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Association of Philosophy Students
Association of Philosophy Students
The Game of Achievement
Brendan de Kenessey held his talk “The Game of Achievement” with the Association of Philosophy Students on February 8, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. EST
Abstract: Many philosophers hold that achievement is an objective good, or part of what makes for a good life. On this view, the fact that a person has achieved something difficult or impressive contributes significantly to the goodness of that person's life. de Kenessey explores the idea that the value of achievement lies not in the achievement itself, but in the activity of pursuing the achievement. He draws on an analogy with games: To play and enjoy a game, one must take on the end of winning; But, winning is not what gives a game its value. Instead, the value lies in the activity of playing itself. Similarly, he suggests that while many valuable activities require adopting achievement as an end, what makes the activity valuable is not that it ends in achievement, but rather the nature of the activity itself.
Abstract: Many philosophers hold that achievement is an objective good, or part of what makes for a good life. On this view, the fact that a person has achieved something difficult or impressive contributes significantly to the goodness of that person's life. de Kenessey explores the idea that the value of achievement lies not in the achievement itself, but in the activity of pursuing the achievement. He draws on an analogy with games: To play and enjoy a game, one must take on the end of winning; But, winning is not what gives a game its value. Instead, the value lies in the activity of playing itself. Similarly, he suggests that while many valuable activities require adopting achievement as an end, what makes the activity valuable is not that it ends in achievement, but rather the nature of the activity itself.
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A Daoist Critique of Morality
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Chris Fraser held his talk, "A Daoist Critique of Morality" with the Association of Philosophy Students on Thursday, January 26 2023 at 5:00 p.m. Abstract: A striking passage from the Daoist classic Zhuangzi likens devoting oneself to benevolence and duty and seeking to distinguish right from wrong to suffering the ancient Chinese corporal punishments of tattooing the convict's face and amputat...
“Narcissism as Philosophy’s Madness: Derrida Vs. Foucault” with Dr. Natalie Helberg
zhlédnutí 596Před rokem
Dr. Natalie Helberg gave her talk on November 22, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. Title: “Narcissism as Philosophy’s Madness: Derrida Vs. Foucault” Abstract: Natalie Helberg revisits the debate between Foucault and Derrida on madness and its relationship to philosophy. The debate has been cast as one which reveals deep conceptual tensions between the two thinkers. Helberg shows how, in fact, key points of co...
Difference and Alterity in Early Modern Philosophy: Montaigne and Spinoza
zhlédnutí 185Před rokem
University of Toronto St. George Professor Willi Goetschel gave a virtual talk entitled "Difference and Alterity in Early Modern Philosophy: Montaigne vs. Spinoza" with the Association of Philosophy Students on January 24, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. Below is the abstract of Goetschel’s talk: Upon closer examination we can see that in philosophy difference and alterity have not only more recently become ...
Institutions or Interaction? Hegel's Critique on Fichte Reconsidered
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In this talk, University of Toronto St. George Graduate Student Matthew Delhey presents some of the research coming out in his dissertation, Hegel's Critique of Reciprocity. In particular, he discusses the role of social institutions in Hegel's social and political philosophy and its relation to Fichte's, Hegel's most important German idealist predecessor. Delhey argues that if we wish to take ...
Between Persuasion and Coercion: Protest as Holding Accountable with Henry Krahn
zhlédnutí 49Před 2 lety
In the face of injustice, we often protest. Citizens chant slogans, march down highways, chain themselves to construction equipment, and sail into nuclear testing sites. But sometimes protest goes too far-rather than persuading others, protestors use force to coerce them. Where do we draw the line? Is the use of force in protest ever justified? This problem, I suggest, is analogous with another...
The Perils of Naivety in Moral Epistemology: Ethical Intuitionism and Cross-Cultural Disagreement
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with Martin Dimitrov Ethical intuitionism is a view in moral epistemology according to which the basic moral principles are self-evidently true. Ethical intuitionists like W. D. Ross and Robert Audi generate numerous deontological principles using this approach. I will argue that there is higher-order evidence about some of these supposedly self-evident moral propositions serves as a defeater f...
Perceptual Justification and the Demands of Effective Agency: Griffin Klemick
zhlédnutí 62Před 2 lety
If you're like me, when someone first posed a radical skeptical hypothesis to you, your first reaction was something like: "That's stupid; clearly I've got to trust my faculties if I'm going to, you know, live." And then you took a course in epistemology, and you were told that this is a shallow, naive, and inadequate response to skepticism, one that refuses to see the force of the problem. My ...
The Forgotten Phenomenology of Love: Alexandra Gustafson
zhlédnutí 1,4KPřed 2 lety
In this talk, I'll propose we start using love’s phenomenology as a test of the explanatory power of our current best views on love: as they are, can they account for this forgotten feature? As the first application of this procedure, I'll analyze a group of views I call relationship-directed attitude views. These argue that love is-at least partially-constituted by an attitude toward a relatio...
Substantive Human Rights, Priority of Duties, and and African Colonialism: Dr. Polycarp Ikuenobe
zhlédnutí 141Před 2 lety
I argue for a plausible African idea and practice of substantive individual rights based on a communal system of the moral correlativity of rights and duties. This system specifies, (a) the priority of self-regarding and other-regarding duties, and, (b) the reciprocity of duties. These duties, which are a means of promoting general welfare and enhancing substantive rights and dignity, include p...
Conversations with Friends? Art Interpretation and Conversational Ethics with Andriy Bilenkyy
zhlédnutí 65Před 2 lety
Philosophers of art commonly believe that a characteristic feature of works of art is that they warrant interpretation. But what fixes the proper object of interpretation, how do we adjudicate interpretative disagreements, and are our interpretative activities subject to any ethical constraints? In this talk, we will explore the relationship between these questions, focusing on intentionalism, ...
Pārthasārathi and Gaṅgeśa on Absence in Retrospect with Jack Beaulieu
zhlédnutí 245Před 2 lety
Cases of past absence (prāṅnâstitāsthala) involve agents noticing in retrospect that an object or property was absent, such as when one notices later that a colleague was not at a talk. Such cases pose substantive questions for the epistemology of absence: how is that we become aware that an object or property was previously absent, now that its absence is temporally and spatially distal? And i...
Planning After Philosophy Event: Dr. Wilson, Dr. Hellie, and Alumni Guests
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Planning After Philosophy Event: Dr. Wilson, Dr. Hellie, and Alumni Guests
APS Faculty Meet and Greet (2021-2022)
zhlédnutí 104Před 2 lety
APS Faculty Meet and Greet (2021-2022)
The Philosophy of Horror: Dr. Noel Carroll Interview (Halloween Edition)
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The Philosophy of Horror: Dr. Noel Carroll Interview (Halloween Edition)
Autonomy, Disability, and Assisted Dying
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Autonomy, Disability, and Assisted Dying
Colonial Ressentiment: Fanon’s appropriation of Nietzsche
zhlédnutí 174Před 3 lety
Colonial Ressentiment: Fanon’s appropriation of Nietzsche
An Umbrella Definition of the Act of Shaming
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An Umbrella Definition of the Act of Shaming
The relationship between thought and being in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit
zhlédnutí 498Před 3 lety
The relationship between thought and being in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit
Philosophy Without Borders: Intellectual Exchange between India, Europe, Islam, and Africa
zhlédnutí 176Před 3 lety
Philosophy Without Borders: Intellectual Exchange between India, Europe, Islam, and Africa
The Neurobiological Platform for Moral Intuitions: Dr. Patricia Churchland
zhlédnutí 213Před 3 lety
The Neurobiological Platform for Moral Intuitions: Dr. Patricia Churchland
Three-Dimensional Praxis: Frantz Fanon and Anti-Colonial Practices of the Self
zhlédnutí 235Před 3 lety
Three-Dimensional Praxis: Frantz Fanon and Anti-Colonial Practices of the Self
The reality of conscious experience underlies morality, but the Churchlands are zombies who don't experience (and therefore don't believe in) consciousness. I wouldn't take any lessons on morality from the Churchlands
I happened to be looking for something and this lecture popped up. It wasn't exactly what I was looking for but it answered a butt load of questions I have been trying to find the answers to for many a year. I appreciate the fact that you can correlate many different levels because they are the levels that I think, but can't tell anyone else because I only have a high school education. Thank you, from this 72 year old gramma.