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The river-bed of thoughts and conceptual change
06 December 2023, 5:30 pm–7:15 pm
Join this event to hear Stephen Burwood discuss the messy uncertainty of conceptual change.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Yuxin Su
Location
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Room 828UCL IOE20 Bedford WayLondonWC1H 0AL
A key metaphor in Wittgenstein’s On Certainty is the river-bed of thoughts, and central to the metaphor is the acknowledgement of conceptual change.
In this seminar, Stephen will talk about a suggestive aspect of the metaphor, the picture of protean mutability it imparts, and how this recognises the fluctuating nature of our world-pictures. He will explore how the mutability expressed in the passage speaks to conceptual change.
This in-person event will be particularly useful for researchers interested in Wittgensteinian philosophy, the idea of certainty, human embodiment and embodied subjectivity.
PESGB seminar series
This event is part of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB) seminar series. PESGB is a learned society that promotes the study, teaching and application of philosophy of education. Its London Branch hosts seminars every Wednesday in conjunction with the Centre for Philosophy of Education. These seminars are led by national and international scholars in the field, covering a wide range of issues of educational and philosophical concern.
All are welcome to attend.
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About the Speaker
Stephen Burwood
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Hull
His research interests are primarily in the philosophy of human embodiment and embodied subjectivity, the philosophy of education, and the later Wittgenstein, especially On Certainty.