PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE 2017
29th- 31st OCTOBER
Programme:
Sunday 29th of October
16:00-18:00: Registration
18:00-19:00: Dinner
19:00-19:30: Introductory philosophy workshop
19:30-20:30: Group activity (TBA)
Monday 30th of October
08:30-09:30: Breakfast in Great Hall
10:00-10:40: Workshop
11:00-12:00: Simon Blackburn: "Hume's Message to the Humanists"
12:00-13:00: Lunch
13:00-13:40: Discussion groups about Simon Blackburn's talk
13:40-14:40: Komarine Romdenh-Romluc: "Habit"
15:00-15:40: Discussion group about Komarine Romdenh-Romluc's talk
16:00-17:00: James Andow: "The Truth Fairy"
17:20-18:00 Discussion group about James Andow's talk
18:00-19:00: Dinner in the Great Hall
19:00-21:00: Philosothon + poster session
Tuesday 31st of October
8:30-9:30: Breakfast in the Great Hall
10:00-10:40: Workshop
11:00-12:00: Natalie Bennett: "political philosophy in the post-neoliberal age"
12:00-13:00: Lunch
13:00-13:40: Discussion group about Natalie Bennett's talk
13:50-14:50: Stephen Makin: "Zeno on Running and Chopping"
14:50-15:20: Discussion group about Stephen Makin's talk
15:20-15:40: Closing remarks
The cost of the conference, including accommodation and all meals will be under £50 per student with one staff place for every 10 students. Bursaries will be available from the University of Sheffield. Details of these will be made available to all schools in September.
Sunday 29th of October
16:00-18:00: Registration
18:00-19:00: Dinner
19:00-19:30: Introductory philosophy workshop
19:30-20:30: Group activity (TBA)
Monday 30th of October
08:30-09:30: Breakfast in Great Hall
10:00-10:40: Workshop
11:00-12:00: Simon Blackburn: "Hume's Message to the Humanists"
12:00-13:00: Lunch
13:00-13:40: Discussion groups about Simon Blackburn's talk
13:40-14:40: Komarine Romdenh-Romluc: "Habit"
15:00-15:40: Discussion group about Komarine Romdenh-Romluc's talk
16:00-17:00: James Andow: "The Truth Fairy"
17:20-18:00 Discussion group about James Andow's talk
18:00-19:00: Dinner in the Great Hall
19:00-21:00: Philosothon + poster session
Tuesday 31st of October
8:30-9:30: Breakfast in the Great Hall
10:00-10:40: Workshop
11:00-12:00: Natalie Bennett: "political philosophy in the post-neoliberal age"
12:00-13:00: Lunch
13:00-13:40: Discussion group about Natalie Bennett's talk
13:50-14:50: Stephen Makin: "Zeno on Running and Chopping"
14:50-15:20: Discussion group about Stephen Makin's talk
15:20-15:40: Closing remarks
The cost of the conference, including accommodation and all meals will be under £50 per student with one staff place for every 10 students. Bursaries will be available from the University of Sheffield. Details of these will be made available to all schools in September.
Our first speaker has confirmed and it's Professor Simon Blackburn!
Well known for his efforts to make philosophy accessible to a wider public, Simon is one of the country’s leading philosophers. He is well regarded as a proponent of a distinctive approach to ethics and a defender of neo-Humean views on a variety of topics. Simon has been a Vice-President of the British Humanist Association and a former editor of the journal Mind; he is, also, an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as a Fellow of the British Academy.
Simon has published extensively. His books include Being Good – an introduction to ethics (reprinted as Ethics: a very short introduction), Lust (one of the Oxford University Press’s series on the seven deadly sins), Truth: A Guide and Plato’s Republic: A Biography.
He was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge until 2011.
(https://www.nchlondon.ac.uk/faculty/professor-simon-blackburn-2/)
Well known for his efforts to make philosophy accessible to a wider public, Simon is one of the country’s leading philosophers. He is well regarded as a proponent of a distinctive approach to ethics and a defender of neo-Humean views on a variety of topics. Simon has been a Vice-President of the British Humanist Association and a former editor of the journal Mind; he is, also, an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as a Fellow of the British Academy.
Simon has published extensively. His books include Being Good – an introduction to ethics (reprinted as Ethics: a very short introduction), Lust (one of the Oxford University Press’s series on the seven deadly sins), Truth: A Guide and Plato’s Republic: A Biography.
He was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge until 2011.
(https://www.nchlondon.ac.uk/faculty/professor-simon-blackburn-2/)
Coming a very close second in the race to confirm attendance, Natalie Bennett will also be speaking!
Natalie Bennett was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2012 to 2016.
In October she was announced as the Green Party candidate for Sheffield Central seat should there be a snap election. She spoke to Sheffield Live about that.
The speech she gave at Green Party Autumn conference 2016 – it’s time to really take back control.
(http://www.nataliebennett.co.uk)
Natalie Bennett was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2012 to 2016.
In October she was announced as the Green Party candidate for Sheffield Central seat should there be a snap election. She spoke to Sheffield Live about that.
The speech she gave at Green Party Autumn conference 2016 – it’s time to really take back control.
(http://www.nataliebennett.co.uk)
Stephen Makin has now agreed to speak at this year's event!
Stephen lectures at the University of Sheffield on all sorts of topics to do with ancient philosophy, including the philosophy of space and time, the pre-socratics and Aristotle's Metaphysics. He is also the director of undergraduate admissions for all those interested in studying philosophy at university.
He has published papers on philosophy of religion, Democritean atomism, method in ancient philosophy, the metaphysics of Aristotle, and Aquinas' philosophy of nature. His book on principle-of-insufficient-reason arguments in ancient philosophy was published by Blackwell in 1993 under the title Indifference Arguments. His translation of Aristotle's Metaphysics Book 9, along with a substantial commentary, was published in the Clarendon Aristotle Series in 2006. His research interests also include various topics in contemporary metaphysics.
(https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/profiles/makin)
Stephen lectures at the University of Sheffield on all sorts of topics to do with ancient philosophy, including the philosophy of space and time, the pre-socratics and Aristotle's Metaphysics. He is also the director of undergraduate admissions for all those interested in studying philosophy at university.
He has published papers on philosophy of religion, Democritean atomism, method in ancient philosophy, the metaphysics of Aristotle, and Aquinas' philosophy of nature. His book on principle-of-insufficient-reason arguments in ancient philosophy was published by Blackwell in 1993 under the title Indifference Arguments. His translation of Aristotle's Metaphysics Book 9, along with a substantial commentary, was published in the Clarendon Aristotle Series in 2006. His research interests also include various topics in contemporary metaphysics.
(https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/profiles/makin)
Komarine Romdenh-Romluc has just confirmed that she will speak at Pursuit of Knowledge 2017
Komarine is a senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield and describes her work as ‘phenomenological philosophy of mind’ which places her at the intersection between phenomenology and contemporary philosophy of mind. She says 'I’m currently thinking about agency, and how we might understand action in the light of various experimental data that seem to threaten the idea that our doings are ever under our conscious control. I’m also – on a completely different note – thinking about power and culture.'
She is also co-editor of the Routledge Research in Phenomenology book series and treasurer for the Society of Women in Philosophy.
(https://komarineromdenh-romluc.co.uk)
Komarine is a senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield and describes her work as ‘phenomenological philosophy of mind’ which places her at the intersection between phenomenology and contemporary philosophy of mind. She says 'I’m currently thinking about agency, and how we might understand action in the light of various experimental data that seem to threaten the idea that our doings are ever under our conscious control. I’m also – on a completely different note – thinking about power and culture.'
She is also co-editor of the Routledge Research in Phenomenology book series and treasurer for the Society of Women in Philosophy.
(https://komarineromdenh-romluc.co.uk)
Dr. James Andow, lecturer in philosophy at Reading University is our final speaker to confirm. He described his research as focusing on philosophical methods. In particular, asking questions about the place of intuitions and empirical research in philosophy.
His research also touches on issues in epistemology, ethics, free will and moral responsibility, philosophy of language, metaphysics and aesthetics.
He is also a founder member of Experimental Philosophy Group UK.
James runs courses on the meaning of life, climate justice and experimental philosophy at Reading and so is well placed to help us out as we navigate a programme of tricky issues and philosophical puzzles.
(https://www.reading.ac.uk/philosophy/about/staff/j-andow.aspx)
His research also touches on issues in epistemology, ethics, free will and moral responsibility, philosophy of language, metaphysics and aesthetics.
He is also a founder member of Experimental Philosophy Group UK.
James runs courses on the meaning of life, climate justice and experimental philosophy at Reading and so is well placed to help us out as we navigate a programme of tricky issues and philosophical puzzles.
(https://www.reading.ac.uk/philosophy/about/staff/j-andow.aspx)