Philosophy at St Andrews: Events

Kant and Reid Reading Party

Mon 27th July 2009 to Thu 30th July 2009

Burn House, Angus, Scotland

Readings

Kant, Paralogisms (Critique of Pure Reason, A 341-405, B 406-31);

Reid, 'Of Memory' (Essays on the Intellectual Power of Man, Essay III)

Graduate presentations

Ralf Bader (St Andrews): 'Self-knowledge in §7 of the Transcendental Aesthetic'
Response: Anna Tomaszewska (Kraków)

Ruth Boeker (St Andrews): 'Reid's theory of memory and the self: Does Reid offer a coherent alternative to Locke's account of personal identity?'
Response: Martin Brecher (Bonn)

Toni Kannisto (Oslo): 'The Inevitability of the Illusion in the Paralogisms: A Survey on Subjective and Objective Necessity'.
Response: Giuseppe Motta (Mainz)

Fees

£80 Students (unwaged)

£120 Staff (waged)

The fee includes full boarding at the Burn House and transport from St Andrews to the Burn House and back.

Bursaries

We are able to offer a small number of bursaries to assist students who are unable to reclaim fee or travel expenses. Please contact rb294@st-andrews.ac.uk for further details and apply by 15 June.

Organisers

Ruth Boeker and Jens Timmermann, Departments of Philosophy, University of St Andrews. In co-operation with the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst and St Leonard's College, St Andrews.

Please contact Ruth Boeker (rb294@st-andrews.ac.uk) for registration and any further information. We would like to receive a short motivation together with your registration.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of GRADskills, the School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies, St Leonard's College (all St Andrews), the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst, the Scots Philosophical Club, and the UK Kant Society.

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