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Grammatical Stirrings I: Listening to Cage

   Listening to Cage ExperimentationChanceSilenceAnarchism A Lecture by Richard Fleming Thursday, March 20 4:30pm FHI Garage Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, 1st Floor Duke University Reception to follow in the Audiovisualities Lab Richard Fleming will also lead a workshop/seminar Friday Mar 21 on Cavell’s The Claim of Reason. Richard Fleming is an ordinary language philosopher and…

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Philosophical Inquiry and the Humanities

 Philosophical Inquiry and the Humanities: History, Literature, Feminism Two Public Lectures, part of the 5th Annual PAL Young Scholars Workshop “Issues of Fictional Realism in the Later Iris Murdoch” Sabina Lovibond, Women’s Studies, Oxford “Bernard Williams, History, and the Impurity of Philosophy” Richard Moran, Philosophy, Harvard Thursday, Feb 6 5:30-7:45pm Reception at 5pm FHI Garage…

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Young Scholars Workshop 2014

 PAL’s 5th Annual Young Scholars Workshop: Philosophical Inquiry and the Humanities: History, Literature, and Feminism Feb 6th—Feb 7th Invited and local Young Scholars have the opportunity to work closely with visiting speakers Richard Moran, Philosophy, Harvard and Sabina Lovibond, Women’s Studies, Oxford. Download the PAL Young Scholars 2014 Application. Application includes the full schedule for the workshop and description…

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“Music and Painting”: A lecture by Lydia Goehr

 “Music and Painting: Reviewing the Mediums of Voice, Ear, and Instrument” A lecture by Lydia Goehr Thursday Jan 23  5:30pm FHI Garage Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, 1st Floor Duke University Reception at 5pm. Lydia Goehr is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. Part of the Musicology Lecture Series Spring 2014 Presented by the Center for…

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PAL Forum Series: My Wittgenstein

 Tuesdays, Spring 2014 January 14, March 4, April 8 Duke faculty discuss Wittgenstein’s deep, sometimes implicit, but pervasive influence on their own work and vision of the world. Join us for conversation about our intellectual journeys with influential texts. My Wittgenstein with Toril Moi   Tuesday, Jan 14 5:30pm Reception at 5pm. FHI Garage Smith Warehouse, Bay…

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PAL 2014 Spring Events Preview

 PAL is excited to present our Spring 2014 schedule. Events include the annual Young Scholars Workshop, lectures co-sponsored with the Audiovisualities Lab at FHI and the Music Department, and a seminar close-reading portions of Cavell’s The Claim of Reason. PAL is also introducing a new forum series this spring: My Wittgenstein. Several Duke faculty will discuss the ways…

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Graduate Certificate Courses– Spring 2014

 Download the PAL Certificate Brochure Duke Course: PHIL 947S/ LIT 882S–Philosophy and Literature Tues 1:25-3:55, Friedl Building 126 Disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, probably the natural science too, are defined and distinguished not by necessary and sufficient conditions that define what the discipline is or is about, but rather by family resemblances in subject matter and among certain kinds or modes of speaking, writing, and expressing.  We will look at what, if anything, defines the subject matter, the boundary(ies), the methodology(ies), and the products of analytic philosophical discourse and literature (mostly novels & plays), respectively. We will discuss question such as these: Are there ways of treating philosophical problems…

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“Questions of Judgment: A Symposium”

 October 4th-5th, 9am-6pm Pink Parlor, East Duke Building, Duke University PAL is co-sponsoring this first of a series of symposia hosted by Duke and Northwestern. The event is packed with thoughtful visiting speakers from many universities. For the full schedule and further details, visit the “Questions of Judgment” site.

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