In the Space of Reasons
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Philosophers' Rally, Nijmegan 2014
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I have been invited to be one of the three international speakers at the
student philosophy rally at Nijmegan, Netherlands, in a couple of months. I
must say that I rather like the idea of a rally and must resist the
temptation to appeal for a storming of the palace afterwards. An army of
philosophers!
The website is here.
http://philosophersrally.com/
And the blurb runs:
Philosophers’ Rally 2014: Selves & Persons24th & 25th April 2014, Radboud
University NijmegenConfirmed keynote speakers: Simon Critchley, Tim
Thornton, Katalin Farkas
On April 24th and 25th, the Radboud University Nijmegen will host the
2014 edition of the annual Dutch Philosophers’ Rally: a two-day conference
organized by students under the banner of the Dutch Association for
Philosophy Students. The Philosophers’ Rally aims to offer talented students
of all
levels (undergraduate to PhD) an opportunity to present their own research
and to become acquainted with the work of their peers. The Rally aims to
be an inspiring platform where both young as well as very experienced
philosophers can meet and exchange ideas.
The theme for this edition of the Philosophers’ Rally will be ‘Selves &
Persons’:
The philosophical question ‘Who are we?’ shows up in many debates and
contexts. The difficulty is that each time it surfaces, the meaning of ‘we’
may differ. It can mean ‘we’ as humans, as organisms, as citizens, as men
or women, and a countless variety of other things. This shows that this
question transgresses different philosophical genres and ages. The common
goal
these different genres share is the quest for identity and recognition of
what it means to be a self or a person, outside of their immediate context.
Thus, for the Philosophers’ Rally 2014 – held this year at Radboud
University Nijmegen – we will be searching for answers to that question: what
does it mean to be a self or person? And hopefully, that question will be
answered from all possible philosophical angles, containing many different
notions of selves and persons.
Posted by _Tim Thornton _
(http://www.blogger.com/profile/00869607027713530301)
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