CFA: Jonathan Swift and Philosophy

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The editor soliciting abstracts for a book on Jonathan Swift and Philosophy (Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield). Although Jonathan Swift is one of the most well-known authors of the English language, this prolific and original writer is still little understood, and … Read More

Rethinking Disability on Screen

Thursday 14 May, 2015, Humanities Research Centre, University of York Website: rethinkingdisabilityonscreen.com Twitter: @rdos2015 * Deadline for abstracts: 16th January 2015 * Keynote speakers: Stuart Murray, Professor of Contemporary Literatures and Film and Director of the Leeds Centre for Medical … Read More

Pictures and Proofs

Columbia, South Carolina, March 19-21 2015 Three Rivers Philosophy Conference at the University of South Carolina in cooperation with the BiCoDa Alliance (Bielefeld, Columbia, Darmstadt) – What are the roles of pictures and diagrams in mathematical proofs, in formal reasoning, … Read More

The Power of Beauty

October 24-25, 2014, Franciscan University Keynote Address: “Beauty and Desecration” Roger Scruton “Beauty will save the world,” writes Dostoevsky, yet beauty is often seen as a weak and expendable arrow in the metaphysical quiver that includes the more robust good … Read More

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