The cover of the book shows a drawing of a swan holding a tobacco pipe in its beak.
📚 New #OpenAccess book “Signs and Signification in a Global Comparative Perspective” edited by Maria Avxentevskaya and Glenn W. Most
It examines premodern theories of signs across cultures and reveals universal concerns and unique cultural features that shaped semiotics.
🔗 bit.ly/4rj6d
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And we are back after the Christmas now,waiting to see those abstracts roll in for #HSTM2026 #CFP👉 shorturl.at/2c6KW 👉 The History of Knowledge in Ireland: Where do we Stand Today? Call opne to 15 Jan. #Speirgorm #Skystorians #HistSci #HistMed #MedHums #HistTech #TechiesUnite #HistPhil #Philosophy
The JHP will select up to six participants for five days of intensive classes. Travel, housing, and food are covered up to $2,000.
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Conditions: PhD in the topic area of the seminar received no earlier than January 1, 2021 and no later than January 1, 2026. AOS in the area relevant to the seminar and a good reading knowledge of the necessary language(s) is required
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Webpage from KU Leuven’s Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) announcing the next CLPS seminar by Boaz Schuman titled "Al-Farabi on Reductio and Paradox." The event is scheduled for November 7, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (CET) in room HIW1-01.20. Abstract: Zeno’s paradoxes are not paradoxes. Or anyway, Zeno didn't mean them to be. Instead, he presents them as arguments by reductio, with the aim of showing that things like multiplicity and motion are impossible. More recently, and in a similar vein, McTaggart's paradox is not a paradox either: it is an argument, again by reductio, for the unreality of time as we commonly think of it. But what’s going on here? Why do such arguments by reductio get rebranded as paradoxes? And why specifically these ones, and not others? Why for example don’t we speak of the “Pythagorean incommensurability paradox”, or the “Paradox of infinite primes”? Is there a principle at play here? And if so, what is it? To answer these questions, I examine the taxonomy of reductio in the logical works of Abū Naṣr al-Fārābī (ca. 870–950). This points to a framework for understanding what al-Fārābī calles a paradoxical or “innovative” opinion (رَأْي بَدِيع, ra’y badī’). I'll show how this framework sheds light on—and justifies—the practice of rebranding some conclusions reached by reductio as paradoxes.
Some of philosophy’s most famous paradoxes are arguments by reductio—though not every reductio earns the title of “paradox.” Drawing on the writings of al-Fārābī, Boaz Schuman will offer an answer to why that is in today's CLPS seminar! 👇 hiw.kuleuven.be/clps/events/... #philsky #histphil #logic
A écouter : colloque sur modèles /objets de Leibniz - Kant- Hegel
Jeudi-samedi à Paris I (IHPST/Sorbonne)
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36 mo postdoc / research fellow position in Philosophy, History, and/or Social Studies of the Life Sciences in the STS dept. at Technical Universtiy of Munich, apps due Oct 31: #histphil #histsci #histSTM
www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei...
New book in #EarlyModern #HistSci #Astronomy #HistPhil 🗃️
Robert G. Morrison
'Merchants of Knowledge. Intellectual Exchange in the Ottoman Empire & Renaissance Europe'
It "tracks the network of scholars who mediated exchanges in astronomy, astrology, Qabbalah, and philosophy"
tinyurl.com/36hwc6bw
I'm not sure who in the #nonprofit sector or #philanthropy has the brain space for this - but I found the latest on #HistPhil about populist #conservatism and #civil society to be quite illuminating. 1 of 2
The cover of William Lovitt's translation of Martin Heidegger's "The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays".
Are there any philosophers on here who are familiar with Heidegger & know if this is a good translation of his "The Question Concerning Technology" (yes, I know about the problem re: translating Heidegger)? Or if there are other ones you'd recommend instead—in case I need it? #PhilSky #HistPhil
Title page of Ludwig Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations".
Back to my methodologically inspirational scholars ❤️
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Published in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, vol. 60, no. 3, July 2022, pp. 409-427.
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Here's a summary of the paper, which addresses a discussion that had important consequences for the history of feminist theorizing and the development of ethics in the 17th century:
On March 25, I discuss 🌳Plants without Life and some other attempts to mechanize vegetation🌱at @concordiau.bsky.social in Montreal (Ca)
#histsci #histphil #17thcentury #plantstudies #vegetation #descartes
Looking for the snow!
Attendance is free!
More info here⤵️
www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...
me holding my eldest kid (then aged 1) next to the statue of David Hume in Edinburgh
me holding my eldest kid (then aged 2) next to the grave of George Berkeley in Cloyne Cathedral
me holding my eldest kid (then aged 3) in front of Soren Kierkegaard's grave in Copenhagen
me with my eldest kid (then aged 4) standing in front of a statue of Rene Descartes in Indre-et-Loire
my eldest kid and me visiting various dead philosophers (Hume, Berkeley, Kierkegaard, Descartes)
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Just recorded a great interview with Amy Olberding for the History of Philosophy in China, about Confucian ethics, especially ritual (we talk about her translation of li as "etiquette"), rudeness, and moral exemplarism. Will be podcast episode 23 in the series.
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My friend and yours,
@emilyherring.bsky.social, has a new book: "Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People" is out tomorrow (10/22) in the US and on Thursday (24/10) in the UK! Check it out! #HistPhil
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/emily...
Today's new episode: we look at "second scholasticism" in Spain and Portugal in the 16th century, when ambitious philosophical projects at Salamanca, Coimbra and elsewhere culminated in the brilliant work of Suárez:
#philsky #scholasticism #histphil
www.historyofphilosophy.net/iberian-scho...
Professor Anne McCants delivers her presidential address on the topic ‘Pursuits of Wellbeing’ at the 2023 Social Science History Association meeting in Washington DC
world averages of selected indicators of well-being
Professor Anne McCants delivers her presidential address on the topic ‘Pursuits of Wellbeing’ at the 2023 Social Science History Association meeting in Washington DC.
#EconSky #history #demography #polisky #geosky #sociology #anthro 📗#HistIR #AcademicSky #histsci #histphil #BehSciSky #episky
So grateful for this series on Africana Philosophy. I'm binge listening! What a resource.
#philosophy #Africanaphilosophy #histphil
"The AskHistorians #Podcast 105 -- Scientists, Philosophers, and the Royal Society - The History of Creationsim. Come listen to historyofporn chat with Lukas Wolf about #histsci #histphil, the founding of royalsociety and more! #twitterstorians...
