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Title: PG WIP Seminar: Rob Dennis
USYD Philosophy Postgraduate Work-In-Progress Seminar
Rob Dennis: "The Origins and Contestability of Modern Reason"
Rob will outline his thesis for us:
"The task of this thesis is a threefold one: first, to critically examine
some important attempts to legitimate certain modern views of reason by
appealing to their emergence in early modern thought; second, to inquire
whether a more plausible non-relativistic account of reason can be given
which allows for a genuine progress of reason without treating naturalism
as an a priori truth or as an inevitable consequence of all specifically
modern thought; the major difficulty for such an account will be to
accommodate some role for the notion of objectivity without denying the
context-dependent and value-dependent character of reasoning, at least when
it is reasoning about comprehensive views of the world; third, to point out
some of the implications which this inquiry has for contemporary
philosophical frameworks, particularly those based on naturalism and an
autonomous conception of the individual, whose claim to authority and
superiority is more dependent on a historical justification of some aspects
of early modern thought than is often recognized. It will argue that the
case for grounding the superiority of naturalism and secularism in early
modern thought is not as straightforward and unproblematic as is often
supposed."
Everyone is welcome to attend.
If you would like to present or require further information, please contact
Nick Malpas at [email protected]
The format is 30 minutes for presentations followed by 1 hour of
discussion. Since the primary aim of this seminar is to generate
discussion, presentations need not be particularly polished or formal.
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When: Mon May 10 3:30pm – 5pm Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney
Where: Philosophy Common Room (Main Quad, University of Sydney)
Calendar: Postgraduate Events
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