Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Network

READING GROUP:

PCPN is back this fall with, Walk This Way: Philosophy of Walking. Don’t miss our meetings most Tuesday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 09/18 – The Transcendentalists
  1. Emerson, “Nature”
  2. Thoreau, “Walking”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

Time: 8:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Bloomfield Crazy Mocha (4525 Liberty Ave).

As a reminder, even though we have moved to thematic groups, there is no expectation that people participate in every week, so even if you can’t commit to the whole section, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.

OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK:

• September 21, 2018 at 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm, “Our Divided World: The Quest for Nuclear Disarmament and the Growing Dangers of Wars Among Nuclear-Armed States” Ms. Jacqueline Cabasso, Gumberg Library, 1st Floor, Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center, Duquesne University

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in Walk This Way: Philosophy of Walking

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 09/18 – The Transcendentalists
  1. Emerson, “Nature”
  2. Thoreau, “Walking”
• 10/02 – Nietzsche
  1. Nietzsche, “On Walking” (excerpts)
  2. Gros, “Why I am So Good at Walking”
• 10/09 – Baudelaire, “The Painter of Modern Life”
• 10/16 – Benjamin, “M. The Fleaneur” in Arcades Project,416-455
• 10/30 – Debord, “Theory of the Dérive”
• 11/06 – Abram/Jensen/Gary Snyder, TBD
• 11/13 – Rebecca Solnit, TBD
• 11/27 – De Certeau, “Walking in the City”
• 12/04 – Teju Cole, Selections from Open City
• 12/11 – Tim Ingold, “Ways of mind-walking: reading, writing, painting”

READING GROUP:

PCPN is back this fall with, Walk This Way: Philosophy of Walking. Don’t miss our meetings most Tuesday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 09/11 – Rousseau, “Reveries of the Solitary Walker” Chapters 1, 3, 5, 6

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

Time: 8:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Bloomfield Crazy Mocha (4525 Liberty Ave).

As a reminder, even though we have moved to thematic groups, there is no expectation that people participate in every week, so even if you can’t commit to the whole section, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.

OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK:

• None

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in Walk This Way: Philosophy of Walking

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 09/11 – Rousseau, “Reveries of the Solitary Walker” Chapters 1, 3, 5, 6
• 09/18 – The Transcendentalists
  1. Emerson, “Nature”
  2. Thoreau, “Walking”
• 10/02 – Nietzsche
  1. Nietzsche, “On Walking” (excerpts)
  2. Gros, “Why I am So Good at Walking”
• 10/09 – Baudelaire, “The Painter of Modern Life”
• 10/16 – Benjamin, “M. The Fleaneur” in Arcades Project,416-455
• 10/30 – Debord, “Theory of the Dérive”
• 11/06 – Abram/Jensen/Gary Snyder, TBD
• 11/13 – Rebecca Solnit, TBD
• 11/27 – De Certeau, “Walking in the City”
• 12/04 – Teju Cole, Selections from Open City
• 12/11 – Tim Ingold, “Ways of mind-walking: reading, writing, painting”

READING GROUP:

PCPN is back this fall with, Walk This Way: Philosophy of Walking. Don’t miss our meetings most Tuesday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 09/04 – Wandering the Way
  1. “Knowledge Wanders North” in Wandering the Way
  2. Tao-Te Ching: 8, 15, 23, 25, 27, 43, 47, 61, 76
  3. Gary Snyder, “Blue Mountains Constantly Walking,” The Practice of the Wild

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

Time: 8:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Bloomfield Crazy Mocha (4525 Liberty Ave).

As a reminder, even though we have moved to thematic groups, there is no expectation that people participate in every week, so even if you can’t commit to the whole section, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.

OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK:

• None

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in Walk This Way: Philosophy of Walking

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 09/04 – Wandering the Way
  1. “Knowledge Wanders North” in Wandering the Way
  2. Tao-Te Ching: 8, 15, 23, 25, 27, 43, 47, 61, 76
  3. Gary Snyder, “Blue Mountains Constantly Walking,” The Practice of the Wild
• 09/11 – Rousseau, “Reveries of the Solitary Walker” Chapters 1, 3, 5, 6
• 09/18 – The Transcendentalists
  1. Emerson, “Nature”
  2. Thoreau, “Walking”
• 10/02 – Nietzsche
  1. Nietzsche, “On Walking” (excerpts)
  2. Gros, “Why I am So Good at Walking”
• 10/09 – Baudelaire, “The Painter of Modern Life”
• 10/16 – Benjamin, “M. The Fleaneur” in Arcades Project,416-455
• 10/30 – Debord, “Theory of the Dérive”
• 11/06 – Abram/Jensen/Gary Snyder, TBD
• 11/13 – Rebecca Solnit, TBD
• 11/27 – De Certeau, “Walking in the City”
• 12/04 – Teju Cole, Selections from Open City
• 12/11 – Tim Ingold, “Ways of mind-walking: reading, writing, painting”

READING GROUP:

PCPN is back this fall with, Walk This Way: Philosophy of Walking. Don’t miss our meetings most Tuesday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 09/04 – Wandering the Way
  1. “Knowledge Wanders North” in Wandering the Way
  2. Tao-Te Ching: 8, 15, 23, 25, 27, 43, 47, 61, 76
  3. Gary Snyder, “Blue Mountains Constantly Walking,” The Practice of the Wild

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

Time: 8:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Bloomfield Crazy Mocha (4525 Liberty Ave).

As a reminder, even though we have moved to thematic groups, there is no expectation that people participate in every week, so even if you can’t commit to the whole section, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.

OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK:

• None

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in Walk This Way: Philosophy of Walking

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 09/04 – Wandering the Way
  1. “Knowledge Wanders North” in Wandering the Way
  2. Tao-Te Ching: 8, 15, 23, 25, 27, 43, 47, 61, 76
  3. Gary Snyder, “Blue Mountains Constantly Walking,” The Practice of the Wild
• 09/11 – Rousseau, “Reveries of the Solitary Walker”
• 09/18 – The Transcendentalists
  1. Emerson, “Nature”
  2. Thoreau, “Walking”
• 10/02 – Nietzsche
  1. Nietzsche, “On Walking” (excerpts)
  2. Gros, “Why I am So Good at Walking”
• 10/09 – Baudelaire, “The Painter of Modern Life”
• 10/16 – Benjamin, “M. The Fleaneur” in Arcades Project,416-455
• 10/30 – Debord, “Theory of the Dérive”
• 11/06 – Abram/Jensen/Gary Snyder, TBD
• 11/13 – Rebecca Solnit, TBD
• 11/27 – De Certeau, “Walking in the City”
• 12/04 – Teju Cole, Selections from Open City
• 12/11 – Tim Ingold, “Ways of mind-walking: reading, writing, painting”

Please note a change in schedule, this Monday (7/02) we will be discussing Jean-Luc Marion

READING GROUP:

Join PCPN for our summer session, In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime. Don’t miss our meetings every Monday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 07/02 – Jean-Luc Marion, “The Saturated Phenomenon”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

Time: 8:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Bloomfield Crazy Mocha (4525 Liberty Ave).

As a reminder, even though we have moved to thematic groups, there is no expectation that people participate in every week, so even if you can’t commit to the whole section, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.

OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK:

• None

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime:

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 07/02 – Jean-Luc Marion, “The Saturated Phenomenon”
• 07/09 – Clayton Crockett, A Theology of the Sublime, “The Analytic of the Sublime”

Please note a change in schedule, this Monday (6/25) we will be discussing Richard Kearney, next Monday, (7/02) we will be discussing Jean-Luc Marion

READING GROUP:

Join PCPN for our summer session, In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime. Don’t miss our meetings every Monday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 06/25 –Richard Kearney, “Evil, Monstrosity and The Sublime”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

Time: 8:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Bloomfield Crazy Mocha (4525 Liberty Ave).

As a reminder, even though we have moved to thematic groups, there is no expectation that people participate in every week, so even if you can’t commit to the whole section, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.

OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK:

• None

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime:

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 06/25 –Richard Kearney, “Evil, Monstrosity and The Sublime”
• 07/02 – Jean-Luc Marion, “The Saturated Phenomenon”
• 07/09 – Clayton Crockett, A Theology of the Sublime, “The Analytic of the Sublime”

READING GROUP:

Join PCPN for our summer session, In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime. Don’t miss our meetings every Monday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 06/18 – Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology, “Not Only as Substance, but Also as Subject”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

Time: 8:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Bloomfield Crazy Mocha (4525 Liberty Ave).

As a reminder, even though we have moved to thematic groups, there is no expectation that people participate in every week, so even if you can’t commit to the whole section, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.

OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK:

• None

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime:

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 06/18 – Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology, “Not Only as Substance, but Also as Subject”
• 06/25 – Jean-Luc Marion, “The Saturated Phenomenon”
• 07/02 – Richard Kearney, “Evil, Monstrosity and The Sublime”
• 07/09 – Clayton Crockett, A Theology of the Sublime, “The Analytic of the Sublime”

READING GROUP:

Join PCPN for our summer session, In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime. Don’t miss our meetings every Monday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 06/11 – Meg Armstrong, “The Effects of Blackness’: Gender, Race, and the Sublime in Aesthetic Theories of Burke and Kant”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

Time: 8:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Bloomfield Crazy Mocha (4525 Liberty Ave).

As a reminder, even though we have moved to thematic groups, there is no expectation that people participate in every week, so even if you can’t commit to the whole section, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.

OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK:

• None

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime:

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 06/11 – Meg Armstrong, “The Effects of Blackness’: Gender, Race, and the Sublime in Aesthetic Theories of Burke and Kant”
• 06/18 – Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology, “Not Only as Substance, but Also as Subject”
• 06/25 – Jean-Luc Marion, “The Saturated Phenomenon”
• 07/02 – Richard Kearney, “Evil, Monstrosity and The Sublime”
• 07/09 – Clayton Crockett, A Theology of the Sublime, “The Analytic of the Sublime”

READING GROUP:

Join PCPN for our summer session, In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime. Don’t miss our meetings every Monday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 06/04 –]ean-Francois Lyotard, Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime, “Categorical Examination of the Sublime”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

Time: 8:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Bloomfield Crazy Mocha (4525 Liberty Ave).

As a reminder, even though we have moved to thematic groups, there is no expectation that people participate in every week, so even if you can’t commit to the whole section, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.

OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK:

• None

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime:

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 06/04 –]ean-Francois Lyotard, Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime, “Categorical Examination of the Sublime”
• 06/11 – Meg Armstrong, “The Effects of Blackness’: Gender, Race, and the Sublime in Aesthetic Theories of Burke and Kant”
• 06/18 – Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology, “Not Only as Substance, but Also as Subject”
• 06/25 – Jean-Luc Marion, “The Saturated Phenomenon”
• 07/02 – Richard Kearney, “Evil, Monstrosity and The Sublime”
• 07/09 – Clayton Crockett, A Theology of the Sublime, “The Analytic of the Sublime”

READING GROUP:

Join PCPN for our summer session, In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime. Don’t miss our meetings every Monday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 05/28 – Immanuel Kant, Critique of the Power of Judgment, First Section, Second Book: “Analytic of the Sublime” (pp. 128-159)

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

Time: 8:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Bloomfield Crazy Mocha (4525 Liberty Ave).

As a reminder, even though we have moved to thematic groups, there is no expectation that people participate in every week, so even if you can’t commit to the whole section, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.

OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK:

• None

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime:

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 05/28 – Immanuel Kant, Critique of the Power of Judgment, First Section, Second Book: “Analytic of the Sublime”
• 06/04 –]ean-Francois Lyotard, Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime, “Categorical Examination of the Sublime”
• 06/11 – Meg Armstrong, “The Effects of Blackness’: Gender, Race, and the Sublime in Aesthetic Theories of Burke and Kant”
• 06/18 – Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology, “Not Only as Substance, but Also as Subject”
• 06/25 – Jean-Luc Marion, “The Saturated Phenomenon”
• 07/02 – Richard Kearney, “Evil, Monstrosity and The Sublime”
• 07/09 – Clayton Crockett, A Theology of the Sublime, “The Analytic of the Sublime”