Next Honi Haber Speaker Series talk

[Joshua]

Hey all,

This Wednesday, October 6th, at 3 PM will be the next speaker in the
UC Denver Philosophy Department's Honi Haber Speaker Series. The
speaker will be Henry Pickford Asst. Professor of Germanic & Slavic
Languages, CU Boulder. Please try to make it if you can.

Abstract:
In my talk I will examine how the ‘logical metaphysics’ of
Aristotelian generic, or life-form, judgments might be seen to
underlie certain central arguments and analyses by the early Marx
(1844 Manuscripts, and Remarks on Mill). My paper falls into three
parts: in the first part, I’ll canvas some of the logical features and
metaphysical consequences of the type of judgment in question; in the
second part I interpret early Marx’s explication of social production
as an instance of this form of judgment; in the third part I briefly
sketch out how this form of judgment elucidates early Marx’s and
Lukács’ emphasis on the necessity of self-conscious, practical
activity for social change.

Bio:
Henry Pickford is Assistant Professor of German and affiliate faculty
member of Philosophy, CU Boulder. Ph.D. in comparative literature and
philosophy from Yale, MA in philosophy from the University of
Pittsburgh. He is currently completing two books: "The Sense of
Semblance: Philosophical Analyses of the Holocaust in Art" and
"Thinking with Tolstoy: An Essay in Reconstruction." Articles
published on critical theory, hermeneutics, lyric poetry, etc.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Honi F. Haber Memorial Library
Plaza Bldg. Room M108