The von Wright and Wittgenstein Research Seminar
This research seminar is co-hosted by The von Wright and Wittgenstein Archives and the philosophy unit, with teaching mostly in Swedish. The working language of the seminar is English unless otherwise announced.
Schedule spring 2023

 

Tuesday 10th January, 4-6 pm, PhD, Michael Campbell (Kyoto).

Title: "Ludwig Wittgenstein and Gestalt Psychology".

Venue: Lecture hall 26, Metsätalo, Unioninkatu 40 (University of Helsinki).

 

Tuesday 24th January , 4-6 pm, PhD, docent Anssi Korhonen (Helsinki)

Korhonen will present his book project in progress "Johdatus analyyttiseen filosofiaan" (Introduction to Analytical Philosophy).

The presentation will be in Finnish.

Venue: Lecture hall 26, Metsätalo, Unioninkatu 40 (University of Helsinki).

 

Tuesday 7th February, 4-6 pm, Dr. Arvi Särkelä, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Philosophy, ETH Zürich

Title: "The Gestures of Philosophy: Showing in Philosophy 1920-1970”.

Venue: Lecture hall 26, Metsätalo, Unioninkatu 40 (University of Helsinki).

 

Wednesday 15th February, 4-6 pm, Professor Hans-Johann Glock (Zürich)

Title: ‘From Ought to Ought: Varieties of normativity, their interconnections and their place in the natural order’.

This session is also part of the Helsinki Philosophy Colloquium.

Venue: University main building, lecture hall U3040

 

Wednesday 15th February at 12 noon - 2 pm

A workshop, attended also by professor Glock (Zürich), on: "The von Wright and Wittgenstein Archives (WWA): How to develop it as a research site and resource." - The discussion will be introduced by the curator of WWA, docent Bernt Österman.

Venue: Forest House (Forsthuset, Metsätalo) Unioninkatu 40A, lecture hall 18, 4th floor.

 

Tuesday 28th February, 4-6 pm, docent emeritus Hannes Nykänen (Helsinki / Åbo)

Title: "Wittgenstein, Rules and the New, Hegelian World-Order"

Venue: Lecture hall 26, Metsätalo, Unioninkatu 40 (University of Helsinki).

 

Tuesday 14th March, 4-6 pm, Alexey Rakhmanin, doctoral researcher (Faculty of Theology, Helsinki)

Title: "Wittgensteinians on Religion"?

Venue: Lecture hall 26, Metsätalo, Unioninkatu 40 (University of Helsinki).

 

Tuesday 21st March, 4-6 pm, Niklas Toivakainen, postdoctoral researcher (Helsinki / Åbo)

Title: Philosophical Investigations: Wittgenstein's Sinthome

Venue: Lecture hall 26, Metsätalo, Unioninkatu 40 (University of Helsinki).

 

Tuesday 28th March, 4-6 pm, Pasi Takkinen doctoral researcher (Tampere University) and Pasi Heikkurinen, senior lecturer, Process

Studies on Sustainable Economy Research Group (Helsinki)

Title: Varieties of Sustainability Expertise on Technology

Venue: Lecture hall 26, Metsätalo, Unioninkatu 40 (University of Helsinki).

 

Tuesday 4th April, 4-6 pm, Kristian Klockars, senior lecturer (Helsinki)

Title: Political Ontology and the Global.

Venue: Lecture hall 26, Metsätalo, Unioninkatu 40 (University of Helsinki).