From debbie.castle at sydney.edu.au Mon Mar 1 13:03:46 2021 From: debbie.castle at sydney.edu.au (Debbie Castle) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 02:03:46 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] HPS RESEARCH SEMINAR - Ghost Signs of Sydney: Ilse Rosenthal-Schneider, HPS Origins, and Women in Science and Philosophy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/X9FkCNLJyQUg6LZrFmx0p1?domain=gallery.mailchimp.com] SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Held in conjunction with the Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science SEMESTER ONE RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES MONDAY 15th MARCH 2021 Ghost Signs of Sydney: Ilse Rosenthal-Schneider, HPS Origins, and Women in Science and Philosophy [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/rF_XCOMKzVTBOYN9UvhQlm?domain=mcusercontent.com] Daniela Helbig and Maureen O?Malley ?Ghost signs? are a real phenomenon but also a useful metaphor. We frame our discussion of the origins of the history and philosophy of science (HPS) in Sydney within this metaphor. Our particular focus is Ilse Rosenthal-Schneider, a physicist, philosopher and German refugee who, in the late 1930s, brought to Sydney pressing concerns about the relationship between science, society and philosophy. There are several grounds for believing that she initiated the study of HPS on this campus. We explore both the social and intellectual contexts of her HPS contributions, then place Rosenthal-Schneider?s story in the wider context of the history of women in science and philosophy so as to raise questions about why she and her ideas have become almost invisible to current understanding of the origins of HPS. IT IS A COVID SAFE REQUIREMENT THAT ALL ATTENDEES REGISTER.. PLEASE IF ATTENDING RSVP TO hps.admin at sydney.edu.au WHERE: LEVEL 5 FUNCTION ROOM F23 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WHEN: MONDAY 15TH MARCH 2021 START: 5.00PM ZOOM OPTION: Meeting ID: 860 0153 4395 https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/86001534395 Copyright ? *2016* *HPS, All rights reserved. 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URL: From h.ikaheimo at unsw.edu.au Wed Mar 3 12:45:17 2021 From: h.ikaheimo at unsw.edu.au (Heikki Ikaheimo) Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 01:45:17 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] James Phillips on "Finitude and the Pre-Critical Imagination: Heidegger's Confrontation with Idealism in Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics and its Bearing on his Philosophy of Art", UNSW Philosophy Seminar, March 12, 12.30-2pm on Zoom In-Reply-To: References: , , , , , , , Message-ID: [cid:a3836800-c763-4f3d-bd9f-6e2c1cdf471b] UNSW Philosophy Seminar ?Finitude and the Pre-Critical Imagination: Heidegger?s Confrontation with Idealism in Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics and its Bearing on his Philosophy of Art? Speaker: James Phillips Abstract: Heidegger?s Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics (1929) turns on a reading of the productive imagination in the first edition of the Critique of Pure Reason (1781). In siding with the imagination, Heidegger declares his dissent from the Neo-Kantianism of his contemporaries. Yet when Heidegger subsequently elaborates his philosophy of art in the 1930s, he is dismissive of the imagination altogether. His earlier partisanship was qualified. In Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics Heidegger treats the productive imagination of Kant?s critical period as still a step short of Heidegger?s own problem of the time of finite human beings. German Idealism?s step past Kant is, for Heidegger, a step beyond, but in the wrong direction. The aesthetics of German Idealism builds on the unification of experience and conceptuality wrought by the productive imagination in its transcendental use, thereby inscribing in the work of art a neglect of finitude that Heidegger will dispute. If what Heidegger holds against the imagination is its transcendental use, the fully empirical concept of the imagination in Kant?s pre-critical writings invites reassessment in the light of an engagement with finitude. I will show it has particular promise for rehabilitating the imagination in a Heideggerian philosophy of art. [cid:96455373-72b9-42b0-bbb8-1fb4d00a2ad0] Bio: James Phillips is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He is the author of Heidegger?s Volk: Between National Socialism and Poetry (Stanford University Press, 2005), The Equivocation of Reason: Kleist Reading Kant (Stanford University Press, 2007) and Sternberg and Dietrich: The Phenomenology of Spectacle (Oxford University Press, 2019) as well as the editor of Cinematic Thinking: Philosophical Approaches to the New Cinema (Stanford University Press, 2008).. https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/m47YCD1vlpT8VK8ZIWCg8j?domain=arts.unsw.edu.au UNSW Philosophy Program: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/9ZEGCE8wmrtZDJZjswryCy?domain=arts.unsw.edu.au 16 March 2021 12.30 pm ? 2 pm Online via Zoom - Free attendance Click Here for Zoom Link CONTACT Heikki Ik?heimo, h.ikaheimo at unsw.edu.au School of Humanities and Languages Follow Us [UNSW Facebook] [UNSW Instagram] [UNSW LinkedIn] [UNSW Twitter] [UNSW WeChat] [UNSW Weibo] [UNSW YouTube] [UNSW TikTok] Copyright ? 20211 UNSW Sydney. All rights reserved. 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The date is March 16 (not March 12 as incorrectly indicated in the email headline). ________________________________ From: SydPhil on behalf of Heikki Ikaheimo Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:45 PM To: sydphil at arts.usyd.edu.au Subject: [SydPhil] James Phillips on "Finitude and the Pre-Critical Imagination: Heidegger's Confrontation with Idealism in Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics and its Bearing on his Philosophy of Art", UNSW Philosophy Seminar, March 12, 12.30-2pm on Zoom [cid:a3836800-c763-4f3d-bd9f-6e2c1cdf471b] UNSW Philosophy Seminar ?Finitude and the Pre-Critical Imagination: Heidegger?s Confrontation with Idealism in Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics and its Bearing on his Philosophy of Art? Speaker: James Phillips Abstract: Heidegger?s Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics (1929) turns on a reading of the productive imagination in the first edition of the Critique of Pure Reason (1781). In siding with the imagination, Heidegger declares his dissent from the Neo-Kantianism of his contemporaries. Yet when Heidegger subsequently elaborates his philosophy of art in the 1930s, he is dismissive of the imagination altogether. His earlier partisanship was qualified. In Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics Heidegger treats the productive imagination of Kant?s critical period as still a step short of Heidegger?s own problem of the time of finite human beings. German Idealism?s step past Kant is, for Heidegger, a step beyond, but in the wrong direction. The aesthetics of German Idealism builds on the unification of experience and conceptuality wrought by the productive imagination in its transcendental use, thereby inscribing in the work of art a neglect of finitude that Heidegger will dispute. If what Heidegger holds against the imagination is its transcendental use, the fully empirical concept of the imagination in Kant?s pre-critical writings invites reassessment in the light of an engagement with finitude. I will show it has particular promise for rehabilitating the imagination in a Heideggerian philosophy of art. [cid:96455373-72b9-42b0-bbb8-1fb4d00a2ad0] Bio: James Phillips is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He is the author of Heidegger?s Volk: Between National Socialism and Poetry (Stanford University Press, 2005), The Equivocation of Reason: Kleist Reading Kant (Stanford University Press, 2007) and Sternberg and Dietrich: The Phenomenology of Spectacle (Oxford University Press, 2019) as well as the editor of Cinematic Thinking: Philosophical Approaches to the New Cinema (Stanford University Press, 2008).. https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/eJXPCVARKgCpAgmWUGfFui?domain=arts.unsw.edu.au UNSW Philosophy Program: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/LfORCWLVXkUnBDZMhx5e4z?domain=arts.unsw.edu.au 16 March 2021 12.30 pm ? 2 pm Online via Zoom - Free attendance Click Here for Zoom Link CONTACT Heikki Ik?heimo, h.ikaheimo at unsw.edu.au School of Humanities and Languages Follow Us [UNSW Facebook] [UNSW Instagram] [UNSW LinkedIn] [UNSW Twitter] [UNSW WeChat] [UNSW Weibo] [UNSW YouTube] [UNSW TikTok] Copyright ? 20211 UNSW Sydney. All rights reserved. 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Please find more details about the talk and the Zoom link below.----------------------A pluralist theory of perception: deep awarenessNeil Mehta (Yale-NUS)It is usually assumed that when I see an orange mango, my perception essentially involves at most one kind of direct awareness-of. Here I begin to defend the pluralist theory of perception, which says that my perception essentially involves two radically different kinds of direct awareness-of that are exercised in concert. First, I deploy a successful sensory representation of the mango and some of its property-instances. This explains various differences between perception and hallucination. Second, I have deep awareness of certain universals, in a way that reveals part ? but not all ? of their essences. This explains various similarities between perception and hallucination. In this talk, I focus especially on defending the pluralist theory as it pertains to deep awareness.----------------------michael.nielsen at sydney.edu.au is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/83581855437Or iPhone one-tap :    US: +13462487799,,83581855437# or +16465588656,,83581855437# Or Telephone:    Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location)?        US: +1 346 248 7799 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799     Meeting ID: 835 8185 5437    International numbers available: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/u/kIeTgVZ4BOr an H.323/SIP room system:    Dial: 83581855437 at zoom.aarnet.edu.au    or SIP:83581855437 at zmau.us    or 103.122.166.55    Meeting ID: 83581855437Or Skype for Business (Lync):    https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/skype/83581855437Need help using Zoom? 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Yet it is one of Lucian?s longer texts, and of all of his texts, the closest in form to a Platonic, Socratic dialogue. Hermotimus, an aspiring Stoic, converses with the more sceptical Lycinus, who affects concern to understand how Hermotimus came to choose this philosophical way of life, and not others. Why did Hermotimus become a Stoic, rather than an Epicurean, or Platonist, etc.? If he knew enough to choose a philosophy wisely, wouldn?t that only be possible if he were already wise? He would then not need a philosophy at all. But if he didn?t know enough to be sure the Stoic path was the true way to wisdom, won?t his decision to become a Stoic have been little more than a stab in the dark? Philosophy will hence not be meaningfully different from a religion or superstition. By posing this dilemma, I will contend, this artful dialogue asks questions which remain relevant for young students today, as they are confronted with competing philosophical and theoretical perspectives which bid for their allegiance. In this way, it echoes and aims to complement Plato?s educational reflections, as certain signs in the text flag. The dialogue in addition poses dilemmas also for us as teachers, in differentiating between philosophical training and indoctrination to one or other sectarian perspective. If there is no good reason to become a Platonist rather than a Bourdieuian, a Camusian rather than a Agambenian, etc., or if any such reasons can only emerge having studied for many years in one perspective or another, aren?t we forced to admit that the love of wisdom is groundless, founded on an arbitrary leap of faith, perhaps nudged along by charismatic teachers? I argue that at several moments, Lucian?s dialogue suggests a different possibility, but one which turns upon a self-reflective turn from content to form: to learn to philosophise in a way which is distinguishable from what we would call ?blind faith? is to learn to be able to ask questions, and above all, to learn to question the epistemic bases of one?s own beliefs, and even to be courageous enough to retract them in the face of rebuttal. But this is uncomfortable, unglamorous, and social factors also push against it. So, it is telling that Hermotimus ends the dialogue by wishing to leave philosophising behind altogether. To receive a Zoom link, please sign up for Critical Antiquities Network announcements here. The Zoom link will be sent to the mailing list on the morning of each workshop. Best wishes, Tristan Tristan Bradshaw Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Co-director, Critical Antiquities Network The University of Sydney Department of Classics and Ancient History School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Office: H606, Main Quadrangle | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 +61 406 747 955 tristan.bradshaw at sydney.edu.au | fass.can at sydney.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From philosothon at yahoo.com Fri Mar 5 15:02:20 2021 From: philosothon at yahoo.com (Matthew Wills) Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 04:02:20 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [SydPhil] Ethics Olympiad Judges needed References: <880419355.552469.1614916940781.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <880419355.552469.1614916940781@mail.yahoo.com> We are looking for Philosophers.....Post Grad Philosophy/Humanities students or retired teachers/lecturers to participate as moderator/judges in Ethics Olympiads in May. Due to the popularity of Ethics Olympiads we need some more judges at the upcoming Senior Students Ethics Olympiads. These events will involve selected bright high school students grappling with ethical issues while being assessed on their reasoning skills by moderator/judges. The event is being run online via ZOOM and so judges can participate from home or work. We will be paying people a flat rate of $190 to each judge for each session. It is preferable but not essential that you have an ABN. These events are usually run between 9 am and 3 pm, depending on the time zone in which they occur. If you are interested please click on the link at the bottom of this page and fill in your details. Please note that people can and have participated from numerous countries...but will need to adjust for time differences. We still need people on the following days and times; - 4th May - Tuesday (9am-3pm AEST) ACT Ethics Olympiad - 6th May - Thursday (9am-3pm AEST) NSW Ethics Olympiad - 7th May - Friday (9am-3pm AEST) Victorian Ethics Olympiad - 11th May - Tuesday (9am-3pm AEST) Queensland Ethics Olympiad - 17th May - Monday (9am-3pm AEST) NSW Ethics Olympiad - 24th May - Monday (11am-5pm AEST) Western Australian Ethics Olympiad - 26th May - Wednesday (8.30am-2.30pm AEST) South Australia & NT Ethics Olympiad - 29th May - Saturday- (9am-3pm AEST) NSW Ethics Olympiad CLICK HERE AND FILL IN YOUR DETAILS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING AN ETHICS OLYMPIAD JUDGE? many thanks Matthew Matthew Wills Project LeaderEthics OlympiadPhilosothon ProjectThe University of Western Australia Phone 0400029660 Email:?philosothon at yahoo.com Ethics Olympiad website: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/g_WPCVARKgCxLz1g7cGbkv-?domain=ethicsolympiad.org Philosothon website: www.philosothon.net This project was made possible through the support of a grant from?Templeton Religion Trust.?The?opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views?of Templeton Religion Trust. ? 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