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12-15 June 2008. Madness, Citizenship and Social
Justice: A Human Rights Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.
“Stranger Neighbours”
10-12 June 2007. North American Levinas Society,
Levinas and Community conference. “Levinas in Practice: Face
to Face and Side by Side” (see Publications)
18-20 May 2007. American Society for Philosophy,
Counseling, and Psychotherapy 2nd International Conference. “Levinas
in Practice”
17-19 January 2007. Philosophical Society of Southern
Africa annual conference. “Levinas in Practice”
Philosophy
Society Seminar Series
WHAT IS PHILOSOPHICAL
COUNSELLING?
Helen
Douglas (Philosophy in Practice, Kalk Bay)
Date: Tuesday 29 March 2005
Time: 8pm
Venue: Room 6C, Level 6 Robert Leslie Social Science Building
"The
emerging field of philosophical counselling is simply the latest
expression of a perennial desire that philosophy should help us
to live well. It takes a line from Epicurus as its motto: "Empty
is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human
suffering." This talk will sketch various historical philosophical
practices, from the schools of the classic age to the Socratic Method
of Leonard Nelson (1882-1927), as well as a range of contemporary
practices, including my own which is oriented to the ethical phenomenology
of Emmanuel Levinas."
"AWAKENING
FOR THE OTHER: LEVINAS'S ORDER OF PROXIMITY"
Paper
presented to the Philosophical Society of Southern Africa, Pietermaritzburg,
24-26 January 2005.
ABSTRACT:
Proximity, the relationship with the Other, is at the heart of Emmanuel
Levinas's philosophy. This paper is a close account of how subjectivity
comes to be in respect of this relationship, as awakening to responsibility
for one's neighbour. Levinas's accounts of the passage between the
orders of proximity and being tend to describe the interruption
of being by the alterity of the other, where essence is exceeded
by the Infinite, where the self-referral of identity is catastrophically
called into question by the revelation of the Face. My purpose here
is to go the other way, from proximity into being, to discover how
the Infinite passes into essence as substitution or ethics.
UCT SUMMER
SCHOOL 2005
COURSE 165
Practising
philosophy: a workshop
Helen Douglas, philosopher and freelance lecturer, Cape Town
Socrates famously
claimed that the unexamined life is not worth living. Assuming that all of us
have lives worth examining, this discussion-based course will give students a
chance to practise the arts of philosophy, examine their own experience and understanding
of the world, and think together about what matters in life. There is no pre-set
agenda as participants will take up issues which arise within the class. However,
topics may include perception and reality, good, evil, truth, scepticism, love,
death and meaning itself.
The first session
will chart key questions and concerns, and will look at the process of how questions
arise and what they signify. As the course progresses, participants will use brief
readings from a variety of sources to explore specific topics. Rather than offer
a selection from the menu of traditional philosophy, the intention is to reconsider
what is taken for granted, to interact with other points of view, and to practise
philosophising by one's own lights. Students need no experience with formal philosophy,
but require a lively curiosity about self and world and a willingness to engage
in dialogue with others.
17 - 21 January 2005
3.30 - 5.00 pm
No admission to single sessions
Maximum: 20 participants
Fees:
Course: R325.00
Staff: R160.00
Reduced: R90.00
Enquiries: (021) 650-2888
Write to:
Centre for Extra-Mural Studies UCT
Private Bag
Rondebosch
7701
E-mail: ems@humanities.uct.ac.za
Website: http://www.ems.uct.ac.za/
Please note:Registration forms can be printed from this website.
CELEBRATE LIFE FESTIVAL
8 August 2004
Kramer
Law Building, Middle Campus, University of Cape Town.
Enquiries:
Renaissance Magazine 021 762 3965
E-mail: info@renaissancemagazine.co.za
SOUTHERN SUBURBS 7 O'CLOCK
CLUB
24 June 2004
I will be speaking
about meaning and the loss of it, and the risks and consolations of philosophy,
a bit of my own story, and why philosophy is always relational or "between us".
BOOKING - not needed. All welcome. R25 entrance. Refreshments provided.
TIME & PLACE: 7.00 for 7.30pm at The Lecture Hall, Meadowridge Public Library,
Howard Drive, Meadowridge (opposite Shopping Centre)
DIRECTIONS: At the roundabout, top of Ladies Mile Road, follow signs to Meadowridge,
which takes you into Firgrove Way. Howard Drive is second on the left.
FISH HOEK ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMME
PHILOSOPHY IN PRACTICE
Ref: 0026
Contrary to popular
opinion, philosophy is not simply a collection of dense and incomprehensible writings
which are of no relevance to our everyday concerns. Whenever we make a choice
between one thing and another, or a judgement about the way things are, we are
expressing our personal philosophy. When we learn how to question aspects of those
judgements or beliefs, that's when we become philosophers ourselves. This talk/discussion
will consider philosophy as an essential human activity, and also take a look
at the new roles that philosophers are taking up in society.
Monday, 16 February
2004 19h00-20h30.
R30, or R50 for both Fish Hoek talks.
To register, call 789-1876 or e-mail
micky7@webmail.co.za
PHILOSOPHICAL COUNSELLING
Ref: 0027
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to walk from
here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat. -
Alice in Wonderland
The modern practice
of philosophical counselling has been growing internationally for twenty years.
Simply put, it is for people with questions who wish to engage in dialogue with
a philosopher in order to resolve those questions. Like Alice's guide, the philosopher
doesn't provide instant answers. Instead, visitors are encouraged and assisted
to understand where they want to 'get to' and to determine their own best way
forward - in other words, to discover and develop their own guiding wisdom. This
talk and discussion will look at who goes to a counselling philosopher, who they
might expect to find there, and at what happens when they do.
Monday, 23 February
2004 19h00-20h30.
R30, or R50 for both Fish Hoek talks.
To register, call 789-1876 or e-mail micky7@webmail.co.za
ART OF LIVING FESTIVAL
WHEN MEANING MATTERS:
The practice of philosophy - of following the questions life poses us - leads
to greater awareness, freedom and confidence. But it can be a surprisingly risky
business. Why is this so? What is at stake, and what is the danger? How can we
follow our own quests for meaning? And what can we learn from each other? Come
prepared for discovery!
Wednesday, 24 March 2004 20h00-21h00. Classroom 4A, Kramer Law Faculty, UCT
R35 at the door; book through Computicket
For details, go to http://www.artoflivingfestival.net
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