Event Detail

“Between Philosophy and History: A Symposium in Honor of Hans Sluga.” Howison Library, Philosophy Hall, University of California, Berkeley.

Friday, April 25.

8:30. Welcome, opening remarks: Andrew Norris, Alva Noë.

8:45-9:45. Dorothea Frede, University of Hamburg. Veritas temporis filia: reflections on philosophy and its relation to its history.

9:45-10:45. Naomi Scheman, University of Minnesota. Taking History Seriously: Philosophy and Challenges to Euromodernity.

10:45-11:15. Coffee break.

11:15-12:15. Peter E. Gordon, Harvard University. Carl Schmitt’s Concept of Secularization.

12:15-1:45 Lunch (on your own).

1:45-2:45 James Conant, University of Chicago. Two Conceptions of ‘The Linguistic Turn.’

2:45-3:45. David Stern, University of Iowa. Aspects of interpretation and interpretation of aspects.

4:00-6:00. Reception, Women’s Faculty Club.

Saturday, April 26.

9:00-10:00. Anthony A Long, UC Berkeley. What happens to the common good in Hellenistic philosophy?

10:00-11:00. Michael Nylan, UC Berkeley. The Politics of the Common Good, in Early China.

11:00-11:30. Coffee break.

11:30-12:30. Shterna Friedman, Harvard University. On Pneumatic Interpretation.

12:30-2:00 Lunch (on your own).

2:00-3:00 Juliet Floyd, Boston University. Sluga on the Self.

3:00-4:00. Martin Jay, UC Berkeley. Sluga’s Wittgenstein and the Dangers of Theological Fellow-Travelling.

4:00. Closing remarks: Hans Sluga.