-----Original Message----- From: Dominic McIver Lopes <[email protected]> To: news <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Nov 3, 2013 10:30 am Subject: [AE] Fwd: CFP: The 6th Biennial Philosophy and Literature Conference at Purdue University
The 6th Biennial Philosophy and Literature Conference at Purdue University Conference Title: "Laughing at the Limit: Humor and Philosophical Practice" Conference Dates: Friday March 28th-Saturday March 29th, 2014 Lately humor has been enjoying a moment of philosophical interest.B B The Lighthearted Philosophersb Society was founded in 2006, for example, and philosophers from Simon Critchley and Bernard Freydberg to John Morreall and Daniel Dennett have all published books on humor or comedy since the turn of the century.B B It would not be an overstatement, furthermore, to call this interest unprecedented.B B While philosophers throughout the western tradition have addressed humor in various manners before, these treatments were most often marginal or asides in the course of other pursuits.B B Recent discussion has agreed, broadly, that humor trades on incongruities and points, in some sense, to limits.B B It has also agreed that humor is fully worthy of philosophical investigation and integral to a range of philosophical topics.B B Ray Monk tells us that Wittgenstein, recognizing humorbs richness, once said, b A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.b In the spirit of this appreciation for humorbs centrality to philosophy, the Purdue Philosophy and Literature program proposes a conference to investigate humorbs relation to philosophy.B If philosophy is understood as a way of life, how might humor help articulate a philosophical ethos? B What role might humor have in the development of practices of the self? Or consider Gilles Deleuzeb claim that humor is transgressive by nature.B How can such transgressiveness reveal the limits of current practices, be they philosophical, literary, social, or political?B How can humor so understood point to new methods and new practices? We invite papers that address these and other questions related to humorbs relevance and relation to philosophy today. Submissions in the form of abstracts not exceeding 500 words, or papers not exceeding 3,000 words, are due by January 1st, 2014.B B Please send submissions prepared for blind review toB [email protected] B The organizing committee aims to respond to submissions by February 1stB 2014. B Tentative keynote speakers include Victor Raskin-Purdue University, Daniel R. Kelly-Purdue University, and Bernard Freydberg-Slippery Rock University.B B B _______________________________________________ news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.aesthetics-online.org/listinfo.cgi/news-aesthetics-online.org
