Animality: A Philosophical Workshop with Martha C. Nussbaum
June 16-17 (2022)
Program
Thursday, June 16
10 Opening: Tuomas Forsberg
10.15-11.45 Sara Heinämaa: “Animality by Projection: Psychoanalytical and Existential Accounts”
Comments: Sami Pihlström
11.45 Coffee
12.00-13.45 Martha C. Nussbaum: “Justice for Animals: Practical Progress through Philosophical Theory”
Comments: Simo Knuuttila and Charlotte Epstein
13.45-14.45 Lunch
14.45-16.00 Visa Kurki: “What is Animal Dignity?”
Comments: Antti Kauppinen
16 Coffee
16.15-17.45 Janne Mattila: ”The Problem of Animal Suffering in the Brethren of Purity and the Muʻtazila”
Comments: Jari Kaukua
18 Reception (wine)
19 Conference dinner
Friday, June 17
10.30-12.00 Tomi Kokkonen: ”Humanity and Animality within a Naturalistic Framework”
Comments: Teemu Toppinen
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.30 Tua Korhonen: “Two Mirrors: Humanised Animals and Human Animals in Greek Literature”
Comments: Erika Ruonakoski
14.30 Coffee
14.45-16.15 Juhana Toivanen: “Political Animality”
Comments: Ritva Palmén