Month: February 2022 (page 1 of 1)

PESGB Birmingham Branch Conference

Education, Religion and Wittgenstein
in memory of Ieuan Lloyd

21 June 2022
Room 554, School of Education, University of Birmingham

sponsored by the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain
in conjunction with the University of Birmingham and King’s College London

Registration is free of charge and will be administered on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. Refreshments and lunch are included in the attendance package with no extra charge.

Programme

10-10:20 Introduction and Reminiscence
Chris Winch/Paul Standish

10:20 – 11:20 Reason, Relativism and Education: Rush Rhees, Ieuan Lloyd and Education Professor Chris Winch (King’s College London)
Dr Mario von der Ruhr (University of Swansea)

11:20 – 11:45 Coffee Break

11:45 – 12:45 Elucidation and advocacy in religious education: three perspectives
Dr Mikel Burley (University of Leeds)

12:45 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:30 Against empiricism in philosophy and education: reflections with Ieuan Lloyd on Roy Holland and John Anderson
Professor Paul Standish (University College London)

14:30- 14:45 Concluding Remarks and Departure
Paul Standish/Chris Winch

Those wishing to attend should email Chris Winch at christopher.winch@kcl.ac.uk giving their name, email address and institutional affiliation (if applicable). Travel directions will be provided to attendees.

Most commentators agree that the notion of a practice plays a significant role in Wittgenstein’s work, especially in his later thought. Yet there is no general agreement on how we should understand that role. The purpose of this workshop is to explore this question.

Confirmed speakers include

Cheryl Misak (Toronto)
David Stern (Iowa)
Juliet Floyd (Boston)
Lars Hertzberg (Åbo)

This workshop is being organized as part of the four-year project “Mathematics with a Human Face: Set Theory within a Naturalized Wittensteinian Framework”, which received funding from the Research Council of Norway in December, 2018.
See https://www.uib.no/en/mast/132307/about-project

While talks that focus on practice in Wittgenstein’s philosophy of mathematics are naturally encouraged, talks may address any aspect of the theme of Wittgenstein on practice. Possible topics may include the following: the nature of practice, normativity, naturalism, use, custom, history and culture, teaching and learning, or the perspectives of other philosophers.

The workshop will be held at the University of Bergen, Norway. The dates are May 26-28, 2022.

Please send an abstract of 300-400 words to kevin.cahill@uib.no by no later than March 20th, 2022..

The holding of the event is dependent on an improvement of the Covid situation.

This is a call for papers to be given at the 12th annual conference of the Nordic Wittgenstein Society, “The Tractatus after 100 Years”, marking the 100th anniversary of the publication of the German-English edition of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s groundbreaking work Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. The Tractatus exerted an enormous influence on the development of 20th Century Analytic Philosophy and continues to inspire philosophical reflection today.

The conference will be held May 29th to June 1st, 2022, in Skjolden, Norway, where Wittgenstein spent considerable time working on several occasions spanning the period from 1913 to 1950. Skjolden lies at the end of the spectacular Sognefjord, the longest fjord in Norway.
Confirmed speakers include Hanne Appelqvist, Cora Diamond, Juliet Floyd, Wolfgang Kienzler, Denis McManus, Friedrich Stadler, David Stern, Chon Tejedor, and José Zalabardo.

Presentations may address any aspect of the Tractatus and should be approximately 30 minutes, to be followed by 15 minutes of discussion. Please send an abstract of between 200 to 300 words to TLP2022conference@gmail.com by March 7, 2022.

There is no conference fee. However, those whose abstracts are accepted will need to provide their own transportation and accommodations. The organizers may be of assistance in making recommendations. Lunch, snacks, and coffee are included as is an invitation to the workshop dinner.

Those wishing to attend the conference without presenting a paper should inform the organizers by no later than April 1st as there is limited space.

The conference is being organized by the Wittgenstein Research Group at the University of Bergen, with funding provided by the Faculty of the Humanities.

The holding of the conference is conditional upon an improvement of the Covid situation.
If you have any questions, please contact the organizers Kevin Cahill (kevin.cahill@fof.uib.no) or Simo Säätelä (Simo.Saatela@uib.no) .

Most commentators agree that the notion of a practice plays a significant role in Wittgenstein’s work, especially in his later thought. Yet there is no general agreement on how we should understand that role. The purpose of this workshop is to explore this question.

Confirmed speakers include

Cheryl Misak (Toronto)
David Stern (Iowa)
Juliet Floyd (Boston)
Lars Hertzberg (Åbo)

This workshop is being organized as part of the four-year project “Mathematics with a Human Face: Set Theory within a Naturalized Wittensteinian Framework”, which received funding from the Research Council of Norway in December, 2018.
See https://www.uib.no/en/mast/132307/about-project

While talks that focus on practice in Wittgenstein’s philosophy of mathematics are naturally encouraged, talks may address any aspect of the theme of Wittgenstein on practice. Possible topics may include the following: the nature of practice, normativity, naturalism, use, custom, history and culture, teaching and learning, or the perspectives of other philosophers.

The workshop will be held at the University of Bergen, Norway. The dates are May 26-28, 2022.

Please send an abstract of 300-400 words to kevin.cahill@uib.no by no later than February 1st.

The holding of the event is dependent on an improvement of the Covid situation.