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This Week:

17 Sep

Pittsburgh is a busy place for philosophical discussion this week:

  • 9/21 – 4:00pm – The Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will be discussing the second half of Tom Sparrow’s “‘Realism’ in Phenomenology” come join us for some fiery discussion of this controversial text at the East End Book Exchange.
  • 9/22 – 4:30pm – Duquesne’s Philosophy Speaker Series presents a talk by Dr. Anton Koch of the Universitat Heidelberg, at the Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center.
  • 9/24 – 3:00pm – Duquesne’s theology department presents “Who is JESUS To Muslims? Who is MUHAMMAD To Christians?” a panel on interreligious dialogue at Duquesne’s “Power Center Ballroom”.
  • 9/26 – 1:30pm – Come see the first half of the first annual Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Network Conference: Approaching the Liminal: Pushing the Boundaries of Continental Philosophy. The Plenary for the night is Dr. Tom Sparrow of Slippery Rock University. Free admission, at the Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center, Duquesne University.
  • 9/27 – 10:00am – Now come see the second half!! Plenaries for the second day include Dr. Erik Garrett of Duquesne, and Dr. Claire Colebrook of Penn State.

This Week:

20 Oct
  • 10/20, 10:30pm – The Online Deleuze Reading Group will be discussing the first have of Difference and Repetition chapter 4.
  • 10/22, 6:00pm – The Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will be reading Michel Foucault’s “Discourse on Language.”
  • 10/22, 7:30pm – Dr. Jon Levenson will be presenting “Abraham and the Absoluteness of God” at Duquesne University.
  • 10/23, 4:00pm – The Phenomenology and Religion Reading Circle will be reading Derrida’s Given Time, chapter 3.

Phenomenology & Religion Reading Circle Kickoff

18 Sep

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Phenomenology & Religion reading group. This fall we will be examining the debate surrounding the “gift,” particularly in the work of Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion. We will be meeting at 619 Fisher Hall at Duquesne, at 4:oo on Wednesdays. Hope to see you there! 

More information and PDF’s can be found here.

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This week:

11 Mar
  • Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will revisit Trigg’s The Memory of Place.
  • The Phenomenology & Religion Reading group will be moved earlier, to 3:45, and will be joined by Dr. McCurry for a discussion of Jean-Luc Marion’s “Saturated Phenomenon.”
  • NEH Symposium (The Body and the Non-Rational in Ancient Greek Thought), Duquesne University.
  • Public lecture by Stephanie Vargo, “Criminal Realities: Reflections on Disturbed Character, Institutionalization and Altered Consciousness,” Point Park University.