Summer School at the University of Bonn from 18 till 20 August 2015, adjoining a conference at the University of Cologne from 21 till 22 August 2015.
Summer School - „The Metaphysics of Dispositions“
18 — 20 August 2015 University of Bonn Organisation: Magali Roques (Topoi, Berlin) & Florian Fischer (Bonn)
The Summer School has a teaching bloc every morning and discussion groups every afternoon. Teaching blocs will be held by Dr. Kristina Engelhard (Cologne), PD Dr. Ludger Jansen (Münster) and Dr. Stephan Schmid (Berlin).
PD Dr. Ludger Jansen (http://www.uni-muenster.de/PhilSem/mitglieder/jansen/jansen.html) teaches philosophy in Münster and Rostock. He has written a book on Aristotle’s theory of dispositions („Tun und Können“, 2002; new edition forthcoming 2015) and works extensively on dispositions and other realisables in biomedical ontologies.
The afternoon discussion groups will cover the papers of the following conference. The participants of the Summer School will have the opportunity to give a short comment on the talks during the conference.
The Summer School is free of charge, but there are only limited spots available. To apply please sent a letter of motivation (about 1 page) and a CV to [email protected]. Deadline: 24 June 2015
Conference - „Dispositions & Manifestations“
21 / 22 August 2015 University of Cologne Organisation: Andreas Hüttemann (Cologne) & Florian Fischer (Bonn)
The conference is part of the DFG (German Research Foundation) funded project „Causation / Laws / Dispositions / Explanation“.