Talk: Proximal Functions and the Distribution of Episodic Memory
Title: Proximal Functions and the Distribution of Episodic Memory By Arieh Schwartz (London School of Economics and Political Science, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025 Time: 1530-1700 Room: H232 Abstract: Most textbook discussions of memory include a tree diagram distinguishing different memory systems. Episodic memory is distinguished from semantic memory. These are distinguished from procedural memory, and so on. There is broad, (though not universal) agreement about […]
Talk: Lost in Imagination – Reality Principle and World Literature
Talk: Lost in Imagination - Reality Principle and World Literature By Mehmet Yıldız (Harvard, Comparative Literature) Date: Monday, April 14, 2025 Time: 1730-1900 Room: H232 Abstract: A fundamental question within the debate surrounding the contemporary notion of world literature concerns the possible misappropriation of texts in foreign contexts. In this talk, I trace such a concern to a commitment towards the […]
Talk: What Is a Free Will? Reflections on Suárez
Title: What Is a Free Will? Reflections on Suárez By Dominik Perler (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025 Time: 1530-1700 Room: H232 Abstract: Why are we free in our actions? Suárez, an influential late scholastic author, gives a clear answer: we are free because we have a free will. The will is never determined to accept the action-guiding judgment […]
Workshop on the History of Modal Metaphysics
Workshop on the History of Modal Metaphysics Dates: April 29 - May 2, 2025 Location: Bilkent University About: We will spend a day on ancient theories of modality (especially Aristotle’s), a day on the medieval and Islamic philosophers, and a day on early moderns with a focus on Leibniz. Participants: Faculty and graduate students from Princeton, Bilkent, and beyond. The […]