Time: 17:00–18:00 (Dublin time), February 5th, 2025 Speaker: Alex Lee, University College Cork Negative Forms of Knowledge in Daoist Epistemology Abstract: Daoist religion and philosophy places greater emphasis on the negative aspects of reality compared to Western traditions, whether in the physical or mental realms. When this perspective intersects with traditional Read more…
Offence is an increasingly prevalent social phenomenon that has received little philosophical analysis. To be offended or to take offence can have significant social power and incur severe professional and personal consequences. While a wide array of utterances, actions, creative outputs and personal beliefs are spoken of as sources of Read more…
Moral Development and Moral Failure Irish Philosophical Society Annual Conference 20-21 October 2023 Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland
“Moral Development and Moral Failure” Conference Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland 20 – 21 October 2023 *** Call for abstracts *** Conference Theme The twin issues of Moral Development and Moral Failure have been at the core of philosophical reflection on ethics at least since Socrates. Following Read more…
“Philosophy in the Public Space” Conference Trinity College Dublin, 21-22nd October 2022 Conference programme available here Abstracts We live in a time of multiple crises when philosophy’s public role is once again a matter of significant concern. Much public discourse, whether in parliaments and public squares, on traditional or social Read more…
Gender Futures The IPS and SWIP Ireland are co-hosting an online seminar series in Semester 1, 2022-23, on the theme of ‘Gender Futures’. We aim to build on the success of our Spring PG online seminar series, which helped to create a platform for PG philosophy students across the island Read more…
Call for abstracts “Philosophy in the Public Space” Conference Trinity College Dublin, 21-22nd October 2022 Extended abstract deadline: Monday 9th May (midnight Irish time) .pdf version of this call for abstracts We live in a time of multiple crises when philosophy’s public role is once again a matter Read more…
We aim to create a platform for postgraduate philosophy students at Irish Higher Education Institutions, enabling them to bond and share their research across the community. Our schedule for Spring 2022 is as follows: Time zone: Dublin/London Location: online (via Zoom) The speakers (following the sequence Read more…
Wednesday January 12, 4:00PM GMT Zoom link will be sent to all IPS members in due course. If you are not a member and wish to PARTICIPATE, please contact felix.omurchadha [at] nuigalway.ie Plato’s theory on Eros and the political implications by Panos Eliopoulos University of Ioannina, Greece; Open University of Cyprus; Read more…
Joint TCD/UCC Philosophy Colloquium Sponsored by The Irish Philosophical Society Friday afternoons, 3pm on Zoom (check individual events for times) February 5 (3pm) – Jenann Ismael (Columbia) – Time and the Visual Imagination: from physics to philosophy February 12 (3pm) – Cara Nine (UCC) – Secession: Crafting Borders and Environmental Responsibility February 19 Read more…