Guest Seminars with Jane Friedman – Department of Philosophy – Uppsala University

Guest Seminars with Jane Friedman

  • Date: 18 August 2025, 14:15 – 19 August 2025, 16:00
  • Location: University Main Building, Hall XI
  • Type: Seminar
  • Organiser: Department of Philosophy
  • Contact person: Pauliina Remes

The Higher Seminar in the History of Philosophy with guest Jane Friedman, NYU

Monday, August 18

14:15–14:45 Coffe at the Department of Philosophy for those willing

  • 15:15 Introductory session: "Inquiring: thought and action"
    (45 minutes lecture, 45 minutes Q&A)

Tuesday, August 19

  • 10:15–12:00 “Acquisition and its limits”
    Commentator: Jaakko Hirvelä, University of Helsinki

12:00–14:15 Lunch

  • 14:15–16:00 "Question asking and the structure of inquiry”
    Commentator: Toomas Lott, Uppsala University and University of Tartu

16:15 Reception at the Department of Philosophy

Seminar Papers and Registration

Papers are available on request for participants of the workshop. Please contact Toomas Lott to register. Pre-reading is not required (Prof. Friedman will give a short overview of the papers) but recommended.



FOLLOW UPPSALA UNIVERSITY ON

Uppsala University on Facebook
Uppsala University on Instagram
Uppsala University on Youtube
Uppsala University on Linkedin