Events
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Oslo, Norway, 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? |
Past Events
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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? |
