Dear all, Herewith notice of an informal reading group entering its second year, dedicated to reading works outside, or at an angle to, the analytic mainstream.
'Schmilosophy' this term has a unifying theme: Analytic Philosophy and its Critics. In other words, we'll be looking at analytic philosophy itself, its versions of its own history, the many strands that constituted it (German, Austrian, Polish, British, American...) and the writings of its critics (Hegelians, idealists, phenomenologists, Marxists, feminists, pragmatists and unclassifiable others). The primary audience is undergraduates interested in broadening their philosophical horizons, but everyone is welcome -- RSVPs necessary, to be sent to me <[email protected]> at least in the first few weeks, to ensure we have space for everyone. Please write to me if you'd like to be added to our e-mail list (if you were on it last year, you don't need to write again). *Time*: 1100 to 1300, Saturdays of term (the official meeting lasts from 1130 to 1230, but there'll be room for informal conversation on both sides; the first meeting is on *Saturday the 7th of October*) *Venue*: Garden Room, Robinson College *Dress code* (not enforced): Lurid woolly jumpers There will be a machine supplying hot drinks. Please write if you have questions about the accessibility of rooms, or indeed anything else. Week 1 reading: Our readings for week 1 are the most conventional; we'll be getting steadily more iconoclastic as we go along -- Iris Murdoch, RG Collingwood, Herbert Marcuse, Richard Rorty, Eve Kittay, Stanley Cavell and others -- but we need to get our icons in sight first! *Required reading* Ernest Nagel, 'Impressions and Appraisals of Analytic Philosophy in Europe I', *The Journal of Philosophy*, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan. 2, 1936), pp. 5-24. PDF: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2016895 Michael Dummett, *Origins of Analytical Philosophy *(Harvard University Press, 1993), Chapter I (pp. 1–3). Scanned PDF available on request. *Recommended additional reading* Ernest Nagel, 'Impressions and Appraisals of Analytic Philosophy in Europe I', *The Journal of Philosophy*, Vol. 33,No. 2 (Jan. 16, 1936), pp. 29-53. PDF: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2016015 Michael Dummett, *Origins of Analytical Philosophy *(Harvard University Press, 1993), Preface, Chapter I and II (pp. viii–xi, 1–14). Scanned PDF available on request. I look forward to seeing some of you this Saturday! Best wishes, Nakul. _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
