sexta-feira, 28 de setembro de 2012

ISME 7th Annual Conference: Crafts, Traditions, Ideologies: Relations Between Theory and Practice in the Thought of Alasdair MacIntyre



Grand Valley State University
Eberhard Center
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
July 25 - 28, 2013

Proposals Due: 30 April 2013
email to 
Mark Moes

Conference Theme:Crafts, Traditions, Ideologies: Relations Between Theory and Practice in the Thought of Alasdair MacIntyre

Confirmed Keynotes:
Kenneth Sayre, University of Notre Dame
Ruth Groff, Saint Louis University
David Solomon, University of Notre Dame

POSSIBLE PRESENTATION TOPICS:The ancient craft analogy
The craft analogy and the Relation between theory and practice in Plato and Aristotle
Relationship between skills and virtues
‘Homo creator’ in Scotus Erigina, Nicholas of Cusa, and Vico
Relation between theory and practice in art, religion, and philosophy in Collingwood
Neuroscientific perspectives on relations between theory and practice
Value theory: goods, common goods, and the distinction between internal and external goods
Marx’s labor theory of value
Injustices institutionally built into capitalist modernity
Problems with liberal theories of justice
Consumerism and pleonexia
Dilemmas and problems of pluralist democracy
Ideology, self-deception, and the separation of theory from practice
Philosophy and theology as crafts
Is Business a Craft?
Is Teaching a Craft?
Richard Sennett’s The Craftsman and Matthew Crawford’s Shop Class as Soul CraftTechnology and craftsmanship: similarities and differences
Practical Reasoning
Partial truth and/or “pragmatist” theories of truth
Virtue epistemology
What is a tradition? John Henry Newman, Blondel’s History and Dogma, Yves Congar, etc.
Theory and Practice, Intellectual Passions, in Michael Polanyi’s Philosophy of ScienceCharles Taylor on the Modern “Excarnation” of Religious, Epistemic, and Moral Practices
Charles Taylor on “Code Fetishism” and Bureaucracy
Charles Taylor’s narrative of the “Construction of the Modern Epistemic Predicament”
Theory and practice in Maurice Blondel’s L’ActionJacques Maritain on Cognitivity and Creativity in Creative Intuition in Art and PoetryWhat is it to Follow a Rule? What is a Rule, and What Kinds of Rule exist?
Wealth, Waste, and Modernity in Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo

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