Philosophy Reading Groups
Heidegger Reading Group
We are happy to announce that the Heidegger Reading Group will continue in term 2! This time, we will read a couple of Heidegger’s essays, starting with “What is Metaphysics?” today. We will decide on the other readings successively, but they will for example include ‘On the Essence of Ground’ and the ‘Letter on Humanism’. Everybody is invited to join. Additionally, we will stream the reading group via Microsoft Teams so that Haley Burke can join from Texas; if you cannot attend in person and would like to participate online as well, please get in touch with Frido.
Time: every Monday during term, 5-6.30 p.m. (08. January – 11. March 2024)
Location: FAB1.05
Contact: fridolin.neumann@warwick.ac.uk
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Metaethics Reading Group
This new Reading Group is an informal reading group in metaethics. Many of us are interested in the field, but could do a better job of talking with one another. In addition, Kirk Surgener and Emily Bassett are interested in developing an upper level course in metaethics designed to complement the existing provision. This Reading Group will hopefully get input from Undergraduate students as well as PGs and staff, so that students can meaningfully contribute to the design of the course, following the model of the philosophy of race reading group that Eileen John co-ordinated. The format is quite relaxed - we will meet every other week to discuss a paper which we will all have read ahead of time.
Everyone is very welcome, especially Undergraduate students. We would like UGs to contribute to the selection and presentation of the papers for the second term, so the more who come the better. We’d also be happy to accept sessions led by multiple students.
If anyone has follow up questions, or wishes to talk through an idea for a session, please get in touch with Emily (E.Bassett@warwick.ac.uk) or Kirk (K.A.Surgener@warwick.ac.uk).
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'Afflictions of Mind' Reading Group
We are thrilled to launch a new reading group - 'Afflictions of Mind'. We will be reading and discussing topics in the philosophy of psychiatry, mental health, and ethics in medicine. The group is open to all undergraduates, postgraduates and staff, who are interested in the topics as well as who may have personal experiences. We will be meeting in S0.52, between 14:00-15:30, Wednesdays in weeks 2, 4, 8, and 10 (Term 2).
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/research/researchcentres/wma/graduates/afflictionsofmind/
Week 2. Imagination
‘Of the power of imagination’ by Montaigne
Week 4: Addiction
‘Responsibility without Blame for Addiction’ by Hanna Pickard
Week 8: Delusion
‘Derationalizing Delusions’ by V. Bell, N. Raihani, and S. Wilkinson
Week 10: TBC
If you are interested in attending (PDFs of the papers will be provided) or giving a brief presentation of the paper, please email Oscar (Oscar.North-Concar@warwick.ac.uk) or Chenwei (chenwei.nie@warwick.ac.uk).
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The Moral and Political Philosophy Reading Group
This group will focus on reading key Moral and Political philosophical texts. This year we are reading Hegel's Philosophy of Right published in 1821. This work has been described by Stephen Houlgate as 'one of the greatest works of social and political philosophy ever written.' The book traces the true realization of freedom and free will via Hegel's immanent process of dialectics. Arguably, this book is still pertinent and relevant for our times: not only does it acknowledge that freedom can be enhanced by economic opportunities, but, moreover, it recognizes that unregulated capitalism is a cause of alienation, inequality and poverty.
Everybody welcome!
Time and location: Wednesdays, 6pm-7.30pm
Contact: Andrew Paull to receive further information and get the link to participate.
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Borges, Fiction, and Philosophy Reading Group
The short stories of Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) are masterworks of philosophical fiction and so his work has an enduring significance for readers and writers of all kinds since. In this reading group, we will discuss several of these short stories over the second half of term 2 and in term 3. All are welcome. Reading fiction and philosophy can feel like a labyrinth and with Borges as a guide we will, I hope, not get too lost.
The group is planned to be held online on MS teams every Wednesday at 2pm until 3pm. The first session will run in week 5, in which we will discuss the short stories The Aleph and The Zahir. Both can be found in the short story collection that is also titled The Aleph. There are several collections of Borges stories available and acquiring any should be helpful for the reading group. I’ll be reading the English translations in the Penguin modern classics editions, but having any editions should be fine. If you need help finding texts, please email me. No prior familiarity with Borges is required, and all students and staff, in philosophy or otherwise, are welcome.
Time and location: Wednesdays, 2pm-3pm on MS Teams
Contact: James.Roe@warwick.ac.uk for further information and a link to participate.
Tue 30 Jan, '24- |
WMA reading group: Montaigne on MEEP (Mind, Epistemology, Ethics & Political Philosophy)S1.50Dear All, We're delighted to announce the WMA Reading Group schedule for this term - Eve Poirier will be leading the sessions. The details are below: Please note: in the run-up to this year's MindGrad conference, we will also be using this reading group to have some pre-reading sessions on the work of the keynote speakers. These will be valuable sessions for PG students to attend to familiarise themselves with the keynote speakers' work ahead of the conference. More details on this will be announced in due course. WMA reading group: Montaigne on MEEP (Mind, Epistemology, Ethics & Political Philosophy) Where/When: Cowling Room (S2.77), Tuesdays 16:00-17:00 in even weeks, starting in week 2. A message from Eve: This term in the WMA reading group we will look at some Montaignian takes on topics in Mind, Epistemology, Ethics and Politics. Suitable for Montaigne beginners and experts, everyone is welcome. I will be reading from Donald Frame’s translation, of which there are hard copies available in the library. Get in touch with me (eve.poirier@warwick.ac.uk) if you need help finding the readings or want a digital copy. We will meet in the Cowling Room (S2.77) at 16:00 on Tuesday in even weeks, starting on the 16th. I promise it will be relatively light-hearted and fun, so please don’t be afraid to come along and discover the joys of Montaigne 😊 Schedule: Week 2 – Intro to Montaigne: Judgement, Personality, Humankind (and Chess!) ‘To the Reader’ (p. 2 in the Frame translation) ‘Of Democritus and Heraclitus’ I. 50. (pp. 266-268) Week 4 – Knowing Facts, Learning Virtues ‘Of Pedantry’ I. 25. (pp. 118-129) Week 6 – Justice and Dirty Hands ‘Of the Useful and the Honourable’ III. 1 (pp. 726 at least up to p. 736) Week 8 – TBC Week 10 – TBC |
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Thu 1 Feb, '24- |
Marx Reading Group - On the Jewish QuestionFAB2.25A new reading group will be running this term on Karl Marx. Our plan is to work through some of Marx's early writings in term 2 and, if this goes well, hopefully continue into term 3 reading parts of Capital and some of Marx's other later work. The planned reading for term 2 is below. If you're interested, please get in touch and we'll keep you updated on the specific excerpts of these works we're going to look at.
Marx Reading Group Time: 3-4.45 p.m. Every second Thursday, beginning week 2 Location: FAB 2.25 Content: Week 2: A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right - we'll read the introduction, available here Week 4: On the Jewish Question Week 6: Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts Week 8: Theses on Feuerbach, The German Ideology Week 10: The Communist Manifesto
This reading group is organised by Gráinne, Chris, Sara, Max, Emily and Luke. Please get in touch with Gráinne to register your interest and keep updated.
Everyone is welcome to participate! Feel free to share this information with anyone you think might be interested.
Thank you so much! I hope to see many of you there : )
Kind regards, Gráinne |
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Fri 2 Feb, '24- |
Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of LogicFAB2.33Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of Logic Time: 4-6 p.m. Every Friday from Week 1 Spring Term Location: FAB 2.33 (for the first and the fourth meetings on 12/01 and 02/02) and FAB 1.07 (for the other meetings) Content: Book 2: The Doctrine of Essence (Die Lehre vom Wesen) Section 1: Essence as Reflection Within (Das Wesen als Reflexion in ihm selbst) Chapter 1. Shine (Der Schein) Chapter 2. The essentialities or the determinations of reflection (Die Wesenheiten oder die Reflexionsbestimmungen) Chapter 3. Ground (Der Grund) Format: We aim to read through and discuss the three chapters carefully and slowly together during the session, seeing how far we can go each time. Therefore, no specific text is assigned for each meeting, but you are encouraged to familiarise yourself with the text in advance.
This reading group is organised by Ying (ying.xue@warwick.ac.uk), Bruna (bruna.picas-i-prats.1@warwick.ac.uk) and Marco (Marco.Rienzi@warwick.ac.uk). Please get in touch with Ying to register your interest and keep updated.
Everyone is welcome to participate! Feel free to share this information with anyone you think might be interested.
Thank you so much!
All the best, Ying |
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Mon 5 Feb, '24- |
Heidegger Reading GroupFAB1.05Heidegger Reading Group We are happy to announce that the Heidegger Reading Group will continue in term 2! This time, we will read a couple of Heidegger’s essays, starting with “What is Metaphysics?” today. We will decide on the other readings successively, but they will for example include ‘On the Essence of Ground’ and the ‘Letter on Humanism’. Everybody is invited to join. Additionally, we will stream the reading group via Microsoft Teams so that Haley Burke can join from Texas; if you cannot attend in person and would like to participate online as well, please get in touch with Frido.
Time: every Monday during term, 5-6.30 p.m. (08. January – 11. March 2024) Location: FAB1.05 Contact: fridolin.neumann@warwick.ac.uk
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Tue 6 Feb, '24- |
Spring Term Reading Group: The Limits of BlameS0.19 |
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Fri 9 Feb, '24- |
Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of LogicFAB1.07Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of Logic Time: 4-6 p.m. Every Friday from Week 1 Spring Term Location: FAB 2.33 (for the first and the fourth meetings on 12/01 and 02/02) and FAB 1.07 (for the other meetings) Content: Book 2: The Doctrine of Essence (Die Lehre vom Wesen) Section 1: Essence as Reflection Within (Das Wesen als Reflexion in ihm selbst) Chapter 1. Shine (Der Schein) Chapter 2. The essentialities or the determinations of reflection (Die Wesenheiten oder die Reflexionsbestimmungen) Chapter 3. Ground (Der Grund) Format: We aim to read through and discuss the three chapters carefully and slowly together during the session, seeing how far we can go each time. Therefore, no specific text is assigned for each meeting, but you are encouraged to familiarise yourself with the text in advance.
This reading group is organised by Ying (ying.xue@warwick.ac.uk), Bruna (bruna.picas-i-prats.1@warwick.ac.uk) and Marco (Marco.Rienzi@warwick.ac.uk). Please get in touch with Ying to register your interest and keep updated.
Everyone is welcome to participate! Feel free to share this information with anyone you think might be interested.
Thank you so much!
All the best, Ying |
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Mon 12 Feb, '24- |
Heidegger Reading GroupFAB1.05Heidegger Reading Group We are happy to announce that the Heidegger Reading Group will continue in term 2! This time, we will read a couple of Heidegger’s essays, starting with “What is Metaphysics?” today. We will decide on the other readings successively, but they will for example include ‘On the Essence of Ground’ and the ‘Letter on Humanism’. Everybody is invited to join. Additionally, we will stream the reading group via Microsoft Teams so that Haley Burke can join from Texas; if you cannot attend in person and would like to participate online as well, please get in touch with Frido.
Time: every Monday during term, 5-6.30 p.m. (08. January – 11. March 2024) Location: FAB1.05 Contact: fridolin.neumann@warwick.ac.uk
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Tue 13 Feb, '24- |
Spring Term Reading Group: The Limits of BlameTBC |
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Tue 13 Feb, '24- |
WMA reading group: Montaigne on MEEP (Mind, Epistemology, Ethics & Political Philosophy)S1.50Dear All, We're delighted to announce the WMA Reading Group schedule for this term - Eve Poirier will be leading the sessions. The details are below: Please note: in the run-up to this year's MindGrad conference, we will also be using this reading group to have some pre-reading sessions on the work of the keynote speakers. These will be valuable sessions for PG students to attend to familiarise themselves with the keynote speakers' work ahead of the conference. More details on this will be announced in due course. WMA reading group: Montaigne on MEEP (Mind, Epistemology, Ethics & Political Philosophy) Where/When: Cowling Room (S2.77), Tuesdays 16:00-17:00 in even weeks, starting in week 2. A message from Eve: This term in the WMA reading group we will look at some Montaignian takes on topics in Mind, Epistemology, Ethics and Politics. Suitable for Montaigne beginners and experts, everyone is welcome. I will be reading from Donald Frame’s translation, of which there are hard copies available in the library. Get in touch with me (eve.poirier@warwick.ac.uk) if you need help finding the readings or want a digital copy. We will meet in the Cowling Room (S2.77) at 16:00 on Tuesday in even weeks, starting on the 16th. I promise it will be relatively light-hearted and fun, so please don’t be afraid to come along and discover the joys of Montaigne 😊 Schedule: Week 2 – Intro to Montaigne: Judgement, Personality, Humankind (and Chess!) ‘To the Reader’ (p. 2 in the Frame translation) ‘Of Democritus and Heraclitus’ I. 50. (pp. 266-268) Week 4 – Knowing Facts, Learning Virtues ‘Of Pedantry’ I. 25. (pp. 118-129) Week 6 – Justice and Dirty Hands ‘Of the Useful and the Honourable’ III. 1 (pp. 726 at least up to p. 736) Week 8 – TBC Week 10 – TBC |
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Thu 15 Feb, '24- |
Marx Reading Group - Economic and Philosophical ManuscriptsFAB2.25A new reading group will be running this term on Karl Marx. Our plan is to work through some of Marx's early writings in term 2 and, if this goes well, hopefully continue into term 3 reading parts of Capital and some of Marx's other later work. The planned reading for term 2 is below. If you're interested, please get in touch and we'll keep you updated on the specific excerpts of these works we're going to look at.
Marx Reading Group Time: 3-4.45 p.m. Every second Thursday, beginning week 2 Location: FAB 2.25 Content: Week 2: A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right - we'll read the introduction, available here Week 4: On the Jewish Question Week 6: Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts Week 8: Theses on Feuerbach, The German Ideology Week 10: The Communist Manifesto
This reading group is organised by Gráinne, Chris, Sara, Max, Emily and Luke. Please get in touch with Gráinne to register your interest and keep updated.
Everyone is welcome to participate! Feel free to share this information with anyone you think might be interested.
Thank you so much! I hope to see many of you there : )
Kind regards, Gráinne |
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Fri 16 Feb, '24- |
Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of LogicFAB1.07Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of Logic Time: 4-6 p.m. Every Friday from Week 1 Spring Term Location: FAB 2.33 (for the first and the fourth meetings on 12/01 and 02/02) and FAB 1.07 (for the other meetings) Content: Book 2: The Doctrine of Essence (Die Lehre vom Wesen) Section 1: Essence as Reflection Within (Das Wesen als Reflexion in ihm selbst) Chapter 1. Shine (Der Schein) Chapter 2. The essentialities or the determinations of reflection (Die Wesenheiten oder die Reflexionsbestimmungen) Chapter 3. Ground (Der Grund) Format: We aim to read through and discuss the three chapters carefully and slowly together during the session, seeing how far we can go each time. Therefore, no specific text is assigned for each meeting, but you are encouraged to familiarise yourself with the text in advance.
This reading group is organised by Ying (ying.xue@warwick.ac.uk), Bruna (bruna.picas-i-prats.1@warwick.ac.uk) and Marco (Marco.Rienzi@warwick.ac.uk). Please get in touch with Ying to register your interest and keep updated.
Everyone is welcome to participate! Feel free to share this information with anyone you think might be interested.
Thank you so much!
All the best, Ying |
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Mon 19 Feb, '24- |
Heidegger Reading GroupFAB1.05Heidegger Reading Group We are happy to announce that the Heidegger Reading Group will continue in term 2! This time, we will read a couple of Heidegger’s essays, starting with “What is Metaphysics?” today. We will decide on the other readings successively, but they will for example include ‘On the Essence of Ground’ and the ‘Letter on Humanism’. Everybody is invited to join. Additionally, we will stream the reading group via Microsoft Teams so that Haley Burke can join from Texas; if you cannot attend in person and would like to participate online as well, please get in touch with Frido.
Time: every Monday during term, 5-6.30 p.m. (08. January – 11. March 2024) Location: FAB1.05 Contact: fridolin.neumann@warwick.ac.uk
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Tue 20 Feb, '24- |
Spring Term Reading Group: The Limits of BlameTBC |
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Fri 23 Feb, '24- |
Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of LogicFAB1.07Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of Logic Time: 4-6 p.m. Every Friday from Week 1 Spring Term Location: FAB 2.33 (for the first and the fourth meetings on 12/01 and 02/02) and FAB 1.07 (for the other meetings) Content: Book 2: The Doctrine of Essence (Die Lehre vom Wesen) Section 1: Essence as Reflection Within (Das Wesen als Reflexion in ihm selbst) Chapter 1. Shine (Der Schein) Chapter 2. The essentialities or the determinations of reflection (Die Wesenheiten oder die Reflexionsbestimmungen) Chapter 3. Ground (Der Grund) Format: We aim to read through and discuss the three chapters carefully and slowly together during the session, seeing how far we can go each time. Therefore, no specific text is assigned for each meeting, but you are encouraged to familiarise yourself with the text in advance.
This reading group is organised by Ying (ying.xue@warwick.ac.uk), Bruna (bruna.picas-i-prats.1@warwick.ac.uk) and Marco (Marco.Rienzi@warwick.ac.uk). Please get in touch with Ying to register your interest and keep updated.
Everyone is welcome to participate! Feel free to share this information with anyone you think might be interested.
Thank you so much!
All the best, Ying |
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Mon 26 Feb, '24- |
Heidegger Reading GroupFAB1.05Heidegger Reading Group We are happy to announce that the Heidegger Reading Group will continue in term 2! This time, we will read a couple of Heidegger’s essays, starting with “What is Metaphysics?” today. We will decide on the other readings successively, but they will for example include ‘On the Essence of Ground’ and the ‘Letter on Humanism’. Everybody is invited to join. Additionally, we will stream the reading group via Microsoft Teams so that Haley Burke can join from Texas; if you cannot attend in person and would like to participate online as well, please get in touch with Frido.
Time: every Monday during term, 5-6.30 p.m. (08. January – 11. March 2024) Location: FAB1.05 Contact: fridolin.neumann@warwick.ac.uk
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Tue 27 Feb, '24- |
Spring Term Reading Group: The Limits of BlameTBC |
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Tue 27 Feb, '24- |
WMA reading group: Montaigne on MEEP (Mind, Epistemology, Ethics & Political Philosophy)S1.50Dear All, We're delighted to announce the WMA Reading Group schedule for this term - Eve Poirier will be leading the sessions. The details are below: Please note: in the run-up to this year's MindGrad conference, we will also be using this reading group to have some pre-reading sessions on the work of the keynote speakers. These will be valuable sessions for PG students to attend to familiarise themselves with the keynote speakers' work ahead of the conference. More details on this will be announced in due course. WMA reading group: Montaigne on MEEP (Mind, Epistemology, Ethics & Political Philosophy) Where/When: Cowling Room (S2.77), Tuesdays 16:00-17:00 in even weeks, starting in week 2. A message from Eve: This term in the WMA reading group we will look at some Montaignian takes on topics in Mind, Epistemology, Ethics and Politics. Suitable for Montaigne beginners and experts, everyone is welcome. I will be reading from Donald Frame’s translation, of which there are hard copies available in the library. Get in touch with me (eve.poirier@warwick.ac.uk) if you need help finding the readings or want a digital copy. We will meet in the Cowling Room (S2.77) at 16:00 on Tuesday in even weeks, starting on the 16th. I promise it will be relatively light-hearted and fun, so please don’t be afraid to come along and discover the joys of Montaigne 😊 Schedule: Week 2 – Intro to Montaigne: Judgement, Personality, Humankind (and Chess!) ‘To the Reader’ (p. 2 in the Frame translation) ‘Of Democritus and Heraclitus’ I. 50. (pp. 266-268) Week 4 – Knowing Facts, Learning Virtues ‘Of Pedantry’ I. 25. (pp. 118-129) Week 6 – Justice and Dirty Hands ‘Of the Useful and the Honourable’ III. 1 (pp. 726 at least up to p. 736) Week 8 – TBC Week 10 – TBC |
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Thu 29 Feb, '24- |
Marx Reading Group - Theses on Feuerbach, The German IdeologyFAB2.25A new reading group will be running this term on Karl Marx. Our plan is to work through some of Marx's early writings in term 2 and, if this goes well, hopefully continue into term 3 reading parts of Capital and some of Marx's other later work. The planned reading for term 2 is below. If you're interested, please get in touch and we'll keep you updated on the specific excerpts of these works we're going to look at.
Marx Reading Group Time: 3-4.45 p.m. Every second Thursday, beginning week 2 Location: FAB 2.25 Content: Week 2: A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right - we'll read the introduction, available here Week 4: On the Jewish Question Week 6: Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts Week 8: Theses on Feuerbach, The German Ideology Week 10: The Communist Manifesto
This reading group is organised by Gráinne, Chris, Sara, Max, Emily and Luke. Please get in touch with Gráinne to register your interest and keep updated.
Everyone is welcome to participate! Feel free to share this information with anyone you think might be interested.
Thank you so much! I hope to see many of you there : )
Kind regards, Gráinne |
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Fri 1 Mar, '24- |
Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of LogicFAB1.07Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of Logic Time: 4-6 p.m. Every Friday from Week 1 Spring Term Location: FAB 2.33 (for the first and the fourth meetings on 12/01 and 02/02) and FAB 1.07 (for the other meetings) Content: Book 2: The Doctrine of Essence (Die Lehre vom Wesen) Section 1: Essence as Reflection Within (Das Wesen als Reflexion in ihm selbst) Chapter 1. Shine (Der Schein) Chapter 2. The essentialities or the determinations of reflection (Die Wesenheiten oder die Reflexionsbestimmungen) Chapter 3. Ground (Der Grund) Format: We aim to read through and discuss the three chapters carefully and slowly together during the session, seeing how far we can go each time. Therefore, no specific text is assigned for each meeting, but you are encouraged to familiarise yourself with the text in advance.
This reading group is organised by Ying (ying.xue@warwick.ac.uk), Bruna (bruna.picas-i-prats.1@warwick.ac.uk) and Marco (Marco.Rienzi@warwick.ac.uk). Please get in touch with Ying to register your interest and keep updated.
Everyone is welcome to participate! Feel free to share this information with anyone you think might be interested.
Thank you so much!
All the best, Ying |
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Mon 4 Mar, '24- |
Heidegger Reading GroupFAB1.05Heidegger Reading Group We are happy to announce that the Heidegger Reading Group will continue in term 2! This time, we will read a couple of Heidegger’s essays, starting with “What is Metaphysics?” today. We will decide on the other readings successively, but they will for example include ‘On the Essence of Ground’ and the ‘Letter on Humanism’. Everybody is invited to join. Additionally, we will stream the reading group via Microsoft Teams so that Haley Burke can join from Texas; if you cannot attend in person and would like to participate online as well, please get in touch with Frido.
Time: every Monday during term, 5-6.30 p.m. (08. January – 11. March 2024) Location: FAB1.05 Contact: fridolin.neumann@warwick.ac.uk
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Tue 5 Mar, '24- |
Spring Term Reading Group: The Limits of BlameTBC |
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Fri 8 Mar, '24- |
Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of LogicFAB1.07Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of Logic Time: 4-6 p.m. Every Friday from Week 1 Spring Term Location: FAB 2.33 (for the first and the fourth meetings on 12/01 and 02/02) and FAB 1.07 (for the other meetings) Content: Book 2: The Doctrine of Essence (Die Lehre vom Wesen) Section 1: Essence as Reflection Within (Das Wesen als Reflexion in ihm selbst) Chapter 1. Shine (Der Schein) Chapter 2. The essentialities or the determinations of reflection (Die Wesenheiten oder die Reflexionsbestimmungen) Chapter 3. Ground (Der Grund) Format: We aim to read through and discuss the three chapters carefully and slowly together during the session, seeing how far we can go each time. Therefore, no specific text is assigned for each meeting, but you are encouraged to familiarise yourself with the text in advance.
This reading group is organised by Ying (ying.xue@warwick.ac.uk), Bruna (bruna.picas-i-prats.1@warwick.ac.uk) and Marco (Marco.Rienzi@warwick.ac.uk). Please get in touch with Ying to register your interest and keep updated.
Everyone is welcome to participate! Feel free to share this information with anyone you think might be interested.
Thank you so much!
All the best, Ying |
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Mon 11 Mar, '24- |
Heidegger Reading GroupFAB1.05Heidegger Reading Group We are happy to announce that the Heidegger Reading Group will continue in term 2! This time, we will read a couple of Heidegger’s essays, starting with “What is Metaphysics?” today. We will decide on the other readings successively, but they will for example include ‘On the Essence of Ground’ and the ‘Letter on Humanism’. Everybody is invited to join. Additionally, we will stream the reading group via Microsoft Teams so that Haley Burke can join from Texas; if you cannot attend in person and would like to participate online as well, please get in touch with Frido.
Time: every Monday during term, 5-6.30 p.m. (08. January – 11. March 2024) Location: FAB1.05 Contact: fridolin.neumann@warwick.ac.uk
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Tue 12 Mar, '24- |
Spring Term Reading Group: The Limits of BlameTBC |
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Tue 12 Mar, '24- |
WMA reading group: Montaigne on MEEP (Mind, Epistemology, Ethics & Political Philosophy)S1.50Dear All, We're delighted to announce the WMA Reading Group schedule for this term - Eve Poirier will be leading the sessions. The details are below: Please note: in the run-up to this year's MindGrad conference, we will also be using this reading group to have some pre-reading sessions on the work of the keynote speakers. These will be valuable sessions for PG students to attend to familiarise themselves with the keynote speakers' work ahead of the conference. More details on this will be announced in due course. WMA reading group: Montaigne on MEEP (Mind, Epistemology, Ethics & Political Philosophy) Where/When: Cowling Room (S2.77), Tuesdays 16:00-17:00 in even weeks, starting in week 2. A message from Eve: This term in the WMA reading group we will look at some Montaignian takes on topics in Mind, Epistemology, Ethics and Politics. Suitable for Montaigne beginners and experts, everyone is welcome. I will be reading from Donald Frame’s translation, of which there are hard copies available in the library. Get in touch with me (eve.poirier@warwick.ac.uk) if you need help finding the readings or want a digital copy. We will meet in the Cowling Room (S2.77) at 16:00 on Tuesday in even weeks, starting on the 16th. I promise it will be relatively light-hearted and fun, so please don’t be afraid to come along and discover the joys of Montaigne 😊 Schedule: Week 2 – Intro to Montaigne: Judgement, Personality, Humankind (and Chess!) ‘To the Reader’ (p. 2 in the Frame translation) ‘Of Democritus and Heraclitus’ I. 50. (pp. 266-268) Week 4 – Knowing Facts, Learning Virtues ‘Of Pedantry’ I. 25. (pp. 118-129) Week 6 – Justice and Dirty Hands ‘Of the Useful and the Honourable’ III. 1 (pp. 726 at least up to p. 736) Week 8 – TBC Week 10 – TBC |
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Thu 14 Mar, '24- |
Marx Reading Group - The Communist ManifestoFAB2.25A new reading group will be running this term on Karl Marx. Our plan is to work through some of Marx's early writings in term 2 and, if this goes well, hopefully continue into term 3 reading parts of Capital and some of Marx's other later work. The planned reading for term 2 is below. If you're interested, please get in touch and we'll keep you updated on the specific excerpts of these works we're going to look at. Marx Reading Group Time: 3-4.45 p.m. Every second Thursday, beginning week 2 Location: FAB 2.25 Content: Week 2: A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right - we'll read the introduction, available here Week 4: On the Jewish Question Week 6: Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts Week 8: Theses on Feuerbach, The German Ideology Week 10: The Communist Manifesto This reading group is organised by Gráinne, Chris, Sara, Max, Emily and Luke. Please get in touch with Gráinne to register your interest and keep updated. Everyone is welcome to participate! Feel free to share this information with anyone you think might be interested. Thank you so much! I hope to see many of you there : ) Kind regards, Gráinne |
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Fri 15 Mar, '24- |
Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of LogicFAB1.07Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of Logic Time: 4-6 p.m. Every Friday from Week 1 Spring Term Location: FAB 2.33 (for the first and the fourth meetings on 12/01 and 02/02) and FAB 1.07 (for the other meetings) Content: Book 2: The Doctrine of Essence (Die Lehre vom Wesen) Section 1: Essence as Reflection Within (Das Wesen als Reflexion in ihm selbst) Chapter 1. Shine (Der Schein) Chapter 2. The essentialities or the determinations of reflection (Die Wesenheiten oder die Reflexionsbestimmungen) Chapter 3. Ground (Der Grund) Format: We aim to read through and discuss the three chapters carefully and slowly together during the session, seeing how far we can go each time. Therefore, no specific text is assigned for each meeting, but you are encouraged to familiarise yourself with the text in advance.
This reading group is organised by Ying (ying.xue@warwick.ac.uk), Bruna (bruna.picas-i-prats.1@warwick.ac.uk) and Marco (Marco.Rienzi@warwick.ac.uk). Please get in touch with Ying to register your interest and keep updated.
Everyone is welcome to participate! Feel free to share this information with anyone you think might be interested.
Thank you so much!
All the best, Ying |
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Tue 23 Apr, '24- |
Marx Reading Group: Capital Vol 1S0.28 |
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Mon 29 Apr, '24- |
WMA Reading Group: Origins of Naturalised IntentionalityS2.84We are pleased to welcome you to the WMA reading group, Origins of Naturalised Intentionality. In this reading group, we will go through five highly influential authors who seek to provide the grounds for a scientific account of mental content (the stuff we think about). The reading is chosen to provide an accessible introduction to the naturalistic approach to mental content. We hope to have a relatively relaxed discussion of the (sometimes controversial) ideas on offer! We will meet in S2.84 on Mondays of even weeks (starting 29/04/24) at 14:00-15:30. The sessions will be led by Johan Heemskerk. Feel free to reach out to Oscar North-Concar or Johan Heemskerk for any further information. The group is open to absolutely everyone, so do come along if you are interested!
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Mon 29 Apr, '24- |
Heidegger Reading GroupOnline onlyHeidegger turns Gadamer in this term: You are warmly invited to join the Heidegger Reading Group where we in this term read Hans-Georg Gadamer’s “Truth and Method” (1960). Every Monday, 7.15-8.45 pm, online only. For meeting details and the reading schedule, email fridolin.neumann@warwick.ac.uk. Guided by Haley’s expertise, we will work through the entire book in this term. Gadamer is one of Heidegger's most influential students, not just in philosophy but in the humanities more generally (social thought, medical humanities, law, aesthetics, etc.). By way of outline, Gadamer's text is concerned with defending humanistic truth, and he achieves this by looking at three places this truth shows up in human life: aesthetics, history, and conversation. “Truth and Method” is, then, relevant to those of us concerned with epistemology, aesthetics, history as a philosophical topic (beginning with Kant and Hegel), philosophy of language, and ontology. |
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