Month: May 2016

Mark Neocleous, The Universal Adversary: Security, Capital and the ‘Enemies of All Mankind’ – a few thoughts | Progressive Geographies

As I’ve previously mentioned, Mark Neocleous, The Universal Adversary: Security, Capital and the ‘Enemies of All Mankind’ is now out with Routledge. Here’s the backcover des…

Source: Mark Neocleous, The Universal Adversary: Security, Capital and the ‘Enemies of All Mankind’ – a few thoughts | Progressive Geographies

Robin James on Beyoncé’s Lemonade

I did a viewing of Lemonade with some grad students who suggested it, with some discussions afterward about its themes, its reception, and other ways we philosophers kill art (okay, I do: others offered far better insights). In any case, Robin James looks at two recent pieces by critics on Lemonade that also offers useful links to other interesting pieces on its reception. How not to listen to Lemonade: music criticism and epistemic violence | Sounding Out!

Kant and Education Conference at MUN this week

 

Schedule below. I’ll be giving a response to two papers historicizing Kant’s categories and on his geography, before heading off to Poland for a couple of talks:

Conference Programme-19-20 May, 2016

AA320 Arts and Administration

 

Thurs May 19th -Morning Session

 

0830-0900 Registration

 

0900-0930 Opening Remarks

 

0930-1145 Keynote Address: Walter Okshevsky, Memorial University of Newfoundland

“Diamonds in the Rough: The Educational Import of Kant’s Transcendental Moral Theory””
0930-1145 Respondent: Chris Martin, University of British Columbia
0930-1145 Discussion

 

Thurs May 19th -Afternoon Session

 

1300-1500 Graduate Student Workshops
1300-1500 Paper One: Shannon O’Rourke, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Education and Anthropology: A pragmatic approach
1300-1500 Paper Two: Vahid J, Memorial University of Newfoundland

The Logic of Kant’s Positive Education
1300-1500 Respondent: Jay Foster, Memorial University of Newfoundland
1300-1500 Discussion

 

1500-1515 Afternoon Break and Refreshments

 

1515-1715 Graduate Student Workshops
1515-1715 Paper One: Sarah Messer, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Kant, Education, and the Physical Geography
1515-1715 Paper Two: David Tracey, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Education, Memory, Unification: just how necessary is the a priori?
1515-1715 Respondent: Peter Gratton, Memorial University of Newfoundland
1515-1715 Discussion

 

1800- Supper

 

Kant and Education

 

Conference Programme-19-20 May, 2016

AA320 Arts and Administration

 

Fri May 20th -Morning Session

 

0930-1145 Keynote Address: Prof. Robert Louden, Southern Maine University

“Becoming Human: Kant’s Philosophy of Education and Human Nature”
0930-1145 Respondent: Joel Madore, Memorial University of Newfoundland
0930-1145 Discussion

 

1145-1300 Lunch

 

Fri May 20th-Afternoon Sessions

 

1300-1500 Paper Presentation: James Scott Johnston, Memorial University of Newfoundland:

“Kant and Prejudice, or the Mechanical Use of Reason”
1300-1500 Respondent: Suma Rajiva, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Respondent: Paul Abela, Acadia University
1300-1500 Discussion

 

1500-1530 Afternoon Break and Refreshments

 

1530-1730 Paper Presentation: Margo Kondratieva, Memorial University of Newfoundland:

“The Kantian Notion of Schema and Mathematics Education.”
1530-1730 Respondent: Jay Foster, Memorial University of Newfoundland
1530-1730 Discussion

 

1800- Supper at Joel Madore’s