CFP: Speculations Volume II

Do check out the CFP for Speculations: Volume II. It is already looking like a decent issue even without the CFP going up so I admit to being pretty excited about this one. Please spread the word far and wide if you can.

Incidentally my lack of blogging is down to me coming close to submitting my thesis. I hope to start picking things up again soon enough.

Heidegger Conference

So the 21st Century Heidegger conference is now over and I am happy to say that it was a success. I managed to meet a whole range of people I've spent years reading and discovered a bunch of approaches to Heidegger I never knew existed! It turns out there are about 9-10 Heideggers. Encountering these varied approaches has certainly sparked my interest again. Things are a lot clearer once you engage in some dialogue. I got to meet people who see no contradiction in using Heidegger to discuss proto-Dasein, non-anthropocentric readings of technical instruments, evolution/biology, neuroscience Heidegger applications, mirror-neuron worldhood and all kinds of things. Plus all the traditional stuff. The session on Heidegger and theology has sharpened my beliefs somewhat and it is there that I discovered the opening line of my thesis...

All in all a great success! I am sure I will have more to say but for the moment I need to get all my thoughts down before they slip away.

21st Century Heidegger Session Programme

Here is a relatively finalized link to the session programme for the 21st Century Heidegger conference.

Sponsored by:
UCD School of Philosophy
UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland
International Journal of Philosophical Studies
Goethe-Institut, Dublin

To register, contact: heidegger2010@gmail.com

Date/Venue: Friday 10th & Saturday 11th September 2010
UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland, University College Dublin, Ireland

Our keynotes speakers are: Professor Martin Gessmann, Professor Babette E. Babich, Professor Miguel de Beistegui, Dr. Andrew Haas, and Dr. Francois Raffoul.