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The New Century

Bergsonism, Phenomenology and Responses to Modern Science

THE HISTORY OF CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY 3

EDITED BY KEITH ANSELL-PEARSON AND ALAN D. SCHRIFT

“One of the finer achievements of its kind and one that will aid both new- comers to continental philosophy (students and analytic philosophers) and seasoned scholars.” – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

“This is by far the most comprehensive and insightful history of that key period in continental philosophy spanning Husserl’s entire career, the beginning of Heidegger’s, and contributions of numerous other thinkers including Bergson, Scheler, Freud, and Wittgenstein. I know of no finer introduction to the thinkers and issues covered in this volume, which will be indispensable to any serious philosopher.”

– Robert P. Crease, Stony Brook University

Volume 3 covers the period between the 1890s and 1930s, a period that witnessed revolutions in the arts and society which set the agenda for the rest of the century. In philosophy, the period saw the birth of analytic philosophy, the development of new programmes and new modes of inquiry, the emergence of phenomenology as a new rigorous science, the birth of Freudian psychoanalysis, and the maturing of the discipline of sociology. This period saw the most influential work of a remarkable series of thinkers who reviewed, evaluated and transformed nineteenth- century thought. A generation of thinkers – among them, Henri Bergson, Émile Durkheim, Sigmund Freud, Martin Heidegger, Edmund Husserl, Karl Jaspers, Max Scheler, and Ludwig Wittgenstein - completed the disenchantment of the world and sought a new re-enchantment.

Plus the second and expanded edition of Bergson Key Writings to be published by Bloomsbury Press in 2014:

On Friday afternoon, November 8 (14.00-18.00), there will be a presentation from Miguel Beistegui (Dep. of Philosophy, Warwick) and Chiara Bottici (New School for Social Research, NYC). The paper will be spread about a week in advance to all participants.

Algorithms and Ontology

The broad goal of this paper is to bring to the attention of philosophers of mathematics and computation the concept of \textsl{algorithm} (e.g Euclid's algorithm, Strassen's algorithm, the Gröbner basis algorithm) as it is studied in contemporary theoretical computer science, and at the same time address several foundational questions about the role this notion plays in mathematical practice. A variety of considerations such as the need to prove correctness and provide running time analyses suggest that algorithms ought to be assimilated to mathematical objects such as models of computation or recursion schemes -- a view which is embodied by the well-known proposals of Yiannis Moschovakis and Yuri Gurevich. I will suggest instead that a variety of considerations grounded in complexity theory and algorithmic analysis serve as in principle obstacles to making such an identification.

28-31 Oct 2013 Paris (France)

The results of the 2013 Philosophy and Literature Essay Competition, sponsored by alumnus Andy Charman are out !

Congratulations go to:

1st prize: James Loveard (BA 2012)

2nd prize: Jamie Williams (BA 2012)

3rd prize: Edward McNally (2nd year BA)