Wittgenstein, Nature, and Religion
2nd ERB Project Workshop
Nova Institute of Philosophy (IFILNOVA)
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities – Nova University of Lisbon (NOVA FCSH)
29 July 2020
Is it right to think, as Daniel Dennett does, of religion as a natural phenomenon? Is religion to be explained in terms of evolutionary theory and cognitive science? Or should we perhaps explain it in cultural, economic, or philosophical terms? Are each of these kinds of explanations of religion legitimate? Are they in competition with each other? These are the kinds of questions that we hope to shed some light on in our Zoom workshop by examining cognitive science of religion and naturalistic understandings of religion in the light of Wittgenstein’s work.
The workshop will take place via Zoom.
Schedule
09:15 – 09:30 Nuno Venturinha (Nova University of Lisbon) and Sofia Miguens (University of Porto)
Welcome
09:30 – 10:15 Robert Vinten (Nova University of Lisbon)
A Wittgensteinian Critique of Cognitive Science of Religion
10:15 – 11:00 Alexandra Dias Fortes (Nova University of Lisbon)
‘From a Religious Point of View’: Wittgenstein on Nature and Belief
11:00 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:30 Modesto Gómez Alonso (University of La Laguna)
Wittgenstein, Religious Belief, and Human Agency
12:30 – 13:30 Break
13:30 – 14:30 Thomas D. Carroll (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
Wittgenstein, Naturalism, and Interpreting Religious Phenomena
14:30 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 16:00 Gorazd Andrejč (University of Groningen/SRC Kope)Wittgenstein, Religion, and Posthumanism
16:00 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 17:30 Guy Axtell (Radford University)
Natural Thoughts and Unnatural Oughts: Wittgenstein, Faith, and the Inescapability of Inductive Normativity
17:30 – 18:00 Break
18:00 – 19:00 Duncan Pritchard (University of California, Irvine / University of Edinburgh)
Exploring Quasi-Fideism
This workshop is organized by Nuno Venturinha, Sofia Miguens and Robert Vinten within the framework of the FCT-funded project “Epistemology of Religious Belief: Wittgenstein, Grammar and the Contemporary World” (PTDC/FER-FIL/32203/2017), hosted by the Reasoning and Argumentation Laboratory (ArgLab) of IFILNOVA.
Attendance is free of charge. Please contact Robert Vinten at robertvinten@gmail.com for details of the Zoom workshop if you would like to attend.
For more information about the project, please visit: https://www.arglab.ifilnova.pt/en/projects/erb
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities – Nova University of Lisbon (NOVA FCSH)
29 July 2020
Is it right to think, as Daniel Dennett does, of religion as a natural phenomenon? Is religion to be explained in terms of evolutionary theory and cognitive science? Or should we perhaps explain it in cultural, economic, or philosophical terms? Are each of these kinds of explanations of religion legitimate? Are they in competition with each other? These are the kinds of questions that we hope to shed some light on in our Zoom workshop by examining cognitive science of religion and naturalistic understandings of religion in the light of Wittgenstein’s work.
The workshop will take place via Zoom.
Schedule
09:15 – 09:30 Nuno Venturinha (Nova University of Lisbon) and Sofia Miguens (University of Porto)
Welcome
09:30 – 10:15 Robert Vinten (Nova University of Lisbon)
A Wittgensteinian Critique of Cognitive Science of Religion
10:15 – 11:00 Alexandra Dias Fortes (Nova University of Lisbon)
‘From a Religious Point of View’: Wittgenstein on Nature and Belief
11:00 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:30 Modesto Gómez Alonso (University of La Laguna)
Wittgenstein, Religious Belief, and Human Agency
12:30 – 13:30 Break
13:30 – 14:30 Thomas D. Carroll (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
Wittgenstein, Naturalism, and Interpreting Religious Phenomena
14:30 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 16:00 Gorazd Andrejč (University of Groningen/SRC Kope)Wittgenstein, Religion, and Posthumanism
16:00 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 17:30 Guy Axtell (Radford University)
Natural Thoughts and Unnatural Oughts: Wittgenstein, Faith, and the Inescapability of Inductive Normativity
17:30 – 18:00 Break
18:00 – 19:00 Duncan Pritchard (University of California, Irvine / University of Edinburgh)
Exploring Quasi-Fideism
This workshop is organized by Nuno Venturinha, Sofia Miguens and Robert Vinten within the framework of the FCT-funded project “Epistemology of Religious Belief: Wittgenstein, Grammar and the Contemporary World” (PTDC/FER-FIL/32203/2017), hosted by the Reasoning and Argumentation Laboratory (ArgLab) of IFILNOVA.
Attendance is free of charge. Please contact Robert Vinten at robertvinten@gmail.com for details of the Zoom workshop if you would like to attend.
For more information about the project, please visit: https://www.arglab.ifilnova.pt/en/projects/erb
