International Conference: Objectivity and Truth in Cassirer’s Philosophy of Culture and Philosophy of Science
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Elio Antonucci (Universität zu Köln) Tobias Endres (TU Braunschweig) © Technische Universität Braunschweig Francesca Biagioli (Università di Torino) Seminar für Philosophie [email protected] Massimiliano D‘Acconti (Università di Bologna) Bienroder Weg 80 DE-38106 Braunschweig Luigi Filieri (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) Telefon +49 531 391-8617 Simon Truwant (KU Leuven, FWO) Jacob Hesse (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) Telefax +49 531 391-8619 tu-braunschweig.de/philosophie [email protected] Isabel Jacobs (Queen Mary University of London) Katherina Kinzel (Universiteit Utrecht) © Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Institute of Philosophy Luigi Laino (Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II) Kardinaal Mercierplein 2 Andrea Reichenberger (Universität Paderborn) BE-3000 Leuven (Technische Universität Braun- hiw.kuleuven.be ▪ Admission is free Domenico Schneider schweig) ▪ Everybody is welcome Alex Seuthe (Technische Universität Dortmund) ▪ Conference Languages are German and English Benedetta Spigola (Università degli studi Roma Tre) ▪ Registration is mandatory Philippe Stamenkovic (Aix-Marseille Université) ▪ Please register before September 30 (2021) at Noah Stemeroff (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Univer- International Conference October 7–8, 2021 (online) hiw.kuleuven.be/cassirerworkshop sität Bonn) Katherine Ward (Bucknell University) ▪ Zoom credentials will be sent individually and Elisabeth Theresia Widmer (Universität Wien) shortly before the event Objectivity and Truth in Keynotes Cassirer’s Philosophy of Sebastian Luft (Marquette University) Culture and Philosophy Samantha Matherne (Harvard University) Flyer and illustrations by Christian May nichtchristianmay.com of Science Internationale Konferenz: Objektivität und Wahrheit in Cassirers Kulturphilosophie und Wissenschaftsphilosophie
The Program Schedule is in CET Time Zone 16:15-17:00 Language and Objectivity - A critical assessment 13:00-13:45 From the Arithmetization of Mathematics to the of several aspects of Cassirer’s philosophy of language Development of Numerical Analysis: A Fresh look at „Is there really something like an objective Jacob Hesse (Bochum) Cassirer’s and Felix Klein’s Structuralist Approach theoretical truth [...]? In a time in which such Andrea Reichenberger (Paderborn) Thursday, October 7 17:00-17:30 Coffee break questions can be raised, philosophy cannot 13:45-14:30 Between relativization and functionalization: stand aside, mute and idle.“ 11:00-11:05 Welcome Address Nicole C. Karafyllis 17:30-18:15 “Function concepts” and “formal concepts”: Cassirer’s account of objectivity and its developments in Ernst Cassirer: Symbol, Myth, and Culture, p. 61 (Braunschweig, Institute Chair) Cassirer on objectivity in the “cultural sciences” contemporary philosophy of science Katherina Kinzel (Utrecht) Francesca Biagioli (Turin) 11:05-11:15 Opening Address Simon Truwant (Leuven) & There is no doubt that this question, which Cassirer found in- Tobias Endres (Braunschweig) 18:15-19:00 Normativity and Objectivity in Cassirer’s An Essay 14:30-15:30 Mid-day break dicative of the European Zeitgeist of the first decades of the on Man Elisabeth Theresia Widmer (Vienna) twentieth century, also pervades Western culture today. In 11:15-12:00 Object and Symbol in Cassirer’s Philosophy of 15:30-16:15 Between Myth and Truth: Cassirer and Kojève times of fake news, conspiracy theories, alternative facts, and Physics Benedetta Spigola (Rome) 19:00-19:15 Coffee break on Determinism Isabel Jacobs (London) science denial, as well as the rise of political myth and the ero- sion of expertise and democratic institutions, doubt about the 12:00-12:45 „Bauliche Veränderungen im Gange!“ – Cassirers 19:15-20:30 Wahrheit, Objektivität, Redescriptions: eine 16:15-17:00 The structures of meaning in the evaluation of possibility of objectivity and truth is a defining characteristic transzendentale Wissenschaftstheorie als Vermittlerin zwi- Meditation über Cassirer aus pragmatischer Sicht the role of science. Cassirer’s symbolic idealism against of contemporary culture. Hence, if we follow Cassirer, philoso- schen physikalischen Theorien? Alex Seuthe (Dortmund) Sebastian Luft (Milwaukee) cultural relativism Massimiliano D‘Acconti (Bologna) phy has once again a crucial societal duty to fulfill: the duty to safeguard some notion of objectivity and of truth against epis- 12:45-13:00 Coffee break 20:30-21:00 Drinks & Roundtable 17:00-17:30 Coffee break temic and cultural relativism, skepticism, and indifference. 13:00-13:45 The Influence of Relativity Theory on the Philoso- 17:30-18:15 Being Responsible to and for Culture This conference aims to reconsider the enduring relevance of phy of Symbolic Forms Luigi Laino (Naples) Katherine Ward (Lewisburg) Cassirer’s own philosophy in view of this challenge. The Philo- Friday, October 8 sophy of Symbolic Forms was after all an ambitious attempt to 13:45-14:30 Objectivity relativized: A comparative study 18:15-19:00 The correlation between objectivity and radically widen and diversify the meaning of objectivity wit- between Cassirer and Philipp Frank Philippe Stamenkovic 11:00-11:15 Welcome Tobias Endres & Simon Truwant subjectivity in science and the problem of human hout forfeiting its claims to universality or its firm footing in (Marseille) self-understanding Elio Antonucci (Cologne) human reason. By ascribing to mythical, religious, and lingu- 11:15-12:00 Die Objektivität der Mathematik in Cassirers istic perceptions and expressions an objective status that most 14:30-15:30 Mid-day break symboltheoretischem Ansatz 19:00-19:15 Coffee break of Western philosophy had preserved for scientific thought, Domenico Schneider (Braunschweig) Cassirer’s philosophy can however be taken as either enri- 15:30-16:15 Art’s vs Language’s Objectivity: Cassirer on Sym- 19:15-20:30 Cassirer on Art, Objectivity, and Self-Knowledge ching or weakening the ideas of objectivity, truth, and rationa- bolic-Poietic Mimesis Luigi Filieri (Mainz) 12:00-12:45 Cassirer, Field Theory, and the Methodology of Samantha Matherne (Cambridge, Massachusetts) lity. In view of the current crisis of truth, we thus ask what Mathematical Physics Noah Stemeroff (Bonn) Cassirer’s theory of culture and of science can teach us about 20:30-21:30 Concluding remarks - Drinks & Roundtable the plurality, relativity, or universality of human understan- 12:45-13:00 Coffee break ding.