Mind, Language, World: From Dilthey to Wittgenstein
Date and venue: 10 September 2013, University of Kent
Organisers:
Christine Lopes, London
Edward Kanterian, Kent
This is an annual conference series, which aims to examine the philosophical systems developed by German philosophers in the period 1860-1951, and discuss their relevance to contemporary analytic and continental philosophy. Their theoretical and practical systems offered a wealth of original and challenging ideas in all areas of philosophy, including ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, mind and language.
In 2013 we will look at conceptions of language and their relations to major issues in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind as they were discussed by figures such as Wilhelm Dilthey, Gottlob Frege, Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Ernst Cassirer, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Karl Jaspers, and Theodor W. Adorno.
The conference is analytical in character, but it has also a unique historical focus. It is the second event of the new forum Later German Philosophy (http://latergermanphilosophy.com/), which looks into the contemporary relevance of philosophical works produced during the period 1860-1951. This is a period marked by the deaths of two philosophers whose very different methods of inquiry and argumentation represent the end and the beginning of significant philosophical traditions: Schopenhauer (1860) and Wittgenstein (1951). The philosophers whose ideas and arguments the conference speakers will consider are all later German philosophers in this sense.
Research questions:
- What conceptions of mind, language, and world emerged in the period 1860-1951?
- What influence, if any, did they have on the corresponding conception of philosophy?
- How did the new philosophical systems impact on Anglo-American philosophy?
- How did the rise of the natural and historical sciences affect philosophy?
- How did the analytic-continental divide emerge? Can it be overcome?
- Does the period 1860-1951 offer us new approaches to this questions?
- How can contemporary philosophy benefit from the ideas of this period?
Talks:
Prof. Andrew Bowie (UK) on Heidegger and the Romantic tradition
Prof. Hans-Johann Glock (Swizerland) on Germanophone philosophy of language in the 19th century
Michael Inwood (UK) on Heidegger vs. Cassirer on language
Dr. Edward Kanterian (UK) on Frege on the logical analysis of language
Dr. Joel Katzav (Netherlands) on Cassirer on philosophical method
Dr. Christine Lopes (UK) on Jaspers on mental disorder and philosophy of mind
Prof. Rudolf A. Makkreel (USA) on Dilthey & Cassirer on language and the humanities
Prof. Dermot Moran (Ireland) on Husserl on historicity
Fees & registration:
Non-student fee inclusive of buffet lunch, coffee, and cookies: £12
Student fee inclusive of buffet lunch, coffee, and cookies: £5
The conference is a non-profit event. To register, please email us first to ensure that spaces are still available. If so, please send a cheque for £12 (non-students) or £5 (students) payable to ‘University of Kent’ or ‘UNIKENT’, to the following address:
Clare Valentine
SECL Finance and HR Coordinator
Cornwallis NW
University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent
CT2 7NF
For information on accommodation at Kent and general enquiries about the conference, please email [email protected] or [email protected].
Date and venue: 10 September 2013, University of Kent
Organisers:
Christine Lopes, London
Edward Kanterian, Kent
This is an annual conference series, which aims to examine the philosophical systems developed by German philosophers in the period 1860-1951, and discuss their relevance to contemporary analytic and continental philosophy. Their theoretical and practical systems offered a wealth of original and challenging ideas in all areas of philosophy, including ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, mind and language.
In 2013 we will look at conceptions of language and their relations to major issues in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind as they were discussed by figures such as Wilhelm Dilthey, Gottlob Frege, Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Ernst Cassirer, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Karl Jaspers, and Theodor W. Adorno.
The conference is analytical in character, but it has also a unique historical focus. It is the second event of the new forum Later German Philosophy (http://latergermanphilosophy.com/), which looks into the contemporary relevance of philosophical works produced during the period 1860-1951. This is a period marked by the deaths of two philosophers whose very different methods of inquiry and argumentation represent the end and the beginning of significant philosophical traditions: Schopenhauer (1860) and Wittgenstein (1951). The philosophers whose ideas and arguments the conference speakers will consider are all later German philosophers in this sense.
Research questions:
- What conceptions of mind, language, and world emerged in the period 1860-1951?
- What influence, if any, did they have on the corresponding conception of philosophy?
- How did the new philosophical systems impact on Anglo-American philosophy?
- How did the rise of the natural and historical sciences affect philosophy?
- How did the analytic-continental divide emerge? Can it be overcome?
- Does the period 1860-1951 offer us new approaches to this questions?
- How can contemporary philosophy benefit from the ideas of this period?
Talks:
Prof. Andrew Bowie (UK) on Heidegger and the Romantic tradition
Prof. Hans-Johann Glock (Swizerland) on Germanophone philosophy of language in the 19th century
Michael Inwood (UK) on Heidegger vs. Cassirer on language
Dr. Edward Kanterian (UK) on Frege on the logical analysis of language
Dr. Joel Katzav (Netherlands) on Cassirer on philosophical method
Dr. Christine Lopes (UK) on Jaspers on mental disorder and philosophy of mind
Prof. Rudolf A. Makkreel (USA) on Dilthey & Cassirer on language and the humanities
Prof. Dermot Moran (Ireland) on Husserl on historicity
Fees & registration:
Non-student fee inclusive of buffet lunch, coffee, and cookies: £12
Student fee inclusive of buffet lunch, coffee, and cookies: £5
The conference is a non-profit event. To register, please email us first to ensure that spaces are still available. If so, please send a cheque for £12 (non-students) or £5 (students) payable to ‘University of Kent’ or ‘UNIKENT’, to the following address:
Clare Valentine
SECL Finance and HR Coordinator
Cornwallis NW
University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent
CT2 7NF
For information on accommodation at Kent and general enquiries about the conference, please email [email protected] or [email protected].