I will discuss philosophy and literature, philosophy and writing, with the philosopher Inga Bostad at the philosophy festival in Kragerø on June 2, at 7 p.m. (Here is a link to the event in Kragerø .)
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Posts Tagged ‘wittgenstein’
15 May 2012
Wittgenstein, Austin, Cavell at Litteraturhuset, Oslo
I will give a talk at Litteraturhuset in Oslo (in Norwegian) on Tuesday 15 May. The talk will begin by focusing on §1 in Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations. I will go on to discuss J. L. Austin’s footnote about shooting donkeys (in “A Plea for Excuses”), and then consider Cavell’s views on philosophy as self-revelation, and on the relationship between philosophy and literature. The idea is to convey some of the attractions of the vision of language of the “new Wittgenstein” or “ordinary language philosophy” for anyone interested in literature, or in the humanities more broadly.
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12 May 2012
Walaker Hotel, Sogn
I will be speaking at the Wittgenstein seminar at Walaker Hotel in Sogn the week-end of May 11-13. My topic will be Wittgenstein on the human: body, soul and knowledge. The talk will be in Norwegian.
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Michael McCreary wins Duke’s Bascom Headen Palmer Prize for the best senior thesis on a literary subject
Posted on 24 April 2012
I am thrilled to announce that Michael McCreary, a philosophy major at Duke, has won Duke’s Bascom Headen Palmer Prize for the best senior thesis on a literary subject for 2012. Michael’s thesis, which I had the great pleasure and honor to direct, is entitled “‘They are Shut’: Confessing the Truth of Skepticism and Acknowledging the Possibility for Tragedy. A Reading of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations with Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground.‘” This is an exceptionally well written and thoughtful investigation of what Dostoevsky’s text can tell us about the attractions of skepticism, and of why the philosophy of Cavell, Wittgenstein, and Austin can help us to see this. I am proud to be associated with such excellent work. I believe this is the first time in recent memory that a Philosophy major wins this award at Duke.
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Wittgenstein in Sogn in the Beautiful Month of May!
Posted on 28 February 2012
I am delighted to be participating in a Wittgenstein seminar at Walaker Hotel in Sogn, from May 11-13. The seminar includes a trip to the site of Wittgenstein’s cabin, which I have never seen. I am honored to find myself in the company of Knut Olav Åmås and Kjartan Fløgstad. (This whole event will take place in Norwegian.)
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Sandra Laugier at Duke
Posted on 19 September 2011
The distinguished philosopher and feminist, Sandra Laugier, professor of philosophy of language at the Sorbonne, will be giving an informal talk on “Wittgenstein in France” at PAL, on Thursday. I am very much looking forward to welcoming her to Duke!
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14 April 2011
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
On April 14, Toril Moi will participate in a colloquium at the Oakley Center at Williams College, Williamstown. The discussion will focus on her (still unpublished) paper “Something that might resemble a kind of love”: Fantasy and Realism in Henrik Ibsen’s Little Eyolf.” For more information, contact The Oakley Center.
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The MLA in Los Angeles
Posted on 4 January 2011
I will be giving a talk at the MLA this year. Click here for information!
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New Essay Published in New Literary History
Posted on 8 May 2010
My new essay called: ‘”They practice their trades in different worlds”: Concepts in Poststructuralism and Ordinary Language Philosophy’ is now available in the latest issue of New Literary History 40.4 (Autumn 2009), pp. 801-824. By focusing on their different views of concepts, the essay shows that Derrida and Wittgenstein have radically different ideas about what the purpose of philosophy is. The essay is an attempt to show why it is so difficult to have a meaningful dialogue between the two intellectual traditions. A pdf file is now available under “Essays”.
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23 November 2009
The University of Bergen
Toril Moi will give a lecture and a seminar at the University of Bergen on Monday 23 November, 2009. The seminar is part of the doctoral training program in the humanities in Bergen. For more information (in Norwegian), click here.
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