old colloquia

University of Haifa,
Department of Philosophy
List of Previous Year's Colloquia
(organised: M. Luz)

  • 1996-1997

  • 1997-1998

  • 1998-1999

  • 1999-2000

  • 2000-2001

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    visitor no. since 3-1-2000
    302 visitors in 1999

    updated 5-12-01

    Colloquia 1996-1997

      Semestre 1 (Autumn '96)

    • November 11, 10 AM Dr. Hanoch Ben-Yami (Tel Aviv),
      "Concerning some Semantic Distinctions between Natural Language and Predication" (Heb)

    • November 20, 10 AM Prof. Barbara Tochanski (Lotz),
      "Descartes: Ontological Justification of a priori Knowledge" (Eng.)

    • December 9, 10 AM Prof Joseph Stern (Chicago),
      "Maimonides and Sceptical Tradition" (Eng; in cooporation with the Wolfson Chair for Jewish Thought)

    • December 16, 10 AM Dr. Markus Aenhenslin (Basle),
      "Will, Subject and God in Wittgenstein's Tractatus"

    • December 30, 10 AM Dr. Joseph Berkovitz,
      "Causality, Rationality and Chance"

      Semestre 2 (Spring '97)

    • February 17, 10 A.M. Prof. Joseph Morton (Maryland),
      "Plato's Obsession With Eternity:
      A Commentary on the Theory of Forms and Souls" (English).

    • February 24, 10 A.M. Prof. Igal Kvart (Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem),
      "Causal Relevance."
      Response by Dr. Joseph Berkovitz.

    • March 10, 10 A.M. Dr. Ofer Gal (Planck Institute),
      "The Revolution that Never Was:
      Hacking and Rorty."

    • March 17, 10 A.M. Dr. Avshalom Elitzur (Weitzmann Institute),
      "Time, Transcience, and Conscious Experience:
      Two Riddles or One?"

    • April 14, 10 A.M. Dr. Eduard Harcourt (Oxford),
      "Mill's 'Sanctions', Internalization and the Self"

    • May 5, 10 A.M. Dr. Ephraim Navon (Univ. of Haifa),
      "Christian Garve and the Origin of Part One of Kant's Groundworks" (English).

    • May 19, 10 A.M. Dr. Michael Antony (Univ. of Haifa),
      "The Temporal Boundaries of Experiences" (English).

    • June 2, 10 A.M. Mr. Gideon Katz (Univ. of Haifa),
      "Anamnesis and the soul in Plato."

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    Colloquia 1997-1998

      Semestre 1 (October -January 1997)

    • Prof. Vladimir Petrov, Moscow University
      'Cerebral Asymmetry and Creativity'
      Monday 17th November, 10.00am

    • Dr. Meir Hemo, Tel Aviv University
      'Philosophy as a Laboratory for Metaphysics' (Heb)
      Monday 8th December, 10.00am

    • Berl Dov Lerner, University of Tel Aviv
      (cosponsered by the The Sir Isaac and Lady Edith Wolfson Chair on Jewish Thought and Heritage)

      "And you have chosen life? Sociological Determinism and the Covenant between Israel and God in Maimonides" (Heb.)
      on Monday 29th December, 10.00am

    Semestre 2 (February -July 1998)

    First Semestre
    October 1999-January 2000

    • Mr. Avner Baz
      University of Illinois at Chicago,
      'What's the Point of Seeing Aspects' (Heb.)
      Monday 6th December, 10.15am floor 19 room 1919 of the Eshkol Tower

    • Prof. Adolf Gruenbaum
      University of Pittsburgh
      'Physical Cosmology and Theology ? A New Critique of Theological Interpretations of Physical Cosmology'. (Eng.)
      Monday 13th December, 10.00am (precisely)
      room 5009 of the Rabin Building

    • Dr. Gideon Segal
      Center for Technological Education Holon and the Hebrew University
      'Spinoza's Cognitivism of the Emotions'. (Heb.)
      Monday 20th December, 10.15am floor 19 room 1919 of the Eshkol Tower

    • Prof. Gideon Gilat
      Faculty of Physics, The Technion
      "On the Biological Advantage of Chirality" (Heb.)
      Monday 10th January, 10.15am floor 19 room 1919 of the Eshkol Tower

    • Prof. Carol Quinn
      Syracuse University, NY
      "On Violating the Violated anew: Dignity and the Nazi Data Debate" (Eng.)
      Wednesday 26th January, 11.00 am floor 19 room 1919 of the Eshkol Tower

    Second Semestre
    February-June 2000

    First Semestre
    October 2000-January 2001

    • Dr. Nimrod Baram
      University of Tel Aviv ,
      'Why Philosophy of Logic?' (Heb)
      Monday 20th November, 10.15am floor 19 room 1919 of the Eshkol Tower

    • Dr. Gallina Granek
      University of Haifa
      ''Does the earth rotate? A discussion of Poincare¹s theory' (Heb) ?
      Monday 4th December, 10.15am floor 19 room 1919 of the Eshkol Tower

    • Dr. James Lenman
      University of Glasgow
      'Consequentialism, Causal Ramification and Ignorance'. (Eng.)
      Monday 18th December, 10.15am floor 19 room 1919 of the Eshkol Tower

    • Prof. Wayne Froman,
      George Mason University
      "Everyday Strangeness: A Phenomenological Inquiry." (Eng.)
      Monday 8th January, 10.15am floor 19 room 1919 of the Eshkol Tower

    • Prof. David Rosenthal,
      City University of New York
      "'Sensory Qualities, Consciousness, and Perception" (Eng.)
      Monday 22nd January, 10.15am floor 19 room 1919 of the Eshkol Tower

    Second Semestre
    February-June 2001