Professor Jonathan Neufeld co-organized a conference, with Christine Abbt (Zürich), entitled “Aesthetic Disobedience” (Ästhetischer Ungehorsam) at the Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften in Vienna on November 15-16, 2012. Presenters include Thomas Hirschhorn, David Levin (Chicago), Ruth Sonderegger (Vienna), Hermann Kappelhoff (Berlin), Robin Celikates (Amsterdam), Juliane Rebentisch (Frankfurt), and Anne von der Heiden (Linz).
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Prof. Hough Presenting at Soren Kierkegaard Society Meeting
Prof. Sheridan Hough will read from her recently published novel, “Mirror’s Fathom” on Friday, 11/16/2012 at the Soren Kierkegaard Society meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
Prof. Krasnoff Presenting at the Themes From the Moral Philosophy of Rawls and Kant conference
Prof. Larry Krasnoff will be presenting a paper, “The Will is Nothing Other Than Practical Reason”: Willing and Public Legislation in Kant’s Groundwork on November 18, 2012 at a conference on Themes From the Moral Philosophy of Rawls and Kant in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Prof. Nadelhoffer’s Anthology, The Future of Punishment, to be Published
Scholars are struggling to come to grips with the picture of human agency being pieced together by researchers in the biosciences. This volume aims at providing philosophers, neuroscientists, psychologists, and legal theorists with an opportunity to examine the cluster of related issues that will need to be addressed in light of these developments. Each of the twelve essays collected here sheds light on an issue essential to the future of punishment and retribution. In addition to exploring the sorts of issues traditionally discussed when it comes to free will and punishment, the volume also contains several chapters on the relevance (or lack thereof) of advances in the biosciences to our conceptions of agency and responsibility.
While some contributors defend the philosophical status quo, others advocate no less than a total revaluation of our fundamental beliefs about moral and legal responsibility. This volume exposes the reader to cutting-edge research on the thorny relationship between traditional theories of agency and responsibility and recent and future scientific advances pertaining to these topics. It also provides an introduction to some of the long-standing debates in action theory and the philosophy of law, which concern the justification of punishment more generally.
Prof. O’Dowd Presenting at the Pacific Society for Women in Philosophy
Prof. Ornaith O’Dowd will be presenting a paper, “Ignorance, Corrupted Moral Ecosystems, and Individual Responsibility” on November 18th at the Pacific Society for Women in Philosophy Fall 2012 Meeting.
Prof. Grantham Chairing a Panel at the Philosophy of Science Association
Professor Todd Grantham will chair a panel on “Disciplinary Perspectives on Explanation” at the Biennial meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association in San Diego on November 15th.
Prof. Neufeld Presenting at American Society for Aesthetics
Professor Jonathan Neufeld will present “Aesthetic Disobedience” as a part of a panel on Participatory Art at the American Society for Aesthetics Annual Meeting in St. Louis on October 27.
Prof. Nunan Presenting at AMINTAPHIL
Prof. Richard Nunan will present his paper, “Proportional Representation, the Single Transferable Vote and Electoral Pragmatism” at the AMINTAPHIL (American Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy) conference October 25th through 27th.
Prof. Baker Presenting at the Association for Political Theory Meeting
Prof. Jennifer Baker will present her paper, “To Justify the Market” at the Association for Political Theory Meeting in Columbia, SC on October 12th, 2012.
Faculty Panel: The Sustainability of Our Food Choices
Please join us for a faculty panel, “The Sustainability of Our Food Choices”. This discussion will take place on Monday, October 22nd from 4:00 – 5:30 in ECTR, Room 118.
