2011-2012 Calendar
Thursdays, 4.00pm-6.00pm.
1 September: Opening session.
22 September: Seminar on Topics from Anscombe: “The First Person”
— 27 September: Second Open Seminar of the ‘Estranging Pessoa’ Project —
6 October: Seminar on Literary Theory: William Empson, Some Versions of Pastoral
13 October: Original Papers Seminar: Bernado Palmeirim on The Charmides
20 October: Seminar on Topics from Anscombe: “Causality and Determination”
27 October: Seminar on Literary Theory: William Empson, Some Versions of Pastoral
10 November: Seminar on Topics from Anscombe: “On Brute Facts”
17 November: Original Papers Seminar: Ana Cláudia Santos, Becoming who you are: Notes on Proust.
24 November: Seminar on Literary Theory: William Empson, Some Versions of Pastoral
15 December: Seminar on Topics from Anscombe: “Under a Description”
16 December: Original Papers Seminar: Nuno Amado, "Untying Gordian Knots: Remarks on Hemingway".
The seminar on Empson's Some Versions of Pastoral will be rescheduled. We will announce the new dates soon.
12 January, morning: Seminar on Anscombe’s Intention.
12 January, afternoon: Seminar on Action Theory: Davidson, “Actions, Reasons, and Causes”
— 13 de January: 3rd Philosophy and Literature Annual Conference, Actions and Reasons —
19 January: Seminar on Theory of Art: Aristotle, Poetics.
26 January: Original Papers Seminar: Frederico Pedreira, "Geting to "the heart of things": ways of pointing to a meaning in literature"
2 February: Seminar on Anscombe’s Intention
9 February: Seminar on Action Theory: Vogler, “Instrumentalism”
16 February: Seminar on Theory of Art: Aristotle, Poetics.
23 February: Original Papers Seminar: Alda Rodrigues, "The collections in Hemingway's short story «Now I Lay Me»"
1 March: Seminar on Anscombe’s Intention
8 March: Seminar on Action Theory: Thompson, “Naive Action Theory”
15 March: Seminar on Theory of Art: Aristotle, Poetics.
— 19 March: Actions in Art Conference —
22 March: Original Papers Seminar: Sara Eckerson, "Contrarianism in the Philosophy of Music".
29 March: Seminar on Anscombe’s Intention
5 April: Seminar on Action Theory: Thompson, “Naive Action Theory”
12 April: Seminar on Theory of Art: Aristotle, Poetics.
19 April: Original Papers Seminar: Rita Furtado, 'And The Bible Will Lead Us To Reason': A Secularização Segundo Gianni Vattimo.
26 April: Seminar on Anscombe’s Intention
3 May: Seminar on Action Theory: Hornsby, “Actions in Their Circumstances”
10 May: Seminar on Theory of Art: Aristotle, Poetics.
17 May: Original Papers Seminar: tba.
24 May: Seminar on Anscombe’s Intention
31 May: Seminar on Action Theory: Ford, “Action and Generality”
7 June: Seminar on Theory of Art: Aristotle, Poetics.
14 June: Original Papers Seminar: tba.
21 June: Seminar on Anscombe’s Intention
28 June: Seminar on Action Theory: Mueller, “Backward-looking Rationality and the Unity of Practical Reason”
5 July: Seminar on Theory of Art: Aristotle, Poetics.
12 July: Original Papers Seminar: tba.
