2nd International Deleuze Studies Conference
The conference aims at building transdisciplinary assemblages the involve Deleuze in a wider range of thought, i.e., at constructing, from different 'modules of thought,' innovative conceptual arrangements that integrate Deleuzian philosophy into the larger field of contemporary knowledge production and practices of living.
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WRP Session at the 2009 Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Conference:“Whitehead and Radical Empiricism”
Whitehead is often read as a Platonist, and a Platonist in the mould of A.E Taylor. There is a fair amount in Whitehead to support this particularly, for example, the resemblance of his concepts of eternal objects, the ‘primordial nature of God’, extensive continuum, etc, to Plato’s own notions. Yet Whitehead is also deeply critical of Plato and particularly over the role that static abstractions play in establishing a non-processual reality in his thought. The papers in this session explore the idea that, rather than any Platonism, both the critical and creative aspects of Whitehead’s metaphysics are informed by a model of ‘radical empiricism’ derived from William James and others.
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7th International Whitehead Conference:Process, Religion, and Society
Date: January 5-9, 2009
Location: Bangalore, India
The Bangalore Whitehead Conference 2009 aims at bringing together scholars from all over the world to exchange their views and reviews, to pool their research activities and findings, and to share their expertise and experiences, inspired by the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, mathematician, philosopher of science and metaphysician.
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