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CFP: GRADUATE CONFERENCE IN METAPHILOSOPHY (Budapest)
TITLE:
On what it is...
The philosophy of philosophy
DATE:
13-15 February 2015
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
24 November 2014
LOCATION:
Eötvös József Collegium (Budapest, Hungary)
WEBSITE:
http://arrolhogymi.eotvos.elte.hu/eng/
CONTACT:
arrolhogymi-***@public.gmane.org
DESCRIPTION:
Since the first third of the 19th century philosophy has undergone
fundamental changes that radically transformed its nature and the way we
think about it. Though the Enlightenment had held out the prospect of
the unity of philosophy, by this time it became clear that this unity
was more of a wish rather than reality, and the task the philosophy of
Enlightenment undertook appeared to be far too ambitious and misguided.
The political, social, economical and ecological calamities of the 20th
century deepened the paradoxes disclosed by philosophy’s long 19th
century even more. They irrevocably undermined the belief that
philosophy is able to deal with its problems within the framework of
rational discourse and present us the world as a whole.
Today the questions concerning the foundations of philosophy are
becoming more and more pressing. What kind of role can philosophy play
in our globalized, rapidly changing age that seems to be in crisis
constantly? Is it possible or even desirable to unite the bitterly
opposed philosophical traditions? Does philosophy have a goal beyond
merely answering scholarly questions? Whose philosophy is academic
philosophy; who can think of it as their own, and to whom is it
completely alien? Is it meaningful to talk about timely and untimely
philosophy? Is the philosophy of tomorrow a contemplative, highly
theoretical dialog among academics, or an essentially interdisciplinary
activity that plays a formative role in bringing about social change?
How can we define what counts as philosophy and who counts as a
philosopher today, and tomorrow? What forces shape philosophy now and in
the future? And finally: is there a future to philosophy at all?
In this conference, we seek to explore these questions understood in the
broadest possible sense. We invite submissions of long abstracts of
around 600 words or papers of around 3000 words for presentation in 20
minutes on any topic related to metaphilosophy. Submissions from
students and young academics working within all traditions of philosophy
are encouraged. Please send submissions prepared to blind review to
arrolhogymi-***@public.gmane.org by 24 November 2014. In the cover letter please
include your name, institutional affiliation and status (e.g. graduate
student, post-doc etc.). Presentations will be delivered in English or
in Hungarian. Successful applicants will be notified by 19 January.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to the ones listed under
the tentative panels.
 
PANELS:
Opening talk: Tibor Sutyák; Closing talk: Mária Ludassy
1. What is philosophy.
Keynote speaker: Nenad Miscevic
Chair: Ágnes Erdélyi
Does and should philosophy have a definition? Should we bring the
divergent traditions to a common ground and create a unified discipline?
Or should we instead promote specialization and fragmentation within the
discipline? Are there questions unique to philosophy, or those movements
of the 20th century are on the right track that do not recognize a clear
boundary between philosophy and art or philosophy and science? Is there,
and should there be, a purpose of philosophy? Are the categorical
distinctions of history of philosophy and theoretical philosophy,
continental and analytic philosophy meaningful?
2. The method of philosophy.
Keynote speaker: János Tőzsér
Chair: Judit Szalai
Does philosophy have a special method? Are the methods used in
contemporary philosophy adequate or do they need to be revised? How are
we to think about the challenge of experimental philosophy? Can the
rationality of philosophical inquiries be grounded?
3. Who’s a philosopher?
Keynote speaker: László Nemes
Chair: Zsófia Zvolenszky
What is special about the profession of the philosopher? How can one
become a philosopher? What causes the gender and racial inequalities in
philosophy departments and what are their consequences? Can different
philosophical traditions have different standards as to who counts as a
philosopher? Can someone be today a philosopher outside of the academy?
Can someone be today an activist philosopher? What is the difference
between the philosopher, the sage, and the spiritual leader?
4. What is history of philosophy?
Keynote speaker: Gábor Boros
Chair: Dániel Schmal
What is the role and significance of inquiries into the history of
philosophy? Had there ever been an authentic history of philosophy, or
it is also ‘written by the victors’? Is it meaningful to use such
notions in the history of philosophy, like ‘rationalism’, ‘empiricism’,
‘idealism’, ‘materialism’? If so, under what constraints? Whose
perspectives are embraced in the ‘mainstream’ histories of philosophy
(the ones taught at high schools and universities) and in the
‘alternative’ ones? Is the history of Western philosophy ‘the’ history
of philosophy, or philosophy can only be treated as a unity, perhaps we
have to approach trends on a smaller scale? Do analytic and continental
philosophy have their own history, or is this distinction artificial
from the historic point of view? Is history of philosophy anything over
and above the catalogue of great dead philosophers?
5. What makes a work philosophical?
Keynote speaker: Tibor Schwendtner
Chair: Veronika Darida
What makes a work - be it a book, an essay, or a dialog - philosophical?
Are there any unrecognized works in philosophy? Is it possible to create
works in philosophy that do not fit any academic genre? For example, is
it possible that works of art, public speeches, or actions become works
in philosophy? To what extent is the content of a work in philosophy
influenced by its form and genre? Are philosophical works the product of
their author or rather their age? To whom and in whose language does
works in philosophy speak?
6. Philosophy and politics
Keynote speaker: Zsolt Bagi
Chair: Szabolcs Pogonyi
What is the relationship between politics and philosophy? Is there
philosophy without politics and politics without philosophy? Does
philosophy have a social mission? Can philosophy be a value-free area of
scholarship? What is the distinction between philosophy and ideology? Is
there such a thing as national or state philosophy and court
philosopher? Can a philosophy be morally ‘good’ or ‘evil’?
7. Philosophy and science
Keynote speaker: János Laki
Chair: László E. Szabó
What is the relationship between philosophy and the rest of the academic
disciplines? Is it continuous with science? Is it necessary for
philosophy to become a “rigorous science” or, on the contrary, it is
opposed to science? Or maybe they complement each other?
9. Philosophy and life
Keynote speaker: Anna Réz
Chair: Kornél Steiger
Has philosophy really lost contact with everyday life? And if it has, is
this a problem or a sign of the maturity of the discipline? Should
philosophy be more present in public life? Should we enhance
philosophical thinking in our day to day lives either through public
education or other means? How can philosophy contribute to the
amelioration of human life, and advancement of public good? Is it
possible, or even necessary, to reform philosophy so that it fits the
demands of the 21th century?
Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html and http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.region.europe.
Current posts are also available via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilosL
To sign off the list send a blank message to philos-l-unsubscribe-request-***@public.gmane.org
Discussions should be moved to chora: enrol via
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TITLE:
On what it is...
The philosophy of philosophy
DATE:
13-15 February 2015
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
24 November 2014
LOCATION:
Eötvös József Collegium (Budapest, Hungary)
WEBSITE:
http://arrolhogymi.eotvos.elte.hu/eng/
CONTACT:
arrolhogymi-***@public.gmane.org
DESCRIPTION:
Since the first third of the 19th century philosophy has undergone
fundamental changes that radically transformed its nature and the way we
think about it. Though the Enlightenment had held out the prospect of
the unity of philosophy, by this time it became clear that this unity
was more of a wish rather than reality, and the task the philosophy of
Enlightenment undertook appeared to be far too ambitious and misguided.
The political, social, economical and ecological calamities of the 20th
century deepened the paradoxes disclosed by philosophy’s long 19th
century even more. They irrevocably undermined the belief that
philosophy is able to deal with its problems within the framework of
rational discourse and present us the world as a whole.
Today the questions concerning the foundations of philosophy are
becoming more and more pressing. What kind of role can philosophy play
in our globalized, rapidly changing age that seems to be in crisis
constantly? Is it possible or even desirable to unite the bitterly
opposed philosophical traditions? Does philosophy have a goal beyond
merely answering scholarly questions? Whose philosophy is academic
philosophy; who can think of it as their own, and to whom is it
completely alien? Is it meaningful to talk about timely and untimely
philosophy? Is the philosophy of tomorrow a contemplative, highly
theoretical dialog among academics, or an essentially interdisciplinary
activity that plays a formative role in bringing about social change?
How can we define what counts as philosophy and who counts as a
philosopher today, and tomorrow? What forces shape philosophy now and in
the future? And finally: is there a future to philosophy at all?
In this conference, we seek to explore these questions understood in the
broadest possible sense. We invite submissions of long abstracts of
around 600 words or papers of around 3000 words for presentation in 20
minutes on any topic related to metaphilosophy. Submissions from
students and young academics working within all traditions of philosophy
are encouraged. Please send submissions prepared to blind review to
arrolhogymi-***@public.gmane.org by 24 November 2014. In the cover letter please
include your name, institutional affiliation and status (e.g. graduate
student, post-doc etc.). Presentations will be delivered in English or
in Hungarian. Successful applicants will be notified by 19 January.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to the ones listed under
the tentative panels.
 
PANELS:
Opening talk: Tibor Sutyák; Closing talk: Mária Ludassy
1. What is philosophy.
Keynote speaker: Nenad Miscevic
Chair: Ágnes Erdélyi
Does and should philosophy have a definition? Should we bring the
divergent traditions to a common ground and create a unified discipline?
Or should we instead promote specialization and fragmentation within the
discipline? Are there questions unique to philosophy, or those movements
of the 20th century are on the right track that do not recognize a clear
boundary between philosophy and art or philosophy and science? Is there,
and should there be, a purpose of philosophy? Are the categorical
distinctions of history of philosophy and theoretical philosophy,
continental and analytic philosophy meaningful?
2. The method of philosophy.
Keynote speaker: János Tőzsér
Chair: Judit Szalai
Does philosophy have a special method? Are the methods used in
contemporary philosophy adequate or do they need to be revised? How are
we to think about the challenge of experimental philosophy? Can the
rationality of philosophical inquiries be grounded?
3. Who’s a philosopher?
Keynote speaker: László Nemes
Chair: Zsófia Zvolenszky
What is special about the profession of the philosopher? How can one
become a philosopher? What causes the gender and racial inequalities in
philosophy departments and what are their consequences? Can different
philosophical traditions have different standards as to who counts as a
philosopher? Can someone be today a philosopher outside of the academy?
Can someone be today an activist philosopher? What is the difference
between the philosopher, the sage, and the spiritual leader?
4. What is history of philosophy?
Keynote speaker: Gábor Boros
Chair: Dániel Schmal
What is the role and significance of inquiries into the history of
philosophy? Had there ever been an authentic history of philosophy, or
it is also ‘written by the victors’? Is it meaningful to use such
notions in the history of philosophy, like ‘rationalism’, ‘empiricism’,
‘idealism’, ‘materialism’? If so, under what constraints? Whose
perspectives are embraced in the ‘mainstream’ histories of philosophy
(the ones taught at high schools and universities) and in the
‘alternative’ ones? Is the history of Western philosophy ‘the’ history
of philosophy, or philosophy can only be treated as a unity, perhaps we
have to approach trends on a smaller scale? Do analytic and continental
philosophy have their own history, or is this distinction artificial
from the historic point of view? Is history of philosophy anything over
and above the catalogue of great dead philosophers?
5. What makes a work philosophical?
Keynote speaker: Tibor Schwendtner
Chair: Veronika Darida
What makes a work - be it a book, an essay, or a dialog - philosophical?
Are there any unrecognized works in philosophy? Is it possible to create
works in philosophy that do not fit any academic genre? For example, is
it possible that works of art, public speeches, or actions become works
in philosophy? To what extent is the content of a work in philosophy
influenced by its form and genre? Are philosophical works the product of
their author or rather their age? To whom and in whose language does
works in philosophy speak?
6. Philosophy and politics
Keynote speaker: Zsolt Bagi
Chair: Szabolcs Pogonyi
What is the relationship between politics and philosophy? Is there
philosophy without politics and politics without philosophy? Does
philosophy have a social mission? Can philosophy be a value-free area of
scholarship? What is the distinction between philosophy and ideology? Is
there such a thing as national or state philosophy and court
philosopher? Can a philosophy be morally ‘good’ or ‘evil’?
7. Philosophy and science
Keynote speaker: János Laki
Chair: László E. Szabó
What is the relationship between philosophy and the rest of the academic
disciplines? Is it continuous with science? Is it necessary for
philosophy to become a “rigorous science” or, on the contrary, it is
opposed to science? Or maybe they complement each other?
9. Philosophy and life
Keynote speaker: Anna Réz
Chair: Kornél Steiger
Has philosophy really lost contact with everyday life? And if it has, is
this a problem or a sign of the maturity of the discipline? Should
philosophy be more present in public life? Should we enhance
philosophical thinking in our day to day lives either through public
education or other means? How can philosophy contribute to the
amelioration of human life, and advancement of public good? Is it
possible, or even necessary, to reform philosophy so that it fits the
demands of the 21th century?
Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html and http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.region.europe.
Current posts are also available via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilosL
To sign off the list send a blank message to philos-l-unsubscribe-request-***@public.gmane.org
Discussions should be moved to chora: enrol via
http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/chora.html.