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Summerschool: Public Philosophy and Social Ontology

From:Mo 26-08-2019
Until:Fr 30-08-2019
Where:Room Omega

How do people live together? And how should they live together? Answering these questions requires a conception of society, and of the role that social practices, institutions and organizations play in it. But what are these social structures? What are their functions? And how can they contribute to a just society?

The main themes of this summer school are:

  • social practices and institutions: incentives & norms, nature & function
  • social construction and social change: identity / discrimination
  • social groups and collective agents: responsibilities & rights
  • social structures and individual autonomy: concord / conflict

This summer school brings together experts in social theory, ethics, and political philosophy. It serves to bring recent developments in social ontology to bear on public philosophy.

Aim / objective
  • gain a deeper understanding of some of the main approaches in social ontology
  • learn how to apply them to issues in public philosophy – including collective rights and responsibilities
  • improve communication skills within the research community
  • meet experts and other Phd students in social ontology and public philosophy
Lecturers
  • Christina Bicchieri (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Sally Haslanger (MIT)
  • Stephanie Collins (Australian Catholic University)
  • Andreas Schmidt (University of Groningen)
  • Titus Stahl (University of Groningen)
  • Justin Bruner (University of Groningen)
  • Frank Hindriks (University of Groningen)
Programme

View the full programme of the Summerschool Public Philosophy and Social Ontology August 2019

Organizers

This course is coordinated by Frank Hindriks and Ryan Doody from the Centre for Philosophy, Politics and Economics in Groningen.