Workshop on the Self with Anil Gomes

Join us for a two-day workshop on the concept of the self with Anil Gomes. Anil Gomes is a Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Trinity College, Oxford, and a professor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Philosophy in the University of Oxford. He works mainly in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and has a long-standing interest in the work of Iris Murdoch. He also serves as the reviews editor for MIND. Dr. Gomes recently held a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for a project on self-consciousness and objectivity. It resulted in a book, The Practical Self, forthcoming with Oxford University Press in 2024.

You can read a précis of The Practical Self. If you would like to read the entire manuscript, please contact Gurpreet Rattan.

Those interested in attending the workshop, RSVP to Gurpreet Rattan at your earliest convenience.

Schedule

Friday, December 1

New Work on the Self

3:10–3:15

Welcome

3:15–4:15

David Barnett (Toronto), “Ownership Matters” + Q/A

4:30–5:30

Sophia Arbeiter (Pittsburgh), “I-Thoughts: Between the Solipsist and the A-user” + Q/A

5:45 – 6:45

Katharina Kraus (Johns Hopkins), “Kant on Self-Formation: The Rational Demand for Self-Integration” (online) + Q/A

Saturday, December 2

9:30–10:00

Coffee and baked goods

New Work on the Self, Continued

10:00–11:00

David Suarez (Toronto), “The Practical Self in Heidegger and Kant” + Q/A    

11:15–12:15

Lisa Doerksen (Toronto), “On the Possibility of Doubting One’s Own Existence” + Q/A

12:15–1:30

Lunch (in the department)

On Anil Gomes’s The Practical Self (forthcoming 2024, OUP)

1:30–2:30

Anil Gomes (Oxford), Précis of The Practical Self + Q/A

 2:45–3:45

Manish Oza (Western), Comments on The Practical Self + discussion

 4:00–5:00

Nilanjan Das (Toronto), Comments on The Practical Self + discussion

 5:15–6:15

Gurpreet Rattan (Toronto), Comments on The Practical Self  + discussion