Katja Diefenbach European University Viadrina Unemployed positivity. Deleuze and Agamben as readers of Spinoza 28 March 2023, 17h00 (Lisbon Summer Time — GMT+1) Sala Mattos Romão (Room C201.J – Department of Philosophy) School of Arts and Humanities – University of Lisbon   Abstract Referring to Bataille’s figure of unemployed negativity, Agamben develops a theory of […]

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A Problem for Greco’s Anti-Reductionism Nuno Venturinha (IFILNOVA, New University of Lisbon)   24 March 2023, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia)   Abstract: In his most recent work, culminating in The Transmission of Knowledge, John Greco adopts a new epistemological perspective, arguing that knowledge transmission cannot […]

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Hélder Telo University of Beira Interior Cuidado e Verdade na Ética: Um Diálogo entre Platão, Heidegger e Foucault 21 March 2023, 17h00 (Lisbon Time — GMT+0) Sala Mattos Romão (Room C201.J – Department of Philosophy) School of Arts and Humanities – University of Lisbon   Abstract O cuidado e a verdade podem facilmente ser pensados […]

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Graded Properties Claudio Calosi (University of Geneva) & Robert Michels (LanCog, University of Lisbon)   17 March 2023, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia)   Abstract: The idea that properties can be had partly or to a certain degree is controversial, but also has a considerable pedigree […]

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The Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon invites to submit abstracts for contributed talks to be presented at the international conference Open Topics in Philosophy of Physics. The conference will take place from Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 of June 2023 and will discuss a variety of open topics in the foundations, philosophy […]

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Dirk Michael Hennrich Praxis-CFUL, University of Lisbon The Hyperbolic Realm of Violence. Remarks on Benjamin, Fanon, and Arendt Today 14 March 2023, 17h00 (Lisbon Time — GMT+0) Sala Mattos Romão (Room C201.J – Department of Philosophy) School of Arts and Humanities – University of Lisbon   Abstract Violence, in its many expressions and manifestations, continually […]

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LanCog Logic Seminar Series   Friday, March 10, 10:00—12:00 (UTC) The University of Lisbon Faculty of Letters, room B112.G (Library wing)   Francesca Boccuni University San Raffaele, Milan   The Logical Ontology of Abstractionism Neologicism aims at founding arithmetic on full second-order logic and Hume’s Principle, which states that the number of the Fs is identical with […]

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How to Build Things With Atoms Claudio Calosi University of Geneva   10 March 2023, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia)   Abstract: Atomism is the thesis that everything is ultimately composed of atoms. Typically, this thesis is characterized by an axiom stating that everything has atomic parts. The present […]

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Fernanda Henriques University of Évora A invisibilidade das mulheres: desafios epistemológicos e éticos 7 March 2023, 17h00 (Lisbon Time —, rtc. GMT+0) Sala Mattos Romão (Room C201.J – Department of Philosophy) School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon   Abstract A reflexão articular-se-á em torno da ideia de que há uma invisibilidade estrutural no […]

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Mechanistic Computation and its Problems: An Abstract Solution Luke Kersten LanCog, University of Lisbon   3 March 2023, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia)   Abstract: The mechanistic account of computation (or MAC) maintains that computational implementation is best explicated within a mechanistic framework. A physical […]

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