From Stephen.Matthews at acu.edu.au Tue Jun 7 12:48:50 2016 From: Stephen.Matthews at acu.edu.au (Stephen Matthews) Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 02:48:50 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] C Stephen Evans Message-ID: ACU Philosophy Seminar Series C Stephen (Steve) Evans "Kierkegaard on Faith, Doubt, and Uncertainty." Kierkegaard is frequently described as a thinker who has a positive view of doubt, or who even maintains that doubt is an essential or necessary element in faith. In this paper I argue that this is a mistake. Kierkegaard considers doubt as something (like despair) that must be surmounted or overcome; it is not virtuous in itself. I argue that the explanation as to why many get Kierkegaard wrong on this point is that they have confused doubt with uncertainty. Uncertainty is an essential component in faith because uncertainty is part of the human condition, at least with respect to beliefs outside of pure logic and mathematics. Faith and doubt are rival strategies for dealing with uncertainty, and thus they are incompatible. Kierkegaard's view of faith/belief turns out to be similar in important ways to that of John Henry Newman, and very different from the dominant philosophical view of belief that stems from John Locke. WHEN: Friday June 10, 2.30 PM - 4.00 PM WHERE: Greg will be speaking in Melbourne. St Patrick's Lv 1 Room 69, 250 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne (Note special venue due to renovations. Normally it's , St Patrick's Lv 4 (ROOM 4.28) If in doubt confirm with the convenor.) Talks are videolinked to other campus sites: Strathfield, MSM VC Room (E2.45 Room) North Sydney, MacKillop Level 16 TWH Building (8-20 Napier Street N. Syd) Canberra, Signadou 110 Ballarat Aquinas 503. Brisbane, McAuley AC.22 Enquiries: Steve Matthews (stephen.matthews at acu.edu.au) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Faith and doubt are rival strategies for dealing with uncertainty, and thus they are incompatible. Kierkegaard's view of faith/belief turns out to be similar in important ways to that of John Henry Newman, and very different from the dominant philosophical view of belief that stems from John Locke. WHEN: Friday June 10 (tomorrow), 2.30 PM - 4.00 PM WHERE: Steve will be speaking in Melbourne. Videoconference room level 7 (room 3), 250 Victoria Pde (EAST) (Note special venue due to renovations. Normally it's , St Patrick's Lv 4 (ROOM 4.28)) Talks are videolinked to other campus sites: Strathfield, MSM VC Room (E2.45 Room) North Sydney, MacKillop Level 16 TWH Building (8-20 Napier Street N. Syd) Canberra, Signadou 110 Ballarat Aquinas 503. Brisbane, McAuley AC.22 Enquiries: Steve Matthews (stephen.matthews at acu.edu.au) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lddp at outlook.com Sun Jun 12 02:42:13 2016 From: lddp at outlook.com (=?utf-8?B?bGF1cmEgZGVzaXLDqGUgZGkgcGFvbG8=?=) Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 16:42:13 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Atsushi Iriki German Primate Centre Message-ID: Dear AllOn Monday, June 13th at 2.30 p.m. Atsushi Iriki will give a talk in the lecture hall of the German Primate Center, Goettingen: ?Triadic Niche Construction: How human intelligence may have evolved in the primate brain through interaction of neural, cognitive and ecological niches? After the talk, Atsushi Iriki will be joined by Alexander Gail and Stefan Treue for a panel discussion on?What is the future for primate research? Experimental and bioethical perspectives?starting at 4 p.m. in the seminar room E0.14 at the German Primate Center. Please see the attached file for more information about the panel discussion. Everyone interested is welcome to join, but to facilitate planning, we greatly appreciate if you could inform us in case you plan to attend the panel discussion. You can do so through the website http://www.primate-cognition.eu/en/events/events-calendar/einzelansicht-veranstaltungen/event/what-is-the-future-for-primate-research-experimental-and-bioethical-perspectives.html ______________________________Laura Desir?e Di Paolo, Ph.D. ?"?Lichtenberg-Kolleg?"? Institute for Advanced Study, Georg-August? ?Universit?t? - G?ttingen, GermanyDPZ, Deutsche PrimatenZentrum - G?ttingen, GermanyLeibniz-ScienceCampus Primate Cognition - G?ttingen, Germany?Dept. Philosophy"Sapienza", University of Rome - Rome, Italy lauradesiree.dipaolo at gmail.comhttps://sites.google.com/site/lauradesireedipaolo/ https://uni-goettingen.academia.edu/LauraDesir%C3%A9eDiPaolo mob. +49 015 25 65 92 602 (de) +39 328 92 14 042 (ita)skype: laura.desiree.di.paolo------------ Evolution & Cognition (Research Group) http://evolutioncognition.wordpress.com evolutionandcognition at gmail.com_______________________________ CallSend SMSCall from mobileAdd to SkypeYou'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This text uses unsettling imagery and stories, some of which involve talking animals, deformed trees and hunchbacks, to muddy our presumption of a stable and unchanging world. ** *Come and join us for a stimulating talk and lively discussion *at the Hall at the Blackheath Neighbourhood Centre, cnr Gardiner Crescent & the Great Western Highway, 4pm-6pm, followed by informal discussion at the pub.Admission $10 includes a big afternoon tea before question time. Hall is heated.All welcome!** For more program details please go to blackheathphilosophy.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Stephen.Matthews at acu.edu.au Tue Jun 7 12:48:50 2016 From: Stephen.Matthews at acu.edu.au (Stephen Matthews) Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 02:48:50 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] C Stephen Evans Message-ID: ACU Philosophy Seminar Series C Stephen (Steve) Evans "Kierkegaard on Faith, Doubt, and Uncertainty." Kierkegaard is frequently described as a thinker who has a positive view of doubt, or who even maintains that doubt is an essential or necessary element in faith. In this paper I argue that this is a mistake. Kierkegaard considers doubt as something (like despair) that must be surmounted or overcome; it is not virtuous in itself. I argue that the explanation as to why many get Kierkegaard wrong on this point is that they have confused doubt with uncertainty. Uncertainty is an essential component in faith because uncertainty is part of the human condition, at least with respect to beliefs outside of pure logic and mathematics. Faith and doubt are rival strategies for dealing with uncertainty, and thus they are incompatible. Kierkegaard's view of faith/belief turns out to be similar in important ways to that of John Henry Newman, and very different from the dominant philosophical view of belief that stems from John Locke. WHEN: Friday June 10, 2.30 PM - 4.00 PM WHERE: Greg will be speaking in Melbourne. St Patrick's Lv 1 Room 69, 250 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne (Note special venue due to renovations. Normally it's , St Patrick's Lv 4 (ROOM 4.28) If in doubt confirm with the convenor.) Talks are videolinked to other campus sites: Strathfield, MSM VC Room (E2.45 Room) North Sydney, MacKillop Level 16 TWH Building (8-20 Napier Street N. Syd) Canberra, Signadou 110 Ballarat Aquinas 503. Brisbane, McAuley AC.22 Enquiries: Steve Matthews (stephen.matthews at acu.edu.au) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Organisers * Anik Waldow (Sydney) * Eric Schliesser (Ghent) * Michael Gill (Arizona) Keynote speakers * Alison Gopnik (Berkeley) * Shaun Nichols (Arizona) * Christine Swanton (Auckland) * Stephen Buckle Draft Conference Program Conference Website CONFERENCE DATES Tuesday July 19-Saturday 23 July 2016 Veterinary Science Conference Centre University of Sydney Venue location PRICE Online Registration Early bird Registration $140.00 Standard Registration $160.00 Please chick here to register [https://wordvine.sydney.edu.au/files/844/12213/images/spacer.gif] [https://wordvine.sydney.edu.au/files/844/12213/images/spacer.gif] To make sure you continue to see our emails in the future, please add sihn.admin at sydney.edu.au to your address book or safe senders list To unsubscribe, reply to this email with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line Disclaimer | Privacy statement | University of Sydney -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Faith and doubt are rival strategies for dealing with uncertainty, and thus they are incompatible. Kierkegaard's view of faith/belief turns out to be similar in important ways to that of John Henry Newman, and very different from the dominant philosophical view of belief that stems from John Locke. WHEN: Friday June 10 (tomorrow), 2.30 PM - 4.00 PM WHERE: Steve will be speaking in Melbourne. Videoconference room level 7 (room 3), 250 Victoria Pde (EAST) (Note special venue due to renovations. Normally it's , St Patrick's Lv 4 (ROOM 4.28)) Talks are videolinked to other campus sites: Strathfield, MSM VC Room (E2.45 Room) North Sydney, MacKillop Level 16 TWH Building (8-20 Napier Street N. Syd) Canberra, Signadou 110 Ballarat Aquinas 503. Brisbane, McAuley AC.22 Enquiries: Steve Matthews (stephen.matthews at acu.edu.au) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Everyone interested is welcome to join, but to facilitate planning, we greatly appreciate if you could inform us in case you plan to attend the panel discussion. You can do so through the website http://www.primate-cognition.eu/en/events/events-calendar/einzelansicht-veranstaltungen/event/what-is-the-future-for-primate-research-experimental-and-bioethical-perspectives.html ______________________________Laura Desir?e Di Paolo, Ph.D. ?"?Lichtenberg-Kolleg?"? Institute for Advanced Study, Georg-August? ?Universit?t? - G?ttingen, GermanyDPZ, Deutsche PrimatenZentrum - G?ttingen, GermanyLeibniz-ScienceCampus Primate Cognition - G?ttingen, Germany?Dept. Philosophy"Sapienza", University of Rome - Rome, Italy lauradesiree.dipaolo at gmail.comhttps://sites.google.com/site/lauradesireedipaolo/ https://uni-goettingen.academia.edu/LauraDesir%C3%A9eDiPaolo mob. +49 015 25 65 92 602 (de) +39 328 92 14 042 (ita)skype: laura.desiree.di.paolo------------ Evolution & Cognition (Research Group) http://evolutioncognition.wordpress.com evolutionandcognition at gmail.com_______________________________ CallSend SMSCall from mobileAdd to SkypeYou'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This text uses unsettling imagery and stories, some of which involve talking animals, deformed trees and hunchbacks, to muddy our presumption of a stable and unchanging world. ** *Come and join us for a stimulating talk and lively discussion *at the Hall at the Blackheath Neighbourhood Centre, cnr Gardiner Crescent & the Great Western Highway, 4pm-6pm, followed by informal discussion at the pub.Admission $10 includes a big afternoon tea before question time. Hall is heated.All welcome!** For more program details please go to blackheathphilosophy.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: