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CultureLab
Feira do Livro Independente na NOVA FCSH
Com João Constâncio e o Colectivo SUL
Nos dias 10 e 12 de dezembro, a NOVA FCSH acolhe a 1.ª edição da Feira do Livro Independente, que reúne 33 editoras independentes e apresenta um programa de performances, concertos e debates, todos de entrada livre. A feira funcionará das 10h00 às 20h00, na Torre B do campus da Avenida de Berna.
A programação do primeiro dia inclui uma leitura encenada e a conversa “Antígona: novas vozes para um clássico”, resultante das sessões de trabalho entre um grupo de estudantes da Faculdade, o Colectivo SUL e o Professor João Constâncio (IFILNOVA). A apresentação — que parte da leitura de excertos da Antígona na tradução de João Constâncio — será seguida de uma conversa sobre a residência artística do Colectivo SUL na NOVA FCSH em 2025/2026. A sessão decorrerá no dia 10 de dezembro, das 17h30 às 18h30, no Auditório B1 [Torre B, Piso 1].
Mais informações aqui.
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08 – 12 dezembro 2025
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EPLab Permanent Seminar
Power: A Surveyable Representation
Robert Vinten (IFILNOVA)
Tuesday, 9 December · 14:30 – 16:00
NOVA FCSH – Tower A, Room A209
Although Wittgenstein did not concern himself much with politics his work is useful in getting clearer about the notion of power in a number of ways. In the first place, although Wittgenstein did not have much to say about power he did have quite a lot to say about ways of getting clearer about concepts and he made clarity or understanding a central aim in his philosophy. One of the ways in which he helped us to get clearer about concepts was to guide us away from the assumption that all of the items subsumed under a term must have something in common. Wittgenstein highlighted that some terms, such as “game” and “number” were family resemblance terms and it is plausible that many terms used in discussing political matters are family resemblance terms. He also reminded us of the diversity of ways in which we use language and of the fact that speech takes place within a rich weave of activities. He called these different uses of language “language games”. In analysing power it is useful to remember that discussions of power take place in many different spheres, in religion, in politics, in meteorology, chemistry, etc., and that we speak about power in many different language games. Moreover, Wittgenstein warned us against thinking that the methods of the natural sciences can be transferred straightforwardly to the social sciences and to philosophy. One of the problems with studies of power conducted in the past is that they have tried to be “scientific” by focusing on observable instances of the exercise of power. Finally, this paper will briefly look at remarks from Culture & Value where Wittgenstein does talk about power: where he distinguishes power from its bases and brings our attention to the fact that human powers are two-way powers.
More details about the session and the EPLab Permanent Seminar here.
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ArgLab
CORES Reading Group
Wednesday, 10 December
13h30–15h30 (WET)
Online
Organised by the research project CORES — Communicative Paths to Righting Epistemic Wrongs, the reading group is open to researchers of any background with interests in social epistemology, social philosophy of language, and/or political philosophy. More info here.
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ArgLab Research Colloquium
Epistemic Authority and Thinking for Oneself
Thomas Grundmann (University of Cologne)
Friday, 12 December
11:00 – 13:00 (WET)
NOVA FCSH – Tower B, Room B201 & Online
In my talk, I argue that two claims, both of which have a lot going for them, cannot easily be reconciled. On the one hand, experts possess the normative status of epistemic authorities for laypeople, i.e. the latter should simply defer to expert testimony and ignore their own evidence regarding the subject matter. I defend this Preemption View of epistemic authority by introducing a novel argument from higher-order defeat. On the other hand, thinking for themselves is epistemically highly valuable or even indispensable for laypeople. It would be an epistemic catastrophe, if laypeople stopped thinking for themselves altogether. In the talk, I explore the question of how the two claims can be reconciled. I suggest that, despite the initial tension, laypeople can simultaneously follow epistemic authorities and think for themselves, as long as the latter happens in terms of acceptances. I will explain the idea of thinking for oneself with acceptances in more detail and defend it against some standard objections.
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ArgLab
LMCKG workshop
Themes from Thomas Grundmann’s Work
André Kfouri, Domingos Faria, Giulia Terzian, Guido Tana, Marcin Lewiński, Nuno Venturinha, Thomas Grundmann
Friday, 12 December
15:00 – 19:00
NOVA FCSH – Tower A, Room A101
Full programme here.
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Os eventos e as publicações são divulgados nas línguas em que decorrem ou são escritos.
The events and publications are disseminated in the languages in which they take place or are written.
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