Philosophers recently have become aware that there is a risk that Eurocentric biases in philosophical tradition may distort the scholarship of the broad academic theoretical work. To correct these biases — which have been critically denounced by the scholars from non-European continents — the postcolonial scholarship made an effort in deconstructing the European theoretical referents, […]
CFP: OZSW Autumn School “Beyond the Canon: Unexplored Topics and Forgotten Thinkers,” Tilburg University, Oct. 25-26, 2019 (deadline: Jun. 1, 2019)
Textbooks on the history of philosophy deal with what are widely agreed to be the most important themes and thinkers of the past two-and-a-half thousand years. They discuss, among others, the views of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, and Kant, as well as the major traditions and debates in epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics: rationalism […]
CFP: Interculturality and the Future of Philosophy/Interculturalidad y el futuro de la filosofía/Interculturalidade e o futuro da filosofia, University of São Paulo, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2019 (deadline: May 31, 2019)
(Versión española abajo | Versão portuguesa abaixo) The University of São Paulo and the Latin-American Association ofIntercultural Philosophy (ALAFI) will hold their 5th EasternPhilosophy Conference and the 1st International InterculturalPhilosophy Conference at the university campus in São Paulo (Brazil).Contributions are welcome on intercultural and comparativephilosophy, as well as proposals on all non-Western philosophicaltraditions. The languages […]
CFA: Postcolonial and Decolonial Reception of European Thought-MAP Bristol, University of Bristol, June 6-7, 2019 (deadline: Apr. 3, 2019)
Philosophers recently have become aware that there is a risk that Eurocentric biases in philosophical tradition may distort the scholarship not only of the European philosophy itself, but also of the broad academic theoretical work in and beyond Europe. To correct these biases — which have been critically denounced by the scholars from non-European continents […]
Bibliographies and Introductory Reading Guides in Recognition of Black History Month
Last weekend, Patrick O’Donnell, a member of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY’s Facebook group who wrote a guest post for us last month, generously shared a number of his bibliographies and reading guides with the group in recognition of Black History Month. These bibliographies and reading guides are listed below with hyperlinks in the titles that will take […]
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