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.
tagged with 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.
tagged with cavell , olp , wittgenstein
2 June 2012
På kanten, Philosophy Festival in Kragerø
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. (I will put up a link to the events in Kragerø when the program is online).
tagged with cavell , wittgenstein
20 June 2012
Beauvoir conference in Oslo
I will be one of the keynote speakers at the 20th International conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society in Oslo, Norway. The conference takes place from June 20 to June 23. I will put up a link to the program when it becomes available online. My talk will deal with Simone de Beauvoir’s novel L’Invitée (She Came to Stay in English, Gjesten in Norwegian) and the question of the Other. The key theme of the talk will be what literature can contribute to philosophy, and philosophy to literature. This talk will be in English.
tagged with beauvoir , feminist theory
21 June 2012
Aschehoug’s summer seminar 2012
I am delighted to be giving a paper and participating at Aschehoug’s summer seminar for their writers in Oslo on June 21. I am looking forward, very much, to learning more about the interests and concerns of writers and publishers in Norway today.
tagged with humanities , literature and philosophy , Norwegian literature