Events

May
4
Sat
A series of events with: Emmanuel Falque (Institut Catholique de Paris) @ Callinan Boardroom, Level 8
May 4 @ 1:00 am – 2:30 am

The Centre for Philosophy & Phenomenology of Religion (Australian Catholic University)
invites you to:

Prof. Falque will present a seminar paper on “Phenomenology and Theology: Testing the Boundaries”

Abstract: For many years now phenomenology in France has been the origin of theological renewal. The publication in France of The Theological
Turn of French Phenomenology clearly marked this, and many authors fit in this project, including Levinas, Ricoeur, Henry, Marion, Chrétien,
and Lacoste. However, is it enough to study theology starting from phenomenology? Can we not also imagine a “return shock”, traveling back
from theology onto phenomenology, which even comes to modify phenomenology itself? By “crossing the Rubicon” or transgressing the
boundaries, each will be further enriched in its own discipline.

May
7
Tue
The University of Glasgow’s Centre for Philosophy and Religion: Senior Seminar Series @ The Reid Room -- Philosophy, School of Humanities
May 7 @ 4:00 pm

THE REID ROOM, Philosophy, School of Humanities, 69 Oakfield Avenue (except where otherwise noted)

This programme is sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy, of which Glasgow is a branch, and whose support is gratefully acknowledged. Everyone is welcome; students, both postgrads and undergrads, are especially encouraged.

Second semester, 2012-13

08 January — Robert Williams (Leeds): “Decision making under indeterminacy”
15 January — Brian McElvee (St Andrews): “Vividness and the Relativism of Blame”
22 January — Gerald Lang (Leeds): “Theodicy and the Non-Identity Problem”
29 January — Ken Himma (Seattle Pacific U.): “A justification for the legal protection of intellectual property: the argument from investment”
05 February — Mikael Pettersson (Stockholm/Sheffield) “Negative Images: On Photography, Causation and Absences”
12 February — Julien Deonna (Geneva) /Fabrice Teroni (Bern): “Emotions as attitudes”
19 February — NO SEMINAR (hons reading party)
26 February — Marcia Baron (St Andrews) “Reasonableness”
05 March — Chris Hookway
12 March — Ulrike Heuer (Leeds)
19 March — William Mander (Oxford)
16 April — Neil Sinclair (Nottingham)
23 April — TBA
30 April — Simon Kirchin (Kent)
07 May — TBA
14 May — Neil Sinhababu (National University of Singapore)
21 May — TBA
28 May — Philip Meadows

May
9
Thu
A series of events with: Emmanuel Falque (Institut Catholique de Paris) @ Treacy Boardroom, Catholic Theological College
May 9 @ 11:00 pm – May 10 @ 1:00 am

The Centre for Philosophy & Phenomenology of Religion (Australian Catholic University)
invites you to:

Prof. Falque will present a seminar paper on “Toward a Philosophy of the Eucharist”

Abstract: The description of philosophical experiences is always the source for the renewal of theological dogmas. The gift of “this is my
body” in the Eucharist will neither be heard in this sense nor understood independently of the gift of bodies between spouses or of a valid
consideration of the density of our own bodies today. Since “all that is not assumed is not saved,” the Eucharist joins the chaos of our humanity
– even our animality – in order to incorporate and transform it in the Triune God.

May
10
Fri
Call for Papers: Buddhism and Science (APA-East 2013)
May 10 @ 3:45 am

The International Society for Buddhist Philosophy (ISBP) is soliciting
paper proposals for a panel on the topic of “Buddhism and Science” at
the group meeting at the Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical
Association (APA) Eastern Division in Baltimore, MD (December 27-30,
2013). Papers that address this topic from critical and/or
constructive approaches are welcome, as are papers that are based on
indigenous Buddhist and/or modern scientific perspectives.

Please send title, abstract (200 words), personal information (name,
email, and institutional affiliation) to Douglas Duckworth
(duckworth[at]etsu.edu) by May 9, 2013.

May
11
Sat
A series of events with: Emmanuel Falque (Institut Catholique de Paris) @ Australian Catholic University, Level 7
May 11 @ 12:30 am – 2:00 am

The Centre for Philosophy & Phenomenology of Religion (Australian Catholic University)
invites you to:

Prof. Falque will present a seminar paper on “The All-Seeing God in Nicholas of Cusa”

Abstract: In his remarkable treatise De icona, Nicholas of Cusa depicts a Benedictine community gathered around an image by Roger de la
Pasture (van Der Weyden). Suddenly they are surprised to realize that the painting sees more than it is seen. By this reversal the community of
believers is phenomenologically constituted according to a mode of intersubjectivity from which contemporary philosophy still has much to
learn. Reverse intentionality, intersection of gazes, intersubjective community and the fraternal horizon are some of the themes developed by
Nicholas of Cusa that phenomenology today is struggling to recover.

May
14
Tue
The University of Glasgow’s Centre for Philosophy and Religion: Senior Seminar Series @ The Reid Room -- Philosophy, School of Humanities
May 14 @ 4:00 pm

THE REID ROOM, Philosophy, School of Humanities, 69 Oakfield Avenue (except where otherwise noted)

This programme is sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy, of which Glasgow is a branch, and whose support is gratefully acknowledged. Everyone is welcome; students, both postgrads and undergrads, are especially encouraged.

Second semester, 2012-13

08 January — Robert Williams (Leeds): “Decision making under indeterminacy”
15 January — Brian McElvee (St Andrews): “Vividness and the Relativism of Blame”
22 January — Gerald Lang (Leeds): “Theodicy and the Non-Identity Problem”
29 January — Ken Himma (Seattle Pacific U.): “A justification for the legal protection of intellectual property: the argument from investment”
05 February — Mikael Pettersson (Stockholm/Sheffield) “Negative Images: On Photography, Causation and Absences”
12 February — Julien Deonna (Geneva) /Fabrice Teroni (Bern): “Emotions as attitudes”
19 February — NO SEMINAR (hons reading party)
26 February — Marcia Baron (St Andrews) “Reasonableness”
05 March — Chris Hookway
12 March — Ulrike Heuer (Leeds)
19 March — William Mander (Oxford)
16 April — Neil Sinclair (Nottingham)
23 April — TBA
30 April — Simon Kirchin (Kent)
07 May — TBA
14 May — Neil Sinhababu (National University of Singapore)
21 May — TBA
28 May — Philip Meadows

May
21
Tue
The University of Glasgow’s Centre for Philosophy and Religion: Senior Seminar Series @ The Reid Room -- Philosophy, School of Humanities
May 21 @ 4:00 pm

THE REID ROOM, Philosophy, School of Humanities, 69 Oakfield Avenue (except where otherwise noted)

This programme is sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy, of which Glasgow is a branch, and whose support is gratefully acknowledged. Everyone is welcome; students, both postgrads and undergrads, are especially encouraged.

Second semester, 2012-13

08 January — Robert Williams (Leeds): “Decision making under indeterminacy”
15 January — Brian McElvee (St Andrews): “Vividness and the Relativism of Blame”
22 January — Gerald Lang (Leeds): “Theodicy and the Non-Identity Problem”
29 January — Ken Himma (Seattle Pacific U.): “A justification for the legal protection of intellectual property: the argument from investment”
05 February — Mikael Pettersson (Stockholm/Sheffield) “Negative Images: On Photography, Causation and Absences”
12 February — Julien Deonna (Geneva) /Fabrice Teroni (Bern): “Emotions as attitudes”
19 February — NO SEMINAR (hons reading party)
26 February — Marcia Baron (St Andrews) “Reasonableness”
05 March — Chris Hookway
12 March — Ulrike Heuer (Leeds)
19 March — William Mander (Oxford)
16 April — Neil Sinclair (Nottingham)
23 April — TBA
30 April — Simon Kirchin (Kent)
07 May — TBA
14 May — Neil Sinhababu (National University of Singapore)
21 May — TBA
28 May — Philip Meadows

May
28
Tue
The University of Glasgow’s Centre for Philosophy and Religion: Senior Seminar Series @ The Reid Room -- Philosophy, School of Humanities
May 28 @ 4:00 pm

THE REID ROOM, Philosophy, School of Humanities, 69 Oakfield Avenue (except where otherwise noted)

This programme is sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy, of which Glasgow is a branch, and whose support is gratefully acknowledged. Everyone is welcome; students, both postgrads and undergrads, are especially encouraged.

Second semester, 2012-13

08 January — Robert Williams (Leeds): “Decision making under indeterminacy”
15 January — Brian McElvee (St Andrews): “Vividness and the Relativism of Blame”
22 January — Gerald Lang (Leeds): “Theodicy and the Non-Identity Problem”
29 January — Ken Himma (Seattle Pacific U.): “A justification for the legal protection of intellectual property: the argument from investment”
05 February — Mikael Pettersson (Stockholm/Sheffield) “Negative Images: On Photography, Causation and Absences”
12 February — Julien Deonna (Geneva) /Fabrice Teroni (Bern): “Emotions as attitudes”
19 February — NO SEMINAR (hons reading party)
26 February — Marcia Baron (St Andrews) “Reasonableness”
05 March — Chris Hookway
12 March — Ulrike Heuer (Leeds)
19 March — William Mander (Oxford)
16 April — Neil Sinclair (Nottingham)
23 April — TBA
30 April — Simon Kirchin (Kent)
07 May — TBA
14 May — Neil Sinhababu (National University of Singapore)
21 May — TBA
28 May — Philip Meadows

May
31
Fri
The Institute for Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion Conference: Temptation. @ University of Zurich
May 31 – Jun 1 all-day

The concept of “temptation” is a classic in the history of Christian theology – especially in the theology of the early Christians and of the Reformation – insofar as it has played a prominent role in the arena of such central dogmatic concepts as “faith,” “unbelief,” “doubt,” and “sin.” Yet the concept of “temptation” seems to be rather marginal in contemporary theology. What are the reasons for this marginalization? Does the reality of faith and unbelief today no longer need the category of temptation? Is the concept of temptation inappropriate for conceptualizing our experience? Or do we have good theological reasons to no longer use this concept? There can be no temptation without a subject that tempts us. But how appropriate is it to think of God as suspiciously testing human beings (tentatio probationis), or the idea of a devil that tempts us in malicious ways (tentatio deceptionis)?

This conference seeks to face these challenges and asks if there are reasons to return the theological concept of temptation to its former, central place in Christian experience and theological reflection. What is the difference between temptation and faith? And what is the relationship between temptation and faith or between temptation and certainty?

Speaker

Hans Weder, »Der Lebensraum des Zweifels. Neutestamentlichhermeneutische Überlegungen zur Asymmetrie des Rettenden«
Christoph Schwöbel, »Der denkende Glaube in der Anfechtung. Zur Topographie der Rede von Anfechtung in der christlichen Dogmatik«
Eric Hall, »Existential Temptation: Defining Christian Identity in Paul and Frankfurt«
John D. Caputo, »Devilish Hermeneutics: Temptation and the Weakness of God«
Heiko Schulz, »Dialektik der Anfechtung. Dogmatische und fundamentaltheologische Erwägungen im Anschluss an Kierkegaard«
Stephen Mulhall, »Doubt as Faith, Ethics as Temptation«
Philipp Stoellger, »Glaube als Anfechtung?«
Michael Moxter, »Gewisse Anfechtungen. Barth und Tillich über den Anfang der Theologie«

Please see website for more information and additional details.

Jun
3
Mon
Canadian Society for Christian Philosophers — 2013 Annual General Meeting @ University of Victoria
Jun 3 all-day

The Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers will hold its annual meeting on June 3rd, 2013 as part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Victoria.

Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association:

When — June 2 to June 5, 2013
Where — TBD
Hosted by — Canadian Philosophical Association
Who can attend — Registered attendees of the association.

Concerning the schedule of meetings and the specific itinerary, more details will be posted as they become available. Check the website starting in April 2013.

Access — Only those people who have registered for the meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association may attend. Note that registration fees do not cover the association’s membership fees. For membership inquiries, please contact the association directly.

Program Chair: Guillaume Fréchette, Universität Salzburg
Local Arrangements Coordinator: James Young, University of Victoria

Please visit the website for more information.