1,304 search results for “philosophy” in the Public website
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Three tips on how to celebrate World Philosophy Day
The UN has christened 21 November World Philosophy Day, a day on which ‘the enduring value of philosophy for the development of human thought, for each culture and for each individual’ is celebrated. But how should we celebrate it? We ask philosopher Victor Gijsbers.
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Maria Zisimopoulou
Faculty of Humanities
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Joris van de Riet
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Machteld van der Vlugt
Faculty of Humanities
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Claudia Bouteligier
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Bart Zantvoort
Faculty of Humanities
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John-Harmen Valk
Faculty of Humanities
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Bastiaan Rijpkema
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Disruptive Conflicts in Computopic Space
Can you imagine a radically different world? In our times dominated by neoliberal capitalism, we seem to lack not only viable alternatives, but also the capacity to envision anything outside of the status quo.
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The Economics of Friendship
In this doctoral dissertation (2012) the effects of the monetization of the Greek world in the 5th and 4th century on conceptions of reciprocity in friendship are analyzed.
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Egbert Bos
Faculty of Humanities
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Dorien Zandvliet
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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August Martin
Faculty of Humanities
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Rozemund Uljée
Faculty of Humanities
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James McAllister
Faculty of Humanities
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Nicholas Vrousalis, 'Exploitation: A Primer'
Political scientist Nicholas Vrousalis (Leiden University) reviews the recent literature on exploitation. He istinguishes between three main species of exploitation theory: (a) teleology-based (including harm and mutual benefit) accounts, (b) respect-based (including mere means, force, rights, and fairness)…
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Reception in Nietzsche’s Concept of Amor Fati
To what extent can Nietzsche's Amor Fati be seen as a Stoic concept?
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Maurits de Jongh, Is Political Liberalism Self-Defeating?
Political scientist Maurits de Jongh (Leiden University/Sciences Po) argues that political liberalism is self-defeating as a framework of justification for liberal conceptions of justice. He explores how the framework's self-imposed criterion of acceptability in the eyes of all reasonable citizens leads…
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Susanna Lindberg: ‘I want to protect our plurality and openness’
Professor Susanna Lindberg has been appointed Scientific Director of the Institute for Philosophy with effect from 1 February. In her new role, she aims to foster connections among people. ‘I want my colleagues to feel good.’
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Dialogues as a Dynamic Framework for Logic
This dissertation shows that dialogical logic constitutes a powerful and flexible general framework for the development and study of various logical formalisms and combinations thereof.
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MA Student Suzanne Oskam invited to conference Philosophy of Death and Dying
The Institute for Philosophy is happy to announce that Suzanne Oskam will be presenting her work this summer in Uppsala, Sweden at the biennial conference of the International Association for the Philosophy of Death and Dying.
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Jaap Corthals
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Enes Sütütemiz
Faculty of Humanities
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Qinggang Hao
Faculty of Humanities
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Maarten Neuteboom
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Zhengshan Jiao
Faculty of Humanities
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Suzan ten Heuw
Faculty of Humanities
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Dorota Mokrosinska
Faculty of Humanities
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Frank Chouraqui
Faculty of Humanities
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Jonathan Price
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Bart Labuschagne
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Victor Gijsbers
Faculty of Humanities
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Gerard Versluis
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Reasons and Intentions
There are a number of problems in philosophy that seem to share a similar possible solution: 'Why do promises and contracts bind?', 'Why ought citizens and judges obey the law?' and 'Can we realize the gains to be made from cooperation?'. All three problems (as well as some others) share a possible…
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Towards a political ontology of violence: reality, image and perception
The aim of this project is to study what makes an act or form of violence a specifically political reality.
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NWO Veni grant for Thomas Fossen
Dr Thomas Fossen (Institute for Philosophy) has been awarded with an NWO Veni grant for his research project 'Critical moments: How do events affect how we should judge the legitimacy of political authorities?'
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Coping with Versnel: A Roundtable on Religion and Magic
Henk Versnel's work on ancient religion has been seminal. For his 80th birthday, a group of scholars assembled to celebrate and analyze his oeuvre.
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Democratic Secrecy: A Philosophical Study of the Role of Secrecy in Democratic Governance
The starting hypothesis of the project is that secrecy is not always inimical to democratic governance as conventional wisdom has it.
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Multisensorial Experience' in The Oxford Handbook of Western Music and Philosophy
Marcel Cobussen wrote the essay “Listening as a Multisensorial Experience” for The Oxford Handbook of Western Music and Philosophy.
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Intercultural Philosophy as Philosophy: Some Remarks on Leiden Philosophy’s Mission
Lecture
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Sharia in the West
This research projects wants to know what Muslims in the West do and mean by ‘Sharia’, and how the Western legal system responds to that. The focus is on Sharia as an informal practice by Muslims in the West, i.e. other than through state law or state courts.
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Mark Rutgers
Faculty of Humanities
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Marlon Kruizinga
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sebo Uithol
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Herman Siemens
Faculty of Humanities
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Thomas Fossen
Faculty of Humanities
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Botanie: een liefde die je niet kunt dwingen
Botanisch filosoof Norbert Peeters vertelt over hoe mensen omgaan met planten in het algemeen, en met onkruid in het bijzonder.
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Academic Director Douglas Berger: ‘I want to help my fellow philosophers flourish’
The Institute for Philosophy has a new Academic Director: on 1 February, James McAllister was succeeded by Douglas Berger. We asked him about his plans.
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Formalizations après la lettre. Studies in Medieval Logic and Semantics
This thesis attempts to establish a dialogue between the modern and the medieval traditions in logic, by means of ‘translations’ of the medieval logical theories into the modern framework of symbolic logic, i.e. formalizations.
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Dorota Mokrosinska in Trouw on the advantages of political secrecy
Many people wish for political transparency in The Hague. However, political philosopher Dorota Mokrosinska argues in an article in the Dutch newspaper Trouw that there are certain advantages to political secrecy. She states that politicians are better at compromising with one another behind closed…