Forskningsaktuelt

Truth and authority come as a package—but which of the two is the source of the other? Is truth a source of a special kind of authority? Or is what is true decided by whoever has the power and authority to dominate discourse? In recent years, theorists in the postmodernist and poststructuralist tradition have been accused of paving the way for the post-truth era in public discourse by weakening our conception of truth. Our intent in this workshop is not primarily to assess the rightness or wrongness of accusations made against theory in postmodern and poststructuralist tradition. Rather we are looking for theoretical positions that go beyond the dichotomous view of truth and power. To meet the backlash challenge, we need to acknowledge the constraints of a discourse-independent world while still keeping in view the power-mechanisms that structure truth-claims.

The 13th International Kant Congress is hosted by The Norwegian Kant Society and will take place in Oslo, August 6-9, 2019. It is dedicated to the topic of the court of reason.

Der 13. Internationale Kant-Kongress wird von der Norwegischen Kant-Gesellschaft ausgerichtet. Er findet vom 6. bis 9. August 2019 in Oslo statt. Schwerpunktthema des Kongresses ist Kants Idee eines „Gerichtshofs der Vernunft“.

Le 13e International Kant Congress, organisé par The Norwegian Kant Society, aura lieu à Oslo du 6 au 9 août 2019. Il a pour thème central l’idée kantienne de “tribunal de la raison”.

In this lecture, Whitney Davis (Berkeley) will discuss the evolutionary modernity of picture-making in the human species.

Confirmed speakers: Gabor Betegh (Cambridge), Jason Carter (Edinburgh), David Ebrey (Berlin), Dorothea Frede (Hamburg), Thomas Kjeller Johansen (Oslo), Claire Louguet (Lille), Shaul Tor (King´s College London), Wei Cheng (Peking), Wei Liu (Renmin) and Wei Wang (Fudan).

For further information contact t.k.johansen@ifikk.uio.no

Strukturell ubalanse? Fremming av likestilling innen historie og filosofi

The purpose of this workshop is to contribute to promoting gender equality in history and philosophy at UiO. We ask why there are so few women in these subjects (both among students and faculty), and what strategies might be used to improve the situation. History and philosophy will be treated in common, since the two subjects are unusual at HF in their lack of balance.