SPECIAL NOTE: Mark your calendar for the second annual pittsburgh continental philosophy conference (ONLY ONE WEEK AWAY!), September 25th (3:00-9:00pm) and 26th (10:00am-9:00pm). Plenaries include Leswin Laubscher, Fred Evans, and The Partially Examined Life.
READING GROUP:
I just want to extend a special thank you to everyone who participated in our Philosophy and the Natural Sciences summer program, and helped make it, perhaps, the most well attended couple of months in the PCPN’s history. We had some great discussions, and I hope to see you all back this fall for Philosophy and Horror! Texts will likely include: H.P. Lovecraft, Dylan Trigg, Eugene Thacker, Graham Harman, Georges Canguilhem, Richard Kearney and many more. Anticipated start date for the fall program is October 5th, stay tuned for more information.
OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK and NEXT:
CONFERENCE UPDATE:
Here is the updated program for our upcoming conference, pdf is available HERE.
A commenter noted that I accidently marked tomorrow night as the last reading group. The last reading group is Monday, the 14th.
This is what I get for copy-pasting my formatting…
NOTE #1: Mark your calendar, for the second annual pittsburgh continental philosophy conference, September 25th (1:00-9:00pm) and 26th (10:00am-9:00pm). Plenaries include Leswin Laubscher, Fred Evans, and The Partially Examined Life.
READING GROUP:
Join us Monday night (14th) as we wrap up our consideration of philosophy and neuroscience with a look at Mark Solms’ Brain and the Inner World
As always, the text is available as a pdf HERE.
We will be meeting at 8:00pm at Tender Bar + Kitchen, in Lawrenceville (4300 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201)
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 summer, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.
OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK:
Justin E. H. Smith, Université Paris Diderot – Paris VII: “Is Western Philosophy a 19th-Century Invention? Historiography and Boundary-Policing from the Encyclopédie to Hegel.”
LOOKING AHEAD:
Keep your eyes open at the beginning October, for our fall reading group series on philosophy and horror. Texts will likely include: H.P. Lovecraft, Dylan Trigg, Eugene Thacker, Graham Harman, Georges Canguilhem, Richard Kearney and many more!
NOTE #1: Mark your calendar, for the second annual pittsburgh continental philosophy conference, September 25th and 26th. Plenaries include Leswin Laubscher, Fred Evans, and The Partially Examined Life.
Tender Bar +Kitchen is closed for Labor Day next week, so we are going to be taking the opportunity to discuss our text over some BBQ. Since we are eating, we will meet a little earlier than usual at 6:00pm. We will provide a grill and cooking needs, but encourage attendees to bring their own grilling food.
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Our text will continue our discussion of neuroscience with a turn to Brassier’s Nihil Unbound (chapter 1), and consider whether or not modern neuroscience undermines value.
As always, the text is available as a pdf HERE.
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 summer, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.
Upcoming Readings:
Philosophy and Neuroscience:
Looking ahead: keep your eyes open at the beginning October, for our fall reading group series on philosophy and horror. Texts will include: H.P. Lovecraft, Dylan Trigg, Eugene Thacker, Graham Harman, Georges Canguilhem, Richard Kearney and many more!
NOTE #1: In order to accomodate new schedules for many of our student members, the reading group will be moving to 8:00pm starting tomorrow, rather than 7:00.
NOTE #2: Mark your calendar, for the second annual pittsburgh continental philosophy conference, September 25th and 26th. Plenaries include Leswin Laubscher, Fred Evans, and The Partially Examined Life.
Join us tomorrow night as we turn from biology to neuroscience and look at the third chapter of Catherine Malabou’s What Should We Do With Our Brain?
As always, the text is available as a pdf HERE.
We will be meeting at 8:00pm at Tender Bar + Kitchen, in Lawrenceville (4300 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201)
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 summer, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.
Upcoming Readings:
Philosophy and Neuroscience:
Looking ahead: keep your eyes open at the beginning October, for our fall reading group series on philosophy and horror. Texts will include: H.P. Lovecraft, Dylan Trigg, Eugene Thacker, Graham Harman, Georges Canguilhem, Richard Kearney and many more!
Join us tomorrow night as we continue our discussion of philosophy and biology. Here we will take on an excerpt of Deleuze’s, A Thousand Plateaus: “Rhizome,” and try to figure out why Deleuze hates trees.
As always, the text is available as a pdf HERE.
We will be meeting at 7:00pm at Tender Bar + Kitchen, in Lawrenceville (4300 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201)
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 summer, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.
Upcoming Readings:
Philosophy and Biology:
Philosophy and Neuroscience:
Looking ahead: keep your eyes open at the beginning October, for our fall reading group series on philosophy and horror. Texts will include: H.P. Lovecraft, Dylan Trigg, Eugene Thacker, Graham Harman, Georges Canguilhem, Richard Kearney and many more!
Join us tonight as we switch from a discussion of math to a discussion of biology. Here we will take on an excerpt of Canguilhem’s, A Vital Rationalist.
As always, the text is available as a pdf HERE.
We will be meeting at 7:00pm at Tender Bar + Kitchen, in Lawrenceville (4300 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201)
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 summer, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.
Upcoming Readings:
Philosophy and Biology:
Philosophy and Neuroscience:
Looking ahead: keep your eyes open at the beginning October, for our fall reading group series on philosophy and horror. Texts will include: H.P. Lovecraft, Dylan Trigg, Eugene Thacker, Graham Harman, and many more!
Join us tonight for our continued discussion of philosophy and math, as we discuss an exerpt from Alain Badiou’s “Being and Event.”
As always, the text is available as a pdf HERE.
We will be meeting at 7:00pm at Tender Bar + Kitchen, in Lawrenceville (4300 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201)
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 summer, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.
Upcoming Readings:
Philosophy and Mathematics:
Philosophy and Biology:
Philosophy and Neuroscience:
