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Colloquium Lecture, organized by the Department of Ethics & Department of the History of Philosophy
(Part of Workshop: Human Dignity in Kant and Kantianism)

Organizer: Prof.dr. Pauline Kleingeld
Speakers: Dr Jan-Willem van der Rijt (University of Amsterdam), Dr Jochen Bojanowski (University of Groningen), Prof.dr. Marcus Düwell (Utrecht University), and Dr Oliver Sensen (Tulane University/MIT).

The concept of ‘human dignity’ plays an enormously important role, morally, culturally, and politically. Respect for human dignity is used as a basic principle of...(cont full abstract and program)

Attendance is free and open to all.

The summer school “Formal methods in philosophy” (August 23rd to 28th, 2012) addresses general methodological issues related to the use of logical and mathematical formalisms in philosophical analysis. It is jointly organized by the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Groningen and the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) and coordinated by Dr Catarina Dutilh Novaes.

Find all info (programme and speakers, conference, deadlines for registration and application) on the summerschool webpages.

Formal models of theoretical rationality have seen major recent changes. The consequences for practical rationality have yet to be worked out. Over the past three years a network of experts has held a series of targeted research meetings to address this question. In this final meeting, we aim to look ahead in time, and beyond the frontiers of research on formal philosophical approaches to reasoning and decision making. 

All information on this conference (programme, registration, call for papers, research network members, etc), organized by Jan-Willem Romeijn and Olivier Roy.