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Mindaugas Gilaitis: talk and workshops on ordinary language philosophy April 23-25

Forskning, Händelser, Okategoriserade

On April 23-25, we will be visited by Mindaugas Gilaitis, a philosopher from Vilnius. The program is as follows:

On Wednesday, April 23, at 10:15-12:00, Mindaugas will give a lecture/seminar to which everyone is welcome. The theme is ”P. F. Strawson on philosophical analysis”. Attendance will provide research points for students taking the courses ”Current philosophical research” and ”Research seminar in philosophy”.

On Thursday, April 24, at 10:15-12:00, Mindaugas and I will have a joint seminar where we will discuss Peter Strawson’s texts ”Analytic Philosophy – Two Analogies” and ”Construction and Analysis”. The seminar is especially aimed at doctoral students and students at an advanced level, but all interested parties are of course welcome. Attendance will provide research points for students taking the courses ”Current philosophical research” and ”Research seminar in philosophy”.

On Friday, April 25th, from 10:15-12:00, Mindaugas will give a seminar based on Gilbert Ryle’s text ”Formal and Informal Logic”. The seminar is especially aimed at doctoral students and students at an advanced level, but all interested parties are of course welcome. Attendance will provide research points for students taking the courses ”Current philosophical research” and ”Research seminar in philosophy”.

All events take place in Arken Humboldt (L103). Doctoral students who wish can take these seminars as a doctoral course, by also writing a shorter essay related to the texts. Contact me for more information.

A warm welcome!

Martin

 

Krister Segerberg (1936-2025)

Händelser

Krister Segerberg, professor i filosofi vid Åbo Akademi 1971-1979 (t.f. 1969-1971), avled den 23 januari. Segerberg hade doktorsgrader från Uppsala Universitet (1968) och Stanford University (1971). Hans doktorsavhandlingar behandlade teman inom den s.k modallogiken, och han kom under hela sitt verksamma yrkesliv att ägna sig mycket åt problem inom denna gren av logiken, samt dess tillämpningar inom handlingsfilosofin. I sin gärning anslöt Segerberg till Georg Henrik von Wrights logiska pionjärarbeten, liksom till den tidigare Åboprofessorn Stig Kangers forskning. Under sin tid i Åbo publicerade Segerberg ett tjugotal vetenskapliga uppsatser i världsledande tidskrifter. Han bidrog starkt till internationaliseringen av ämnets filosofiska miljö. 1979 lämnade han Åbo för en professur i Auckland, Nya Zeeland. Från 1991 fram till sin pension var Segerberg professor i teoretisk filosofi vid Uppsala Universitet.

Martin Gustafsson

EDWARD WESTERMARCK DAY: HISTORY OF IDEAS AND SCHOLARSHIP

Forskning, Händelser

Organisers: The Department of Sociology, the Department of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University; The Westermarck Society

The aim of this symposium is to explore the current state of Westermarck scholarship, with a focus on Westermarck’s biography and the intellectual background of his contributions to social science and philosophy. The symposium ends with the book launch of a fresh history of the Westermarck Society.

Åbo Akademi University, Wednesday 26 February 2025

Stora auditoriet ASA A120 (Fänriksgatan 3A)

(Stora auditoriet is located near the main entrance to ASA, on the ground floor.)

11.00 Opening Remarks, from Organisers

11.15 – 12.15 David Shankland: Westermarck and his place in social anthropology

12.15 Lunch

13.15 – 14.00 Jani Sinokki: Westermarck on normative attitudes

14.00 – 14.45 Otto Pipatti: Westermarck’s evolutionary approach from a contemporary perspective

14.45 – 15.00 Coffee

15.00 – 15.45 Julia Dahlberg: Westermarck and the history of evolutionary ideas in Finland

15.45 – 16. 30 Olli Lagerspetz: The search for the ’Origin of Morality’ as a precursor to early Social Science

16.30 – 17. 15 Mikko Lagerspetz: Presentation of the freshly published History of the Westermarck Society

Disputation i filosofi 7.9: Patrik Hulterström

Disputationer, Händelser

FK Patrik Hulterström disputerar i filosofi med avhandlingen From Play to Power: A Philosophical Inquiry into How Educational Wargaming Can Help Cultivate Battlefield Acumen.

Patrik Hulterström.

Disputationen hålls lördagen 7.9.2024 kl. 13.15–17.00 i Auditorium Armfelt och per videolänk. (Mer info här.)

Opponent är Dr. Lecturer David Banks, King’s College London, Storbritannien och kustos är professor Martin Gustafsson, Åbo Akademi.

Du kan läsa mer om avhandlingen här och läsa själva avhandlingen på doria.fi.

 

Philosophy and the problem of otherness

Händelser

Kan vara konst
Warmly welcome to attend our symposium on philosophy and the problem of otherness on April 12th!

The aim of the symposium is to explore the challenges that issues of diversity, exclusion and inclusion pose for philosophy in particular, and academia in general. The symposium discusses issues of inclusion, exclusion and diversity in philosophy, addressing questions relevant to other disciplines, for example, minority- and gender studies. The symposium is open to all interested!

Time: Fri 12.4.2024 13.00-17.30

Place: Auditorium Källan (C201), Arken, Åbo Akademi OR via Zoom

Schedule:

13.00 Welcome and introduction

13.15-14.30 Rethinking the Philosophical Canon, Martina Reuter, Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies,Jyväskylä University.

14.30 – 15.00 Coffee break

15.00 – 16.15 Women in the Philosophical Community, Erika Ruonakoski, docent in Philosophy, University of Helsinki

16.15-16.30 Break

16.30 –17.30 Panel discussion

  • Salla Aldrin Salskov, PhD, postdoctoral researcher in Minority studies, Åbo Akademi.
  • Isa Hukka, B.Soc.Sc graduate in philosophy, facilitator, and artist.
  • Arwen Meereboer, doctoral researcher in Philosophy at Åbo Akademi University.
  • Fredrik Westerlund, PhD, postdoctoral researcher in Philosophy at Jyväskylä University.

 

Participation is also possible via Zoom. Please contact ylva.gustafsson(at)abo.fi for the zoomlink.

Organizers: The symposium is arranged by the department of Philosophy at Åbo Akademi and by Minority studies, at Åbo Akademi.

Contact: ylva.gustafsson(at)abo.fi , phone: 0503226154

For information about access in the building please contact: studinfo@abo.fi , telephone: 02-215 4169.

20.2-28.2 Intensive seminar course: Phusis and Logos, Nature and Form

Forskning, Händelser

Dr Maria Balaska will visit the philosophy department for two weeks in February and will give an intensive seminar course on “Phusis and Logis: Nature and Form”. The course can be taken by undergraduates who have done at least 25 credits of philosophy, and by PhD students. If you write an essay in connection with the course, you can gain 5 credit points. Send Martin Gustafsson a mail if you are participating. It’s also possible to follow the seminars without taking any course credits.

The schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, February 20, 12.15-13.45 (Saussure)

Wednesday, February 21, 12.15-13.45 (Simone Weil)

Tuesday, February 27, 12.15-13.45 (Saussure)

Wednesday, February 28, 12.15-13.45 (Simone Weil)

 

Course description:

Phusis and Logos, Nature and Form

What can Aristotle’s concept of phusis teach us about the essence of nature? How is life form related to logical form? What must nature be like if it is intelligible? And what does it mean to say that nature is intelligible in the first place? Asking such questions, during this seminar we will investigate the shortcomings of a mechanistic concept of nature, against the challenging richness of a teleological perspective.

Readings *

Grene, Marjorie. 1974. The Understanding of Nature: Essays in the Philosophy of Biology (Volume 23), Chapter 1 ”Causes”, pp. 1-12

Lear, Jonathan. 1988. Aristotle, The desire to understand. Cambridge University Press, Chapter 2 ”Nature”, pp. 15-54

Thompson, Michael. 2008. Life and Action. Harvard University Press, Part One (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4), pp. 25-82

Aristotle. 2018. Physics. Book 2, translated by C.D.C Reeve, Hackett Publishing. pp. 20-37. (Please use this translation).

 

* The order of readings is aimed to help progressive understanding; it is linked to the degree of difficulty of the texts and to which text works better as a foundation for the other texts. It is not linked to the order of discussion during the seminars.

12.2 Minisymposium: Nyliberalism och demokrati

Forskning, Händelser

12 februari kl 17.15-20.00, i Arken Källan (C201)

17.15-18.30 Johan Strang (Helsingfors universitet): Nyliberalismen, juristerna och demokratin

18.30-18.45 Kaffe

18.45-20.00 Jenny Andersson (Uppsala universitet): Nyliberalismen inifrån

Symposiet är ett samarbete mellan Filosofi och Allmän historia vid Åbo Akademi.

Alla intresserade hälsas varmt välkomna!

 

Jenny Andersson är professor i idéhistoria vid Uppsala universitet och ledare för forskningsprogrammet Neoliberalism in the Nordics: Developing an absent theme (https://nyliberalisminorden.se/). https://www.katalog.uu.se/empinfo/?id=N96-6054

Johan Strang är professor vid Centrum för Nordenstudier vid Helsingfors universitet. https://www.helsinki.fi/sv/om-oss/personer/personsokning/johan-strang-9061494

 

Pris ur Harry Elvings legat

Forskning, Händelser

Vid inskriptionen 7.9.2023 fick forskare Salla Aldrin Salskov motta årets forskarpris ur Harry Elvings legat för sin doktorsavhandling i filosofi ”Struggling with the personal: On epistemic habits in queer and feminist theory”. Universitetslektor Camilla Kronqvist fick även motta årets handledarpris för doktorsavhandling ur Harry Elvings legat som huvudhandledare för avhandlingen. Som bihandledare för avhandlingen fungerade Hugo Strandberg.

Camilla är den andra kvinnliga doktorn i filosofi (2008) och Salla den sjunde (2022).

17.5 Symposium: Moral Understanding

Etik, Forskning, Händelser

På onsdag, 17 maj, ordnas ett symposium vid insten som alla intresserade är hjärtligt välkomna på. Det hålls för att fira prof. em. Lars Hertzbergs 80-årsdag, och det övergripande temat är ”Moral understanding”.

Platsen är auditorium Rhodium (Aurum C 104), Henriksgatan 2.

Programmet:

10.00-10.15 Opening remarks: Hugo Strandberg

10.15-11.15 Keynote talk: David Cockburn: The interchanges to which our moral utterances belong

11.25-12.15 Göran Torrkulla: The hiddenness of keeping a secret. Some remarks on the role of indeterminacy in living our life with language.

12.15-13.30 Lunch – Café Aurum

13.30-14.15 Joel Backström: On the personal in ethics: Moral necessity, identity politics and love

14.30-15.15 Salla Aldrin Salskov & Philip Strammer: Goodness beyond moral necessity.

15.15-16.00 Coffee break

16.00-16.45 Hannes Nykänen: The ’I’, the ’You’ and the Soul – a critical reflection

17.00-17.45 Camilla Kronqvist: Did he love? Indeterminacy and openness in two examples.

17.45-18.00 Concluding remarks

16.5 Helsingforspicknick i Åbo

Forskning, Händelser, Studier
16.5 träffas vi med filosofer från Helsingfors universitet, lärare, forskare och studerande, för ett gemensamt tankeutbyte. På programmet står presentationer från studerande och ett föredrag av Helsingforsprofessorn Thomas Wallgren. (Notera att Wallgrens föredrag hålls i Historiesalen på Restaurang Skolan.) 

Vi hoppas att så många som möjligt från filosofigemenskapen, framförallt studeranden i Åbo, kan delta under dagen. (Obs! deltagande ger ”forskisnärvaro”). Under dagen hör vi inledningar av studeranden från Åbo och Helsingfors med efterföljande diskussion.

Plats: Auditorium Rhodium (Aurum C 104). 
Preliminärt program:
12.00 Lunch / Arken
13.00-15.00 Inledning Sabina Kyllönen ÅA / Waldemar Ukkonen HU
Paus
15.30-17.30 Jacob Hjortman ÅA / Zacharias Hägerstrand HU
17.30-18.30 Paus samt promenad till restaurant Skolan
18.30 Inledning/föredrag av professor Thomas Wallgren HU, Skolans historiesal
 
Fri samvaro
 
Följande dag, alltså onsdagen den 17.5. ordnas ett festsymposium i samband med att professor emeritus Lars Hertzbergs fyller 80 år. Temat är moralisk förståelse.
Dit är alla också välkomna! Programmet för symposiet kommer senare.