Events
Future Events
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Helsinki, Finland, 23 May 2013 The concept of objectivity is becoming increasingly central to discussions among philosophical and social-scientific pragmatism. Pragmatists have both criticised and defended the ideal of objectivity, while several contemporary pragmatists have defended an understanding of objectivity that is inherently connected to our practices of communication and judgment. This one-day workshop explores different dimensions of the concept of objectivity from the point of view of the pragmatist tradition and present-day pragmatism. |
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Helsinki, Finland, 20-21 May 2013 Joseph Margolis’s influence has extended to various branches and debates in philosophy. He is especially known for his systematic defense of relativism and for emphasizing the historical character of human thinking and inquiry. The conference is devoted to the different aspects of Margolis’s philosophical work and its contemporary relevance. |
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Past Events
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Rome, Italy, 19-21 September 2012 The Nordic Pragmatism Network and the Associazione Pragma jointly organize the First European Pragmatism Conference in Rome, Italy, 19-21 September 2012. The conference aims to bring together for the first time different European groups and individuals working on the tradition of pragmatism and American philosophy. |
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Helsinki, Finland, 9-11 May 2012 In the second Nordic Pragmatism Lectures, Philip Kitcher will review John Dewey’s attempt to renew philosophy, and explore ways in which Dewey’s program might apply in the twenty-first century philosophical debates over topics in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social and political philosophy, and philosophy of religion. |
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New York City, USA, 15-17 March 2012 A panel organized by the NPN to the SAAP annual conference of 2012 will explore the theme of (im)mortality in the writings of central classics of the pragmatist tradition as well as the pragmatist understanding of the theme’s meaning and significance. |
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Helsinki, Finland, 12-14 September 2011 In these first Nordic Pragmatism Lectures, Huw Price presents his version of the combination of anti-representationalism and naturalism, situating his both in opposition to other forms of contemporary philosophical naturalism, and in comparison to other pragmatist and neo-pragmatist views. Price is ARC Federation Fellow and Challis Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, and has recently been elected Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. |
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Copenhagen, Denmark, 22-24 August 2011 Pragmatists have often emphasized the social and biological underpinnings as well as the self-correctiveness and normativity of inquiry. How can the pragmatist notion of inquiry distinguish pragmatism from other traditions? What are the consequences of the pragmatist view to philosophical and scientific reflection in different fields? |
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Helsinki, Finland, 6-9 June 2011 Are the many ways in which theories can be qualified as “realist” merely homonymic or is there a commitment which grounds the use of the same word? Are there any interesting connections between the debate about universals and the debate between realism and idealism? When, and how, the realism vs. idealism debate emerged, and did the realism vs. nominalism debate play any role in this emergence? |
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Oslo, Norway, 28-29 October 2010 Richard Rorty and Robert Brandom are among the most prominent contemporary philosophers who have referred to themselves as pragmatists. What are the common "pragmatist" views shared by these thinkers, and what is pragmatic or pragmatist about their neo-pragmatism? |
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Uppsala, Sweden, 1-2 June 2010 From the pragmatist point of view, action is central to all philosophical problem-solving: philosophical issues are never unrelated to action. But what is the distinctively pragmatic understanding of action, and what are the consequences of the pragmatist view to contemporary philosophical reflection on fields such as science, religion, ethics, education and anthropology? |
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Reykjavik, Iceland, 27-29 August 2009 Many leading pragmatists have contributed to political debates, and some of them have had considerable influence on policy-making. Can pragmatism offer a way of diversifying political discourse by generating demands on political vocabularies of being relevant to solving real and tangible political problems? |
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Helsinki, Finland, 19-20 May 2009 Charles Sanders Peirce was a scientist, philosopher, mathematician and one of the founders of modern logic. This symposium discusses Peirce's logical and philosophical ideas in contrast with developments in logic and analytic philosophy that simultaneously and consequently took place in Europe. |
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Trondheim, Norway, 14-15 May 2009 Naturalism is accepted by the majority of serious philosophers and scientists today. However, it can be difficult to give the doctrine non-controversial content. Could a pragmatist perspective on different human ways of conceiving of the world mediate between different points of view, especially those of natural science and common sense? |
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Jyväskylä, Finland, 15-17 December 2008 Questions of the philosophy of religion have made a forceful return to pragmatist philosophy. But is there a pragmatist ethics of belief? And, conversely, is religious belief ethical in nature? |
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Helsinki, Finland, 2-4 June 2008 Philosophical pragmatism has aroused renewed interest among philosophers over the past few decades. What is the critical and constructive influence of pragmatism in science, religion, and politics? |
