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Call for Papers: Revolutions in Natural Law

By Gilbert LeungWed, 05/20/2009 - 11:32am

Critical Legal Conference 2009

Venue: University of Leicester, UK
Dates: 11–13 September 2009
Home Page: http://www.le.ac.uk/la/clc2009/index.html
Stream Page: http://www.le.ac.uk/law/clc2009/Streams/StreamsRevolutionsinNaturalLaw.html

In the 1971 debate between Foucault and Chomsky (see video links
below), we can witness what are now familiar opposing positions: 1)
Chomsky's classical view of (human) nature as a fundamental essence
that should be allowed to realize itself and 2) Foucault's radical
disavowal of (human) nature as a construction of systemic

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CFP: Arché/CSMN Graduate Conference 2009, November 7th – 8th

By Dirk KindermannSat, 05/16/2009 - 11:34am

Call for Papers
The Arché/CSMN Graduate Conference 2009
The University of St. Andrews, Scotland
November 7th – 8th, 2009

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Ernest Lepore (Rutgers)
Prof. Susanna Siegel (Harvard)

For the third Arché/CSMN graduate conference hosted by Arché at the University of St. Andrews, we invite high-quality papers in the areas of Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Methodology, Philosophy of Logic, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Action/Rationality and Moral Philosophy.

Deadline for submissions: September 1st, 2009

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