Philosophy for doctoral candidates
The program Philosophy for Doctoral Candidates invites doctoral candidates of all departments and disciplines interested in working on the philosophical dimensions of their projects. Each semester the program offers a seminar investigating seminal philosophical questions and positions via classical and contemporary texts as well as via individual project presentations by the participants. more
You can find more information about professor Blaettler, her research interests and publications here.
Philosophical Frame: Philosophy between Critique and Speculation
Critique and speculation designate two philosophical procedures/devices familiar to all researchers: on the one hand the skill to locate problems and critically analyze them, and on the other hand just as much the capability to transcend the already known tentatively, hypothetically or even speculatively for imagining and detecting new areas. more
Winter semester 2020/21
Thinking Technology in China
Many techniques and technologies which has been adopted and developed worldwide originated in China and other places in Asia. After the so called ‘four great inventions’ compass, gunpowder, papermaking, and printing todays digital technologies challenge the global discourse in thinking technology. In this seminar we will widen the theoretical horizon with approaches from China and study them in a dialogue with classical European theories.
Literature: Yuk Hui, The Question Concerning Technology in China. An Essay in Cosmotechnics, Urbanomic 2016 or 2018, € 17.50
It is recommended to buy the book.
1st meeting: Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 10 am. Online class.
For registration please contact Prof. Dr. Christine Blaettler at blaettler@philsem.uni-kiel.de no later than November 4, 2020.
Archive of courses
Information about these events is available only in German for courses before the summer term 2016.
Archive of courses
