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Women in Medieval Philosophy conference announcement

WOMEN ON MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHYInternational Online Conference, hosted by the University of Leuven (Belgium) Thursday 8 July – Saturday 10 July 2021 This conference focuses on women scholars working on any aspect of medieval philosophy, broadly construed. The conference aims to provide … Continue reading

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JOB: ZKS-Lendrum Assistant Professor (Research) in the Scientific Study of Manuscripts and Inscriptions

Do your philosophical and/or logical interests overlap with any of the manuscripts in the Durham Priory Library digitised collection? Then the job below may be relevant for you! Job Vacancy ZKS-Lendrum Assistant Professor (Research) in the Scientific Study of Manuscripts … Continue reading

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Summer Class: “Affective Intentionality in Medieval Philosophy and Phenomenology”

Not quite logic, but perhaps still of interest to logicians: Call for Applications: Summer module course “Affective Intentionality in Medieval Philosophy and Phenomenology” Institute of Philosophy, Würzburg University Deadline for applications: March 31th, 2021

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PhD position in theoretical philosophy at University of Gothenburg

The University of Gothenburg, Sweden, is advertising a PhD position in theoretical philosophy at University of Gothenburg. The theme is open: it can be anything that fits the supervisory capacities of the faculty of theoretical philosophy, including metaphysics, philosophy of … Continue reading

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3 year position in Ancient/Medieval Islamic Philosophy at LMU München

LMU München has a three-year position open for an “assistant” (research and teaching) in late ancient and Islamic philosophy. Deadline is Oct 1, 2020. Text of advertisement: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München is one of the largest and most esteemed institutions of higher … Continue reading

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Sten Ebbesen receives honorary degree from University of Bologna

Anyone who has had more than passing contact with the field of medieval logic, grammar, rhetoric, semantics has come across Sten Ebbesen, whose work is wide-ranging in time, place, and content. In February 2020 he received the “Laurea ad honorem” … Continue reading

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William of Sherwood on Necessity and Contingency

This afternoon I gave a talk on “William of Sherwood on Necessity and Contingency” at Advances in Modal Logic 2020. The slides are available here.

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Dr. Graziana Ciola interviews Dr. Sara L. Uckelman…

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Medieval modal logic: some short readings

I’m deep in the throws of the early research stages of a new paper, which means I need an outlet for collecting information and sorting out thoughts…i.e., I need to write blog posts! This will be the first of perhaps … Continue reading

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Blinkered approaches and narrow-minded European-centrism: an apology

Last week I posted a quick and dirty recommended reading list for “getting started in medieval logic”, as the title of the post said. This post was shared in the Medieval Logic FB group, where it immediately sparked a discussion … Continue reading

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