem Videokünstler H. Arcier, der in seinem Werk die atomistische Kosmologie zum Anstoß nimmt, um eine ganz neue Perspektive auf den Tanz zu eröffnen, wollen wir mit einem performativ-philosophischen Text antworten, indem wir Figuren und Impressionen des Videokunstwerks sprachlich verarbeiten und weiterspinnen. Den Link zu dem Video findet ihr hier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOXJl6zD9gw Weitere Informationen sowie eine Mailingliste finden Sie auf unserer Homepage. https://www.khora.philo.at/ Danach ist im Café Gagarin reserviert. Wir freuen uns auf euer Kommen! Mit lieben Grüßen im Namen von Khôra Sebastian Krach

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Dec 14 Guest lecture by Cecile Fabre: "Humankind’s Common Cultural Heritage, Justice and Territorial Rights"

by Sophie Kroiss

Dear colleagues, on behalf of Univ.-Prof. Angela Kallhoff and the Department of Philosophy, I cordially invite you to a guest lecture titled *"Humankind’s Common Cultural Heritage, Justice and Territorial Rights"* by *Cecile Fabre *(All Souls College, Oxford). Thu Dec. 14th, 2023, 6:30 p.m. in HS 3D (NIG) For questions, contact sophie.kroiss(a)univie.ac.at Abstract: The thought that there are cultural landmarks which have universal value is a familiar one. It is at the heart of UNESCO's and the World Heritage's mission, and is affirmed in a number of international declarations, not least the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage. For all its appeal, UNESCO's ideals raise some deep concerns. In particular, it is not easy to articulate an account of universal value; and it is not easy to show why we are under moral obligations in respect of that heritage. Nevertheless, I attempt to defend those ideals. I seek to show that the protection of humankind's heritage, qua humankind's, not only is a moral imperative: more strongly put, it is a duty of justice. I then address one of the most important objections to it - namely that it undermines states’ and their citizenries’ legitimate interest in deciding what to do with landmarks which are located on their territory. /Cecile Fabre a political philosopher, and currently Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. She is also Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and affiliated with the Faculty of Philosophy, the Department of Politics and International Relations, and Nuffield College, Oxford. Her research interests are in theories of distributive justice; the philosophy of democracy; just war theory; the ethics of foreign policy, with particular focus on the ethics of economic statecraft and the ethics of espionage. She most recently published Spying Through a Glass Darkly: The Ethics of Espionage and Counter-Intelligence (Oxford University Press 2022); Economic Statecraft: Human Rights, Sanctions, and Conditionality (Harvard University Press, 2018), preceded by (among others) Cosmopolitan Peace (Oxford University Press, 2016), The Morality of Defensive War, co-edited with Seth Lazar (Oxford University Press, 2014), Cosmopolitan War (Oxford University Press, 2012)./ https://kalender.univie.ac.at/einzelansicht/?no_cache=1&tx_univieevents_pi1… / /

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