Events
THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES AND KNOWLEDGE AT THE BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
THE INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
and
THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE, BELGIUM
Organize
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
“Varieties of Knowledge”
26-27 June 2014
Sofia, Bulgaria
The workshop programme is available here
CONFERENCE
CIVIL SOCIETY, POLITICS, SOLIDARITY: THE SOCIAL SCIENCES CONTRIBUTION
28 October 2013
Sofia, Sheraton Hotel, Royal III Hall
29 October 2013
Sofia, Hall 207, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – Main Building
THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES AND KNOWLEDGE AT THE BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
and
THE INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Organize
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
“Philosophical Analysis: Concepts, Meaning, Language”
In Sofia, Bulgaria
On 24 October 2013
In the conference room of the ISSK-BAS
“Serdika street”, No 4, II floor
PROGRAM OF THE WORKSHOP
Morning session
Moderator: Prof. DSc. Vesselin Petrov
10:00 – 10:15
Opening of the workshop:
Prof. DSc. Vesselin Petrov (Bulgaria); Prof. Mgr. Dr. Marian Zouhar (Slovak Republic)
10:15 – 11:15
Prof. Mgr., Dr. Marian Zouhar (Slovak Republic)
“Relativism about Truth and Perspective-Neutral Propositions”
11:15 – 11:30
Break
11:30 – 12:30
Mgr., PhD Lukas Bielik (Slovak Respublic)
“Goodman’s New Riddle of Induction – Is there really a New Problem?”
12:30 – 14:00
LUNCH
First afternoon session
Moderator: Prof. Mgr., Dr. Marian Zouhar
14:00 – 14:45
Prof. DSc. Vesselin Petrov (Bulgaria)
“Bertrand Russell’s Criticism of Bergson’s Views about Continuity and Discreteness”
14:45 – 15:00
Break
15:00 – 15:45
Assist. Prof. PhD Rosen Lutskanov (Bulgaria)
“A Note on Moore’s Paradox and Epistemic Entitlement”
15:45 – 16:15
Coffee Break
Second afternoon session
Moderator: Mgr., PhD Lukas Bielik
16:15 – 17:00
Assoc. Prof. PhD Engelsina Tasseva (Bulgaria)
“Determinants of Meaning: Context – Ubiquitous but Invisible”
17:00 – 17:15
Break
17:15 – 18:00
Assist. Prof. PhD Petia Todorova (Bulgaria)
“Linguistic Elements as Generated and Reflected in a Fragmented World”
18:00: End of the workshop
Conference devoted to the issues of Democracy and Populism on September 12-15
The Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge and the University of Zurichof are preparing a conference devoted to the issues of Democracy and Populism on September 12-15, 2013 in Sofia.
Our comprehension is that European democracy nowadays is challenged by the heritage of a ‘divided continent’ – divided by experience and memories of the (totalitarian) past, and the current wave of populism and its implications for national and European governance. The first aspect involves the pursuit of ‘unity in diversity’ and the second aspect involves the perception of the roots and implications of the contemporary populist mobilization across . The conceptual and theoretical challenge is to link these two challenges to European democracy, i.e. to formulate theses that allow to identify the cultural, political and socio-economic roots of the current populism, and to show their joint impact on the perspectives for a future ‘unity in diversity’. Formulated somewhat differently the challenge for European democracy is how to reinvent democracy to cope with the European multi-level system of governance, which is characterized by an extraordinary discrepancy between the cosmopolitan political elites and the culturally very diverse national populations.
We would like to concentrate on discussions on how different historical experiences, memories, and political cultures shape current political debates and populist mobilizations in the European public space and what their implications are for the degree of consensus/dissensus with respect to Europe and the future of democracy in Europe both, within national citizen public and national political elites as well as between them.
For more information please contact Prof. Dr. Dobrinka Kostova
Second International Conference on the Middle Class
“The Middle Class as a Precondition for the Stability of Society: Fifteen Years Later”
The conference commemorates the 60th anniversary of the birth of Prof. Nikolai Tilkidjiev
The conference will take place on December 6 and 7, 2013 in Sofia.
All of you who would like to participate are asked to send the title and abstract of your paper (up to 150 words) by September 30 to:
dimitrina.popilieva@gmail.com and mayakeliyan@gmail.com
The Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge at BAS and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Liege, Belgium organize an international workshop
Whitehead after Process and Reality
19th of June 2013 (Wednesday) at 14 p.m. the conference room on “Serdika” street, No 4, II floor
4:00 – 14:45 Vesselin Petrov (ISSK-BAS). Whitehead in “Adventures of Ideas”. 15:00 – 15:45 Rosen Lutskanov (ISSK-BAS). Whitehead’s conception of the nature of mathematics in “Mathematics and the Good”. 16:00 – 16:45 Emeline Deroo (University of Liege, Belgium). Reading Whitehead’s “Modes of Thought”. 17:00 – 17:30 General discussion.