International Centre for Philosophy NRW (IZPH)
In line with contemporary developments and with a global orientation we support intercultural and interdisciplinary exchange in the field of philosophy and ans disciplines.
In addition to guest lectures, symposiums and visiting professorships, this includes an international course of studies as well as an international doctoral college and exchange programs for undergraduates and doctoral students.
News from the IZPH
Publication of the Ernst Robert Curtius Lecture with Prof. Nigel Smith on Youtube
On December 18th, 2023, Prof. Nigel Smith (Princeton University) held the 12th Ernst Robert Curtius Lecture under the title “Is Poetry Political Thought?”, which was...
Abhay Ashtekar: Einstein’s Universe and the Quantum
Abhay Ashtekar (Physics Department, Penn State, US and Perimeter Institute, Canada)
Our notions of space and time underwent a radical change just over a 100 years ago. Through general relativity, gravity...
14th International Summer School in German Philosophy: The Good in German Idealism
This year’s Summer School will focus on a central issue in value theory: the good. We will explore some of the major conceptions of the good in German Idealism, starting from...
Gender and Digital Media
Join us for our get together on Monday, 08th July at the IZPH, where we will discuss Gender and Digital Media in a casual enviroment with our current Mercator Visiting Professors!
Neda Atanasoski is Professor and Chair of the Harriet...
Together with a group of distinguished guests (see poster) we will discuss the nature and scope of objectivity in the humanities. Our fundamental question is how and in what way the methodologies and target-system of the various disciplines classified as “the...
Until June 2nd 2024, you can apply as a philosophy student for the positions at Markus Gabriel’s chair to accompany the introductory lecture on epistemology as a tutor.
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Interested students from Bonn can apply to the Chair for Epistemology, Modern and Contemporary Philosophy until June 2nd 2024.
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Our partner research centre, the Center for Science and Thought, is looking to strengthen its team: three student assistant positions (SHK/WHF) have been advertised there. Interested parties have until 2 June to apply.
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Mercator Lecture for AI in the Human Context
Since Chat GPT we are witnessing another global AI hype. In his public Mercator-lecture Swiss philosopher Walther Ch. Zimmerli, at present Mercator Visiting Professor for Artificial Intelligence in the Human Context...
Workshop Positivity
IRP Realism as a Philosophical Response to the Challenges of our Time:
Speakers: Jocelyn Benoist (Paris)Alex Englander (Bonn)Maurizio Ferraris (Turin)Gregorio Fracchia (Turin)Mathieu Frerejouan (Paris)Markus Gabriel (Bonn)Charlotte Gauvry...
The Reality and Fictionality of Scientific Modelling: From Physics to Self-Models
Modelling consists in developing a set of equations or rules to describe a phenomenon in a reproducible and stimulable way, in order to obtain a simplified “model” of it. The...
A Supposedly Fun Thing We Should Never Do Again: The Utter Hopelessness of Secondary Quality Theories
Speaker: Prof. Zed Adams (New School for Social Research, New York)
Since Locke, a distinction has been established between two types of qualities: namely,...