Must Criticism be constructive?
Friday, 31 October 2008 to Saturday, 1 November 2008
Location: HPS, Free School Lane/CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane

Fri 31 Oct 2008

Location: History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane
Seminar Room 2

 


Session1
Chair:  Raymond Geuss (Philosophy, Cambridge)       

13.00 - 14.30

General Introduction
Rüdiger Bittner (Bielefeld University)    

Comments:
Manuel Dries (University of Oxford)               
Fabian Freyenhagen (University of Essex)         

14.30-14.45

Coffee Break

14.45 - 16.15

Knowledge and criticism
Michael Hampe (ETH-Zürich)                                

Comments:
Christian Skirke (University of Amsterdam)
Richard Raatzsch (Clare Hall, Cambridge)

16.15 - 18.00

General Discussion

18.00 - 19.30

Discussion continues in informal setting

19.45

Dinner at Pizza Express, Jesus Lane



Sat 1 Nov 2008

Location: CRASSH 17 Mill Lane 
Seminar Room

 

Session2
Chair: Richard Raatzsch         

9.30 - 10.30

Criticism, literature, music
Raymond Geuss 

Comments:
Zeev Emmerich (SPS)  
Tom Stern (Philosophy, Cambridge)   
Martin Eichler  (University of Cambridge) 

10.30 - 11.00

Coffee Break

11.00 - 13.00

Social criticism     
Rahel Jaeggi (University of Frankfurt)               

Comments:
Gordon Finlayson  (University of Sussex)
Jörg Schaub (Universiy of Mannheim)  
Dina Gussejnova (History, Cambridge)  

13.00  - 14.00

Lunch 

 

Session3
Chair:  Fabian Freyenhagen

14.00 - 15.30 

Criticism in philosophy
Wayne Martin (University of Essex)       

Comments:
Richard Raatzsch
Raymond Geuss

15.30 - 15.45

Tea Break

15.45 - 18.00

Criticism in the moral life 
Richard Raatzsch

Comments:
Rüdiger Bittner
Lorna Finlayson (Philosophy, Cambridge)

18.00

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