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Next Week: Foucault on Self-Control

5 Dec

According to the American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, all philosophy is but “footnotes to Plato.” This Summer and Fall, the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will pour through these footnotes, examining the reception of Plato within Continental Philosophy.

Up Next: 12/09 – Foucault, Michel. The Use of Pleasure: The History of Sexuality Volume 2, “Enkrateia” and “Freedom of Truth”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring a copy (digital or paper) copy of the reading with you to the meeting.

Location: Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

SCHEDULE:

  • 08/12 – Plato. Phaedo.
  • 08/19 – Adorno, Theodor. Metaphysics: Concepts and Problems, “Lecture 4.”
  • 08/26 – Plato. Phaedrus.
  • 09/02 – Derrida, Jacques. Plato’s Pharmacy, “Pharmacia” and “The Father of Logos.”
  • 09/09 – Plato. Republic, Book VI.
  • 09/16 – Levinas, Emmanuel. Totality and Infinity, “Metaphysics and Transcendence” and “Separation and Discourse.”
  • 09/23 – Plato. Republic, Book VII.
  • 09/30 – Heidegger, Martin. “Plato’s Doctrine of Truth”
  • 10/07 – Irigaray, Luce. “Plato’s Hystera”
  • 10/14 – Plato. Symposium.
  • 10/21 – Cavarero, Adriana. In Spite of Plato, “Diotima”
  • 10/28 – Plato. Parmenides.
  • 11/04 – Badiou, Alain. Being and Event, Meditations 1-3. 
  • 11/11 – Plato. The Sophist.
  • 11/18 – Gadamer, Hans Georg. Truth and Method, “Analysis of historically effected consciousness.”
  • 11/25 – No Meeting
  • 12/02 – Plato. Laws, Book I.
  • 12/09 – Foucault, Michel. The Use of Pleasure: The History of Sexuality Volume 2, “Enkrateia” and “Freedom of Truth”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Tonight: Plato’s Laws

2 Dec

According to the American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, all philosophy is but “footnotes to Plato.” This Summer and Fall, the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will pour through these footnotes, examining the reception of Plato within Continental Philosophy.

Up Next: 12/02 – Plato. Laws, Book I.

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring a copy (digital or paper) copy of the reading with you to the meeting.

Location: Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

SCHEDULE:

  • 08/12 – Plato. Phaedo.
  • 08/19 – Adorno, Theodor. Metaphysics: Concepts and Problems, “Lecture 4.”
  • 08/26 – Plato. Phaedrus.
  • 09/02 – Derrida, Jacques. Plato’s Pharmacy, “Pharmacia” and “The Father of Logos.”
  • 09/09 – Plato. Republic, Book VI.
  • 09/16 – Levinas, Emmanuel. Totality and Infinity, “Metaphysics and Transcendence” and “Separation and Discourse.”
  • 09/23 – Plato. Republic, Book VII.
  • 09/30 – Heidegger, Martin. “Plato’s Doctrine of Truth”
  • 10/07 – Irigaray, Luce. “Plato’s Hystera”
  • 10/14 – Plato. Symposium.
  • 10/21 – Cavarero, Adriana. In Spite of Plato, “Diotima”
  • 10/28 – Plato. Parmenides.
  • 11/04 – Badiou, Alain. Being and Event, Meditations 1-3. 
  • 11/11 – Plato. The Sophist.
  • 11/18 – Gadamer, Hans Georg. Truth and Method, “Analysis of historically effected consciousness.”
  • 11/25 – No Meeting
  • 12/02 – Plato. Laws, Book I.
  • 12/09 – Foucault, Michel. The Use of Pleasure: The History of Sexuality Volume 2, “Enkrateia” and “Freedom of Truth”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Next Week: Plato on Politics

28 Nov

According to the American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, all philosophy is but “footnotes to Plato.” This Summer and Fall, the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will pour through these footnotes, examining the reception of Plato within Continental Philosophy.

Up Next: 12/02 – Plato. Laws, Book I.

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring a copy (digital or paper) copy of the reading with you to the meeting.

Location: Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

SCHEDULE:

  • 08/12 – Plato. Phaedo.
  • 08/19 – Adorno, Theodor. Metaphysics: Concepts and Problems, “Lecture 4.”
  • 08/26 – Plato. Phaedrus.
  • 09/02 – Derrida, Jacques. Plato’s Pharmacy, “Pharmacia” and “The Father of Logos.”
  • 09/09 – Plato. Republic, Book VI.
  • 09/16 – Levinas, Emmanuel. Totality and Infinity, “Metaphysics and Transcendence” and “Separation and Discourse.”
  • 09/23 – Plato. Republic, Book VII.
  • 09/30 – Heidegger, Martin. “Plato’s Doctrine of Truth”
  • 10/07 – Irigaray, Luce. “Plato’s Hystera”
  • 10/14 – Plato. Symposium.
  • 10/21 – Cavarero, Adriana. In Spite of Plato, “Diotima”
  • 10/28 – Plato. Parmenides.
  • 11/04 – Badiou, Alain. Being and Event, Meditations 1-3. 
  • 11/11 – Plato. The Sophist.
  • 11/18 – Gadamer, Hans Georg. Truth and Method, “Analysis of historically effected consciousness.”
  • 11/25 – No Meeting
  • 12/02 – Plato. Laws, Book I.
  • 12/09 – Foucault, Michel. The Use of Pleasure: The History of Sexuality Volume 2, “Enkrateia” and “Freedom of Truth”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Tonight: Gadamer on History

18 Nov

According to the American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, all philosophy is but “footnotes to Plato.” This Summer and Fall, the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will pour through these footnotes, examining the reception of Plato within Continental Philosophy.

Up Next: 11/18 – Gadamer, Hans Georg. Truth and Method, “Analysis of historically effected consciousness.”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring a copy (digital or paper) copy of the reading with you to the meeting.

Location: Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

SCHEDULE:

  • 08/12 – Plato. Phaedo.
  • 08/19 – Adorno, Theodor. Metaphysics: Concepts and Problems, “Lecture 4.”
  • 08/26 – Plato. Phaedrus.
  • 09/02 – Derrida, Jacques. Plato’s Pharmacy, “Pharmacia” and “The Father of Logos.”
  • 09/09 – Plato. Republic, Book VI.
  • 09/16 – Levinas, Emmanuel. Totality and Infinity, “Metaphysics and Transcendence” and “Separation and Discourse.”
  • 09/23 – Plato. Republic, Book VII.
  • 09/30 – Heidegger, Martin. “Plato’s Doctrine of Truth”
  • 10/07 – Irigaray, Luce. “Plato’s Hystera”
  • 10/14 – Plato. Symposium.
  • 10/21 – Cavarero, Adriana. In Spite of Plato, “Diotima”
  • 10/28 – Plato. Parmenides.
  • 11/04 – Badiou, Alain. Being and Event, Meditations 1-3. 
  • 11/11 – Plato. The Sophist.
  • 11/18 – Gadamer, Hans Georg. Truth and Method, “Analysis of historically effected consciousness.”
  • 11/25 – No Meeting
  • 12/02 – Plato. Laws, Book I.
  • 12/09 – Foucault, Michel. The Use of Pleasure: The History of Sexuality Volume 2, “Enkrateia” and “Freedom of Truth”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Next Week: Gadamer on History

14 Nov

According to the American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, all philosophy is but “footnotes to Plato.” This Summer and Fall, the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will pour through these footnotes, examining the reception of Plato within Continental Philosophy.

Up Next: 11/18 – Gadamer, Hans Georg. Truth and Method, “Analysis of historically effected consciousness.”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring a copy (digital or paper) copy of the reading with you to the meeting.

Location: Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

SCHEDULE:

  • 08/12 – Plato. Phaedo.
  • 08/19 – Adorno, Theodor. Metaphysics: Concepts and Problems, “Lecture 4.”
  • 08/26 – Plato. Phaedrus.
  • 09/02 – Derrida, Jacques. Plato’s Pharmacy, “Pharmacia” and “The Father of Logos.”
  • 09/09 – Plato. Republic, Book VI.
  • 09/16 – Levinas, Emmanuel. Totality and Infinity, “Metaphysics and Transcendence” and “Separation and Discourse.”
  • 09/23 – Plato. Republic, Book VII.
  • 09/30 – Heidegger, Martin. “Plato’s Doctrine of Truth”
  • 10/07 – Irigaray, Luce. “Plato’s Hystera”
  • 10/14 – Plato. Symposium.
  • 10/21 – Cavarero, Adriana. In Spite of Plato, “Diotima”
  • 10/28 – Plato. Parmenides.
  • 11/04 – Badiou, Alain. Being and Event, Meditations 1-3. 
  • 11/11 – Plato. The Sophist.
  • 11/18 – Gadamer, Hans Georg. Truth and Method, “Analysis of historically effected consciousness.”
  • 11/25 – No Meeting
  • 12/02 – Plato. Laws, Book I.
  • 12/09 – Foucault, Michel. The Use of Pleasure: The History of Sexuality Volume 2, “Enkrateia” and “Freedom of Truth”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Tonight: Plato on Being and Nonbeing

11 Nov

According to the American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, all philosophy is but “footnotes to Plato.” This Summer and Fall, the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will pour through these footnotes, examining the reception of Plato within Continental Philosophy.

Up Next: 11/11 – Plato. The Sophist.

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring a copy (digital or paper) copy of the reading with you to the meeting.

Location: Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

SCHEDULE:

  • 08/12 – Plato. Phaedo.
  • 08/19 – Adorno, Theodor. Metaphysics: Concepts and Problems, “Lecture 4.”
  • 08/26 – Plato. Phaedrus.
  • 09/02 – Derrida, Jacques. Plato’s Pharmacy, “Pharmacia” and “The Father of Logos.”
  • 09/09 – Plato. Republic, Book VI.
  • 09/16 – Levinas, Emmanuel. Totality and Infinity, “Metaphysics and Transcendence” and “Separation and Discourse.”
  • 09/23 – Plato. Republic, Book VII.
  • 09/30 – Heidegger, Martin. “Plato’s Doctrine of Truth”
  • 10/07 – Irigaray, Luce. “Plato’s Hystera”
  • 10/14 – Plato. Symposium.
  • 10/21 – Cavarero, Adriana. In Spite of Plato, “Diotima”
  • 10/28 – Plato. Parmenides.
  • 11/04 – Badiou, Alain. Being and Event, Meditations 1-3. 
  • 11/11 – Plato. The Sophist.
  • 11/18 – Gadamer, Hans Georg. Truth and Method, “Analysis of historically effected consciousness.”
  • 11/25 – No Meeting
  • 12/02 – Plato. Laws, Book I.
  • 12/09 – Foucault, Michel. The Use of Pleasure: The History of Sexuality Volume 2, “Enkrateia” and “Freedom of Truth”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Next Week: Plato on Being and Nonbeing

7 Nov

According to the American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, all philosophy is but “footnotes to Plato.” This Summer and Fall, the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will pour through these footnotes, examining the reception of Plato within Continental Philosophy.

Up Next: 11/11 – Plato. The Sophist.

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring a copy (digital or paper) copy of the reading with you to the meeting.

Location: Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

SCHEDULE:

  • 08/12 – Plato. Phaedo.
  • 08/19 – Adorno, Theodor. Metaphysics: Concepts and Problems, “Lecture 4.”
  • 08/26 – Plato. Phaedrus.
  • 09/02 – Derrida, Jacques. Plato’s Pharmacy, “Pharmacia” and “The Father of Logos.”
  • 09/09 – Plato. Republic, Book VI.
  • 09/16 – Levinas, Emmanuel. Totality and Infinity, “Metaphysics and Transcendence” and “Separation and Discourse.”
  • 09/23 – Plato. Republic, Book VII.
  • 09/30 – Heidegger, Martin. “Plato’s Doctrine of Truth”
  • 10/07 – Irigaray, Luce. “Plato’s Hystera”
  • 10/14 – Plato. Symposium.
  • 10/21 – Cavarero, Adriana. In Spite of Plato, “Diotima”
  • 10/28 – Plato. Parmenides.
  • 11/04 – Badiou, Alain. Being and Event, Meditations 1-3. 
  • 11/11 – Plato. The Sophist.
  • 11/18 – Gadamer, Hans Georg. Truth and Method, “Analysis of historically effected consciousness.”
  • 11/25 – No Meeting
  • 12/02 – Plato. Laws, Book I.
  • 12/09 – Foucault, Michel. The Use of Pleasure: The History of Sexuality Volume 2, “Enkrateia” and “Freedom of Truth”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Tonight: Badiou on the One and the Many

4 Nov

According to the American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, all philosophy is but “footnotes to Plato.” This Summer and Fall, the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will pour through these footnotes, examining the reception of Plato within Continental Philosophy.

Up Next: 11/04 – Badiou, Alain. Being and Event, Meditations 1-3. 

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring a copy (digital or paper) copy of the reading with you to the meeting.

Location: Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

SCHEDULE:

  • 08/12 – Plato. Phaedo.
  • 08/19 – Adorno, Theodor. Metaphysics: Concepts and Problems, “Lecture 4.”
  • 08/26 – Plato. Phaedrus.
  • 09/02 – Derrida, Jacques. Plato’s Pharmacy, “Pharmacia” and “The Father of Logos.”
  • 09/09 – Plato. Republic, Book VI.
  • 09/16 – Levinas, Emmanuel. Totality and Infinity, “Metaphysics and Transcendence” and “Separation and Discourse.”
  • 09/23 – Plato. Republic, Book VII.
  • 09/30 – Heidegger, Martin. “Plato’s Doctrine of Truth”
  • 10/07 – Irigaray, Luce. “Plato’s Hystera”
  • 10/14 – Plato. Symposium.
  • 10/21 – Cavarero, Adriana. In Spite of Plato, “Diotima”
  • 10/28 – Plato. Parmenides.
  • 11/04 – Badiou, Alain. Being and Event, Meditations 1-3. 
  • 11/11 – Plato. The Sophist.
  • 11/18 – Gadamer, Hans Georg. Truth and Method, “Analysis of historically effected consciousness.”
  • 11/25 – No Meeting
  • 12/02 – Plato. Laws, Book I.
  • 12/09 – Foucault, Michel. The Use of Pleasure: The History of Sexuality Volume 2, “Enkrateia” and “Freedom of Truth”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Next Week: Badiou on

31 Oct

According to the American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, all philosophy is but “footnotes to Plato.” This Summer and Fall, the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will pour through these footnotes, examining the reception of Plato within Continental Philosophy.

Up Next: 11/04 – Badiou, Alain. Being and Event, Meditations 1-3. 

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring a copy (digital or paper) copy of the reading with you to the meeting.

Location: Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

SCHEDULE:

  • 08/12 – Plato. Phaedo.
  • 08/19 – Adorno, Theodor. Metaphysics: Concepts and Problems, “Lecture 4.”
  • 08/26 – Plato. Phaedrus.
  • 09/02 – Derrida, Jacques. Plato’s Pharmacy, “Pharmacia” and “The Father of Logos.”
  • 09/09 – Plato. Republic, Book VI.
  • 09/16 – Levinas, Emmanuel. Totality and Infinity, “Metaphysics and Transcendence” and “Separation and Discourse.”
  • 09/23 – Plato. Republic, Book VII.
  • 09/30 – Heidegger, Martin. “Plato’s Doctrine of Truth”
  • 10/07 – Irigaray, Luce. “Plato’s Hystera”
  • 10/14 – Plato. Symposium.
  • 10/21 – Cavarero, Adriana. In Spite of Plato, “Diotima”
  • 10/28 – Plato. Parmenides.
  • 11/04 – Badiou, Alain. Being and Event, Meditations 1-3. 
  • 11/11 – Plato. The Sophist.
  • 11/18 – Gadamer, Hans Georg. Truth and Method, “Analysis of historically effected consciousness.”
  • 11/25 – No Meeting
  • 12/02 – Plato. Laws, Book I.
  • 12/09 – Foucault, Michel. The Use of Pleasure: The History of Sexuality Volume 2, “Enkrateia” and “Freedom of Truth”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Tonight: Plato’s Parmenides

28 Oct

According to the American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, all philosophy is but “footnotes to Plato.” This Summer and Fall, the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will pour through these footnotes, examining the reception of Plato within Continental Philosophy.

Up Next: 10/28 – Plato. Parmenides.

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring a copy (digital or paper) copy of the reading with you to the meeting.

Location: Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

SCHEDULE:

  • 08/12 – Plato. Phaedo.
  • 08/19 – Adorno, Theodor. Metaphysics: Concepts and Problems, “Lecture 4.”
  • 08/26 – Plato. Phaedrus.
  • 09/02 – Derrida, Jacques. Plato’s Pharmacy, “Pharmacia” and “The Father of Logos.”
  • 09/09 – Plato. Republic, Book VI.
  • 09/16 – Levinas, Emmanuel. Totality and Infinity, “Metaphysics and Transcendence” and “Separation and Discourse.”
  • 09/23 – Plato. Republic, Book VII.
  • 09/30 – Heidegger, Martin. “Plato’s Doctrine of Truth”
  • 10/07 – Irigaray, Luce. “Plato’s Hystera”
  • 10/14 – Plato. Symposium.
  • 10/21 – Cavarero, Adriana. In Spite of Plato, “Diotima”
  • 10/28 – Plato. Parmenides.
  • 11/04 – Badiou, Alain. Being and Event, Meditations 1-3. 
  • 11/11 – Plato. The Sophist.
  • 11/18 – Gadamer, Hans Georg. Truth and Method, “Analysis of historically effected consciousness.”
  • 11/25 – No Meeting
  • 12/02 – Plato. Laws, Book I.
  • 12/09 – Foucault, Michel. The Use of Pleasure: The History of Sexuality Volume 2, “Enkrateia” and “Freedom of Truth”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

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