History of Women Philosophers and Scientists

Ruth E. Hagengruber - "Philosophinnen der Ökonomie"
2020-09-23 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Am 23. September wird Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber beim ersten women&work-ScienceTalk über “Philosophinnen der Ökonomie” und ihren Anteil an ethisch-wirtschaftlichen Diskursen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart sprechen. Welchen Einfluss hatten und haben Philosophinnen auf die Gestaltung wirtschaftlicher Prozesse und ökonomischer Denkrichtungen? Welche Rolle spielen sie in der derzeitigen Krise – und was wäre notwendig, um weibliches Gedankengut stärker in den Fokus zu rücken als es bisher vor allem in der medialen Meinungsbildung geschieht?
Der women&work-ScienceTalk findet online statt. Teilnehmerinnen können sich mit ihren Fragen jederzeit per Chat in die Diskussion einschalten oder ihre Fragen bereits vorab an webinar@womenandwork.de senden.
Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei – eine Anmeldung ist ab sofort möglich.

Ruth E. Hagengruber: How does AI support a shift from quantitative to qualitative growth?
2020-10-01 15:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Conference Ethics & Digitalization
During the online conference Ethics and Digitalisation on the 1st of October 2020 from 3:30-4pm Ruth Hagengruber will give a talk on: How does AI support a shift from quantitative to qualitative growth?
The online conference Ethics and Digitalisation – 1 October 2020, 1:30-7:30 pm – in partnership with Venice International University is the second in a series of conferences. It aims to inform women and men in politics, business, Research and arts – in fact, anyone interested – about applying ethical, humanist principles and Europe’s democratic values to all digital processes so that the internet, social media, AI, robotics and any other digital System is placed in the service of people and not the other way round. We hope that over time this valuable network will generate unexpected, powerful ideas (Medici Effect) to enhance the digital transformation currently underway in the interests of people and the planet. The conference will be a platform for academics to explain their different approaches and for companies, foundations, projects and campaigns to present their ideas. As ethics is an abstract concept for many people, practical examples are important and offer fascinating perspectives.
You can read the whole press release, programme and YouTube link here: https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=a07sup5z-90z0nypj-zxs
If you want to register immediately, follow this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Md2huuE5QSOpmP1Y_6Ej_w
In addition you can check out Ruth Hagengrubers website to learn more about Eco, Tech, Gender: https://kw.uni-paderborn.de/fach-philosophie/forschung/ecotechgender/

Philosophie und feministische Theorie interkulturell
2020-10-24 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Berlin)
In der Workshopreihe “Philosophie und…” von In der Philosophie zu Hause, dem Lehrbereich “Heterogenität“ der Philosophie an der Universität Paderborn, wird dieses Semester ein Workshop zum Thema “Philosophie und feministische Theorie interkulturell” angeboten.
Die Veranstaltung schließt an ein Vorbereitungsseminar vom Sommersemester an und findet in Kooperation mit dem Koselleck-Projekt – Geschichten der Philosophie in globaler Perspektive (Universität Hildesheim) statt.
Anke Graneß (Universität Hildesheim), Martina Kopf und Magdalena Kraus (Universität Wien), Autorinnen von “Feministische Theorie aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika”, arbeiten und diskutieren mit den Teilnehmer*innen in Kleingruppen zu ihren jeweiligen Spezialgebieten. Der Workshop gliedert sich dem entsprechend in die Gruppen “Feministische Theorien 1. im Islam 2. in Afrika und 3. in Lateinamerika“.
Termin und Ort: am 24.10.20 von 10:00 bis 13:00 Uhr via Zoom
Interessierte Gäste melden sich bitte per Email bei Ana Rodrigues ana.rodrigues@uni-paderborn.de an. Geben Sie dabei Ihre Wunschgruppe an: 1. Islam 2. Afrika oder 3. Lateinamerika. Voraussetzung ist die Bereitschaft zur vorbereitenden Lektüre der Workshoptexte, die Sie mit der Anmeldebestätigung und dem Veranstaltungslink per Email erhalten.

Ruth E. Hagengruber - "Die unterdrückte Quelle: Émilie Du Châtelet und die kritische Wende Immanuel Kants"
2020-11-19 | University of Kiel, Christian-Albrechts-Platz 4, Kiel, 24118, Germany
Manfred Zahn hat immer wieder sein Erstaunen darüber geäußert, dass die für Kant so wichtige Eberhard-Debatte in der Forschung so wenig Aufmerksamkeit erhielt. Eberhards Interpretation, Kants kritische Wende auf die Leibniz-Wolff’sche Philosophie zurückzuführen, war nicht ausreichend überzeugend. Die seit Jahren an Fahrt gewinnende Erforschung der Schriften der in Deutschland intensiv rezipierten französischen Philosophin und Mathematikerin Emilie Du Châtelet (1706-1749) wirft nun ein neues Licht auf diese Debatte. Emilie Du Châtelet ist ein wichtiges Glied in der Rezeptionskette für Kant. Zudem verweist Eberhard an einer entscheidenden Stelle auf diese Philosophin. Der Vortrag führt in die Debatte ein und zeigt, wie nahe Du Châtelet Philosophie von den Erscheinungen der Kantischen kritischen Wende steht. Erläutert werden zudem die Hintergründe der lebenslangen Auseinandersetzung Kants mit den Schriften Du Châtelet‘s.
Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber ist Fachleiterin und Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Philosophie an der Universität Paderborn. Sie habilitierte 1998 mit einer wirtschaftsphilosophischen Arbeit, die von Kants praktischer Philosophie ausgeht (Nutzen und Allgemeinheit, 2000). Ihre Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind neben der Geschichte der Wirtschafts- und Sozialphilosophie die Geschichte der Philosophinnen. 2016 wurde sie Leiterin des Center for the History of Women Philosophers (www.historyofwomenphilosophers.org), an dem die Schriften der Philosophinnen erforscht werden.
Eine Veranstaltung mit der Kieler Kant-Gesellschaft.
Weiter Informationen finden Sie hier.

Katarina Peixoto at Philosophy Bayreuth zoom lecture series
2020-11-26 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Berlin)
“Private virtues, public virtues: on the détournement of Mandeville’s Fable of Bees by Du Châtelet. Analysis of some fragments.”

TALK | November 26, 2020 | 4pm

by Katarina Peixoto

Dr. Katarina Peixoto (UERJ, Brazil) is joining the Women in Philosophy Bayreuth zoom lecture series with a talk on “Private virtues, public virtues: on the détournement of Mandeville’s Fable of Bees by Du Châtelet. Analysis of some fragments.”

Katarina Peixoto has enriched the work of the Center in the past with talks at the Elisabeth of Bohemia conference and the Libori Summer School 2019. She and her team are also contributing Portuguese translations of our ECC articles since 2019 to make the work of women philosophers more widely available – thank you for your dedication!

Everyone is warmly invited, but registration is required: https://womeninphilosophy.com/lecture-series/wip20-21/

About the lecture series:
Women in Philosophy Bayreuth was created by Prof. Dr. Alice Pinheiro Walla in 2017. Aim of the lecture series was to increase the visibility of women philosophers and celebrate their contribution to the discipline. Women in Philosophy Bayreuth is currently being organized together with Maria Eugênia Zanchet, University of Bayreuth.
This lecture series has been funded in the past thanks to the support of the Stabsabteilung Chancengleichheit of the University of Bayreuth.

Women Philosophers in South-Eastern Europe – Past, Present and Future
2020-12-15 - 2020-12-17
The Research Center for Women in Philosophy organizes a conference under the title: Women Philosophers in South-Eastern Europe – Past, Present and Future. The goal of the conference is to gather and exchange information on past and present women philosophers in South-Eastern Europe as well as future perspectives of women in philosophy in this region. There are two premises of the conference. The first is that while the research on women philosophers of the rest of Europe has been under way in the last few decades – or at least there is a significant growth in number and quality of scholarly texts on British, French, German, Italian etc. women philosophers –, there is little scholarly information on women philosophers of South-Eastern Europe. The second is that there is relatively little contact and mutual collaboration between presently active South-East European women philosophers as well as researchers on gender philosophy and gender-aware history of philosophy of the region.With these challenges in mind, possible topics would include the following themes:

the situation with women philosophers in your country in the past:

how many women philosophers were there in the past, their works, activities etc.
one particular woman philosopher of the past who stands out;

the situation with women philosophers in your country now:

what is the overall situation with professional (and amateur) women philosophers in your country nowadays;
what is the situation with gender studies and feminist theories in your country;

what are the expectations for the future), are women promoted to study humanities/philosophy, etc.? how does the job market for women philosophers in your country look like?

We are open to different ideas and formats. The main idea, however, is to meet (at least online) and exchange knowledge about the situation of women philosophers in our respective countries and get to know each other which might help us establish further collaborations. The Conference will take place online, via Microsoft Teams platform.Conference date: December 15 – 17, 2020.There is no Conference fee.There are still some presentation slots available – so if you are interested in an active (or passive) participation, let us know at the following email: luka@ifzg.hr

St Petersburg Manuscripts: The First Digital and the First Historical-Critical Edition of Émilie Du Châtelet's Early Works
2020-12-17 15:15 - 16:45 (Europe/Berlin)
In a collaborative project of the National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia, the Centre international d’étude du XVIIIe siècle, France and the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Germany, present the first digital and the first critical edition of the Émilie Du Châtelet manuscripts. A special focus of the center lies in exploring the writings of philosopher, mathematician and physicist Émilie Du Châtelet. Newton and Leibniz defined the controversy of her era. Du Châtelet integrated both perspectives and created a new path in philosophy. Her philosophy of nature was immediately translated into German in 1743. Kant wrote his first dissertation on her ideas and was influenced by her throughout his life. https://historyofwomenphilosophers.org/stp/
The Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists is proud to present the St Petersburg Manuscripts: The First Digital and the First Historical-Critical Edition of Émilie Du Châtelet’s Early Works.
The event will be held online and is accessible via live-stream here.

Celebrating Émilie du Châtelet's Birthday
2020-12-17 16:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Berlin) | zoom
Émilie du Châtelet’s Birthday Party
The Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists and its Director, Ruth E. Hagengruber, is inviting Project Vox to celebrate Émilie du Châtelet’s 314th Birthday – Come and join us!
Andrew Janiak is joining us online from Duke University and will present his new work exploring the philosophical originality of Du Châtelet’s “Institutions”. Andrew Janiak is Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. He is the co-leader of Project Vox – a project aimed at highlighting the work of Early Modern Women Philosophers. He is currently working on a multi-year project on Émilie Du Châtelet’s philosophy and 18th century Newtonian thought in France, together with Prof. Karen Detlefsen (Penn).
Clara Carus (HWPS) will be giving a talk on the Principle of Contradiction in Du Châtelet. In celebration of her birthday the talk is dedicated to the exploration of this important aspect of her work.
The event is coordinated by the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists directed by Ruth E. Hagengruber. It will be held online and is accessible via live-stream here.

Pythagorean Women Philosophers
2021-01-21 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Pythagorean Women Philosophers

Seminar | January 29, 2021 | online

The Ancient Philosophy Society is holding a virtual seminar on Dorota Dutsch’s book Pythagorean Women Philosophers: Between Belief and Suspicion on Friday, January 29th. See the attached flier for further information.

http://www.ancientphilosophysociety.org/ancient-philosophy-society-pythagorean-women-philosophers-book-seminar/?fbclid=IwAR0ae_dr-W0ApjbK0jS3VB_iO5fh1xoRL2JKd9CRIGQq268JzW1M5OGmd7s

Tom Vinci on Anne Conway
2021-02-12 14:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Berlin)
TALK | February 12, 2021 | 2:30 PM (Atlantic Time Canada)

Tom Vinci (Dalhousie University): “Proposal for a New Theory of Environmental Direct Realism : Anne Conway, Quantum Mechanics and the Extromissive Theory of Perception.”

Abstract

The philosophical backstory is that perception verbs are to be understood as reporting the presence of an object to a subject. This view is standard in the Early Modern period and is making a comeback, e.g. in Brewer 2018. Our question is: How do we integrate the idea of presence-to-a-subject into the existing science of the day? According to Anne Conway, writing circa 1670, we can’t. Since we do have to fit the account into science, we need to change the science. She looks to the (ancient) extromissive theory of perception to do this. This is the project that I propose to reconstruct in the modern day with the aid of Quantum Mechanics.
The reconstruction has four main objectives. (1) To show how, in principle, we might construct a modern theory of perception that fits the mathematical and physical structure of Quantum Mechanics. (2) To show that perception, thus understood, can be understood as a theory of perceptual presence. (3) To show that a causal concept in Conway’s physics, the notion of intimate presence, has the causal properties of Quantum Entanglement. (4) To show that this theory is actually an extromissive account, with an intromissive trigger, just as Conway asserts.

Dal Philosophy is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88416974335

Reading Webinar with Rodney Parker
2021-02-26 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Reading Webinar | February 26, 2021 | Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience

with Rodney Parker, former coordinator of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists directed by Ruth E. Hagengruber

In Winter 2021, the reading for the webinar of the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience will be

Hart, James, J. (author), Parker, Rodney B. (editor), Hedwig Conrad-Martius’s Ontological Phenomenology (Springer Nature, 2020).

Rodney Parker (the editor) and possibly, Jim Hart (the author), will be at the first meeting Fri, Feb 26, 10-12 pm PT (Berkeley). The meeting will also have a discussion of Ch.11 of Husserl’s Prolegomena (with Randy Dible).

Successive meetings will be on the last Friday of each month unless specially announced.

To attend, please email olouchakova@gmail.com

Virtual Lectures on “Literature and the Pandemics in Historical Perspectives”
2021-03-17 14:00 - 2021-04-17 16:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Lecture | February and March 17, 2021 | Commission on Science and Literature

Commission on Science and Literature DHST/IUHPST

The Commission on Science and Literature DHST/IUHPST is very glad to announce a series of virtual open lectures on “Literature and the Pandemics in Historical Perspectives” to be given by distinguished scholars in the field. The first two lectures are as follows:

17 Feb 14.00 UTC
Rebecca Totaro, Florida Gulf Coast University, Shakespeare’s London. Crisis and creativity in Plague-Time

https://hou.webex.com/hou/j.php…

17 March 14.00 UTC
Aureo Lustosa Guerios , University of Padua, The Plague and the Mob: group identity and anonymity in literature from the Black Death to the Influenza Pandemic

https://hou.webex.com/hou/j.php…

The virtual lectures will be given at 14.00 UTC (15.00 CET). They will be hosted by the M.Sc. program “Science Communication” of the Hellenic Open University and jointly organized with the University of Birmingham.

George Vlahakis and John Holmes, CoSciLit President and Secretary

SSWPH Inaugural Conference
2021-03-19 08:00 - 2021-03-20 17:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Call for Papers: Inaugural Conference of the Society for the Study of Women in Phenomenology (SSWPH)

The Society for the Study of Women in Phenomenology (SSWPH) announces its inaugural international conference to be held virtually from March 19–20, 2021.

Keynote Speakers:

Sarah Borden-Sharkey (Wheaton College, IL)
Helen Fielding (Western University)
Ruth Hagengruber (Paderborn University)
Julia Jansen (KU Leuven)

Rosemary Rizo-Patrón de Lerner (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) The Society for the Study of Women in Phenomenology (SSWPH) is a learned society focused on researching the work of women in phenomenology and phenomenological philosophy. We have three objectives. First, we wish to uncover and critically examine the work of women in phenomenology or phenomenological philosophy from the early phenomenological movement to the current day, including but not limited to such figures as Hedwig Conrad-Martius, Edith Stein, Gerda Walther, Simone de Beauvoir, María Zambrano, Hannah Arendt, Sylvia Wynter, Iris Marion Young, María Lugones, Angela Ales Bello, Roberta De Monticelli, Judith Butler, Linda Martín Alcoff, Mariana Ortega, and Jacqueline Martinez. Second, we wish to create a dialogue between those working in the phenomenological tradition and other schools of thought and research methods to address questions of philosophical import. Third, we seek to cultivate new phenomenological, philosophical work that draws inspiration from and/or extends the ideas of the thinkers of the Society’s focus. We carry out our mandate through a series of conferences, workshops, debates, translation projects, and scholarly publications. The Society is open to all scholars interested in the work of women in phenomenology or phenomenological philosophy. We invite abstracts of no more than 300 words for papers to be presented at our first conference. Presenters will have between 20 and 30 minutes to present their papers. We welcome papers on the work of women phenomenologists and phenomenologically informed philosophers. Also welcome are papers that use women’s phenomenology to address issues or questions in philosophy. Papers that focus on the history of phenomenology and/or dialogue with other disciplines or fields of philosophy are also encouraged. The deadline for submission of abstracts is December 20, 2020. Please send abstracts to: Julia Mühl-Sawatzki (julia.muehl.sawatzki@upb.de) and Antonio Calcagno (acalcagn@uwo.ca). Please direct any questions to Julia Mühl-Sawatzki and/or Antonio Calcagno.

For further information please visit our website: www.sswph.org

Women in the History of Philosophy: A Workshop on Methodological Issues
2021-04-20 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London)
British Society for the History of Philosophy Annual Conference
Women in the History of Philosophy: A Workshop on Methodological Issues
16:00-18:00, 20th April 2021
To be held online, hosted by Durham University
The workshop will discuss some of the methodological issues which have emerged as the history of women’s contribution to philosophy has developed and expanded in recent years. Panel members will share insights and problems encountered from their own work. Questions to be considered include the implications for the historiography of philosophy and whether research on women’s philosophy from different periods requires different methodologies, best practice for the future. Open discussion with all participants will follow the panel contributions.
Speakers
Ruth Hagengruber (Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn University)
Sarah Hutton (University of York)
Caterina Pellò (University of St Andrews)
Alison Stone (University of Lancaster)
Rachael Wiseman (University of Liverpool)
For more information, please visit the BSHP website.
Registration is free for BSHP members. To become a BSHP member, please click here
To register for the workshop, please email bshp2021.conference@durham.ac.uk and confirm that you are a BSHP member and would like to register.

Talk Series: Early Modern Women on Knowledge
2021-04-29 14:00 - 15:30, 2021-06-10 14:00 - 15:30, 2021-06-24 14:00 - 14:30, 2021-07-29 14:00 - 15:30, 2021-08-26 14:00 - 15:30, 2021-09-30 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Berlin)
New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication on our work.
The Talk Series: Early Modern Women on Knowledge will create such a space for connection online. Everyone is welcome to attend. To register and to receive the zoom invitation, e-mail clara.carus@uni-paderborn.de.

Frauen aus aller Frauen Länder
2021-04-30 14:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Der deutsche Akademikerinnenbund will mit der Initiative Frauen aus aller Frauen Länder gestalten die Zukunft Deutschlands in Deutschland tätige, aktive Akademikerinnen aus aller Frauen Länder mit seinem Netzwerk unterstützen. Ziel ist es, Akademikerinnen zu unterstützen, sich mit ihnen zu vernetzen und gegenseitige Interessen zu stärken. Wir wollen unsere Leistungen aufzeigen und unsere Stimmen für ein geschlechtergerechtes Deutschland in Gesellschaft und Wissenschaft erheben.
PROGRAMM

VERLEIHUNG DES SOPHIE LA ROCHE-PREISES AN ELKE BÜDENBENDER
durch die Präsidentin des Deutschen Akademikerinnenbundes, Manuela Quietsch
Laudatio: AUMA OBAMA

ROUND TABLE: FRAUEN AUS ALLER FRAUEN LÄNDER GESTALTEN DIE ZUKUNFT DEUTSCHLANDS

JUTTA ALLMENDINGER
Präsidentin des Wissenschaftszentrums Berlin für Sozialforschung, Professorin an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

PETIA GENKOVA
Mitglied im Vorstand des Deutschen Akademikerinnenbunds, Professorin an der Universität Osnabrück

AYLA NEUSEL
Professorin em. der Gesamthochschule Kassel, frühere Vizepräsidentin der Gesamthochschule Kassel und Initiatorin der internationalen Frauenuniversität

LINN SELLE
Präsidentin der Europäischen Bewegung Deutschlands

PARTO TEHERANI-KRÖNNER
Umweltsoziologin mit dem Schwerpunkt Gender und Globalisierung, Wissenschaftliche Beraterin des Hortinlea-Projekts an der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Diskussionsleitung:
RUTH HAGENGRUBER
Vizepräsidentin des Deutschen Akademikerinnenbundes, Direktorin des Center for the History Of Women Philosophers an der Universität Paderborn, Professorin an der Universität Paderborn

Koordination der Veranstaltung: Ruth Hagengruber DAB, Katrin Schwenk WZB, Marianne Kriszio DAB

Clara Carus: Emilie du Chatelet’s Concept of ‘a Being’
2021-05-06 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Thursday, 06. May 2021, 4 pm (CEST)
DR. CLARA CARUS (UNIVERSITY of PADERBORN)
Émilie du Châtelet’s Concept of ‘a Being’

In paragraph 35 of her Institutions Physiques Du Châtelet determines a being [un Etre] as that which can exist and whose determinations do not entail a contradiction. Along with her predecessor Wolff, she deems the determination of a being (a ‘thing’ in Wolff) to rest on a rational principle of non-contradiction: if I can prove that an idea is free of contradiction it is possible and thus a being – if an idea entails a contradiction it is a chimera. In her determination of a being, Du Châtelet makes clear that a being merely needs to be possible, i.e. non-contradictory to be a being – it does not need to be existing in actuality. Along with this definition of “a being”, to Du Châtelet all truths rest on the principle of non-contradiction. It is thus clear from Du Châtelet’s understanding of a being that we reject an idea which entails contradiction not on the basis of ‘existence’ but on the basis of a reasoned principle. The determination of a being is dependent upon a principle of knowledge – not upon the existence of beings and the experience thereof. She hoped to pass judgments on nature on the basis of this principle, but also on freedom, God and knowledge itself. Yet is non-contradiction really sufficient to establish ‘a being’ – a necessary truth?

All welcome. Please register for the lecture here:

https://womeninphilosophy.com/lecture-series/

The Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants on the day of the lecture, one hour before the start of the talk.

Ruth E. Hagengruber: The Stolen History—Retrieving the History of Women Philosophers and Its Methodical Implications
2021-05-08 14:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Berlin) | online
Throughout the last 40 years, many scholars have dedicated their endeavors to conserving the writings of women philosophers. Now we have access to valuable sources that show that the history of women philosophers stretches back as far as the history of philosophy itself. Using the history of women philosophers as a methodical approach to philosophy is a unique and indispensable means to widen and to change philosophical insights. Re-reading the history of philosophy and including the ideas of women philosophers, however, does not only add some more narratives but challenges the methodology of philosophy. The history of philosophy that we are traditionally educated in the western world is simply not true to the facts. Thus, I demand a rewriting of the history of philosophy that takes into account the ideas that are incorporated in the writings of women philosophers and that have been denied by the narratives and fabric of sexualized and patriarchally inﬂuenced thought.
The event will include a panel discussion with Prof. Dr. Hagengruber, Prof. Dr. Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach and Dr. Chris Meyns, chaired by Dr. Liesbeth Schoonheim. Column by Joyce Pijnenburg, MA. The event will take place through Zoom (14.30-17.00h CET); for further details see our site.

Stein’s and Husserl’s Intertwined Itineraries 1916-25
2021-05-20 - 2021-05-21 | Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, NRW, 33098, Germany
Edith Stein attempted already in her doctorate to complement Husserl’s work on phenomenology by a painstaking analysis of empathy including its indispensable role in the constitution of the psycho-physical individual and the person. As Husserl’s assistant 1918-20 she famously edited in particular his Ideas II, perhaps introducing within it a view of this relationship foreign to Husserl’s. This conference attempts to shed light on this matter by bringing into focus the integrity and coherence of their respective contributions in advance of the appearance of the new and revised edition of Ideas II. The The focus of this conference and its theme are on Husserl and Stein’s respective understanding of the constitution of the body, and its importance for intersubjectivity and transcendental phenomenology.
Conference organizer:
Ruth E. Hagengruber, Center HWPS/Padeborn University, Germany
Mette Lebech, Maynooth University, Ireland
The conference will take place from May 20 to May 21 2021 as an online conference. The preliminary program is available at the conference page. A link to the Zoom event will announced in time.
For more information visit our conference page.

Ruth E. Hagengruber: From Quantitative to Qualitative Food Economics: Food in the Age of AI
2021-05-21 11:30 - 13:00 (Europe/Rome)
International Conference
Cultural diversity and biodiversity: the question of food
Ruth Edith Hagengruber, Paderborn University,
Teaching and Research Area EcoTechGender
Session II Food and cultural diversity
Individualized need and globalized food provision will substantially change the idea of growth economics. Not for the first time in our history, food is the enhancer of a global change in economics. This time, the change will take the direction from a quantity based (food) economics to a quality based one. Individualized and value driven food economics impacts a change in established growth economics and will change substantially our idea of economy. AI can be used and can support an individualized and quality determined food request and thus also change our idea of food production and provision. In the process, all fields will change: demand, production and logistics. This quality-based economy contains an opportunity to address today’s challenges for an economy that conserves resources and protects the environment, while at the same time taking greater account of individual and different needs.
Find more information here.

Ruth E. Hagengruber: A Stolen History. A Critical Examination of the History of Philosophy and a Plea for a New Renaissance.
2021-05-27 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Berlin)
The International Philosophy Olympiads (IPO), which is a competition for high-school pupils, first took place in 1993, by an initiative of the Department of Philosophy of Sofıa University to invite a group of philosophers from various countries.
Main topics for discussion at eIPO 2021 will be:
1) Realism versus Idealism in political philosophy: throughout the history of political philosophy and politics, there has been continual debate about the roles of idealism versus realism. For contemporary political philosophy, this debate manifests in notions of ideal theory versus nonideal theory. Nonideal thinkers shift their focus from theorizing about full social justice, asking instead which feasible institutional and political changes would make a society more just. Ideal thinkers, on the other hand, question whether full justice is a standard that any society is likely ever to satisfy. And, if social justice is unrealistic, are attempts to understand it without value or importance, and merely utopian?
2) Interpretations of key utopian and anti-utopian texts to demonstrate how they construct, challenge and explore the ideas and forms of social phenomenons in the past and present. earlier utopian writings and the social and political ideals of their own periods
3) Is contemporary culture a prove of utopian eclipse by the dystopian narratives?
4) How to set ambitious goals and practical principles for creating a desirable society?
5) What is the role of utopian thinking in critical thinking?
More information can be found on the eIPO website.

Émilie Du Châtelet et la littérature philosophique clandestine
2021-06-25 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Berlin)
La tradition de la critique féminine de la Bible: De Nogarola à Du Châtelet.
Ruth E. Hagengruber

Du Châtelet shared the liberal ideas of the radical Enlightenment. My reading reads the Examinations of the Bible in the context of the history of the ‘querelle des femmes’. I will then show that this biblical critique was not only directed against the Bible and the Church Fathers by women philosophers, but, that this biblical critique is much more, it is the critique of philosophy and its self-submission to the patriarchal commandments of religion. Finally, I position Du Châtelet in the tradition from Nogarola to Gournay. I will argue that the tradition of clandestine philosophy has a strong root in the philosophy of women philosophers and that, seen from this angle, Du Châtelet is not unique, but that she is also, seen from the history of the philosophy of women philosophers, well within a tradition and that, from this, we can re-examine the interpretation of the bible in the Enlightenment.

Ruth E. Hagengruber: Fighting Philofolly! Rewriting the History of Philosophy
2021-06-28 - 2021-06-30
Lady Reason criticizes Christine de Pizan for idolatrizing philosophers, who « like to quote the authors they have read», writing «philofolly», instead of «philosophy». The exclusion of women philosophers from the history of philosophy is a result of the centuries-old practice of gendered-minded self-interest of certain groups, supported by a culturally established patriarchal hierarchy.
After centuries of exclusion, the perspective is now changing. Today we have access to valuable sources which show that the history of women philosophers stretches back as far as the history of philosophy itself, from Antiquity up to the present. We start re-reading the history of philosophy with astonishing results. In my talk, I will focus on the critique of the Bible and the male God, presented in writings from 1500 to the Enlightenment. The history of women philosophers as a methodical approach to philosophy turns out to be an indispensable means to widen philosophical insights.
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Defining the Future - Rethinking the Past
2021-07-18 - 2021-07-21 | Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, 33098, Germany
International Association of Women Philosophers
Founded in Germany in 1976, the International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPh) is an organization committed to promoting discussion, interaction, and cooperation among women in philosophy worldwide. The IAPh’s XVIIIth symposium will be held at Paderborn University, Germany.
The conference theme ‘Defining the Future – Rethinking the Past’ is intended to capture the broad scope of women’s achievements in the history of philosophy as well as the contemporary research on historical women philosophers and their meaning for the future. The focus points of 2021’s symposium will be economy, ecology, technology, and the history of philosophy itself.
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XXV. Congress of the German Society for Philosophy
2021-09-05 - 2021-09-08 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
The True, the Good and the Beautiful
XXV. Congress of the German Society for Philosophy
The 25th conference of the German Society of Philosophy deals with the true, the good, and the beautiful – and, therefore, with everything? Yes and no. As always, the conference will be an exhibition of philosophy and provide the opportunity to present research from all parts of philosophy: in 40 sections there will be talks about virtually all fields and periods of philosophy. At the same time, there will be, mainly in the colloquia, a focus on special questions, which have, in recent years, more and more taken centre stage in philosophical research. These questions are concerned with the relations between truth, goodness and beauty: What is the relation between epistemic and practical norms? Can judgements about the good and the beautiful be true (and false)? What is the value of truth? Is a good life a beautiful life? Is the aim of art beauty, truth or goodness? These and related questions are located at the intersection of theoretical and practical philosophy – and, therefore, maybe at the centre of philosophy in general.
Section 15: History of Women in Philosophy
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