1.Contribute to the development of philosophical research in specific fields.
2.Contribute to the development of philosophical knowledge under particular themes.
3. Assist public decisions making and to offer consultancy concerning public institutional change.
The CSRB activities include:
1. Implementation of research programs based on public, private and international funding.
2. Doctoral and continuous education in the moral, political and theoretical philosophy.
3. Publishing activity and diffusing new ideas.
4. Providing resources for the development of scientific research.
5. Activity of international collaboration. ..more
Reason in Contemporary Public Space
Bucharest, November 14-15, 2008
Sponsored by the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest.
Is there a place for reason in contemporary public space? Has the Kantian “public use of reason” lost its appeal for our societies, being demoted to the status of a mere philosophical abstraction?
The ever-rising importance of marketing (both commercial and political) in setting the public agenda, the growing impact of new media and the increasing tendency of clustering in relatively isolated, and often virtual, communities, might be regarded as justifying the dramatic overtones of the questions above. If elections, customers, debates, fans or friends are to be won by appeal to rhetoric, imagery and emotions rather than argument, isn’t one of the most venerable philosophical traditions to be held guilty of over-rating a specific faculty which might be, after all, just a “slave of passions”?
Our conference seeks to assess and explore the force of this trend and its theoretical implications (primarily, but not exclusively, of philosophical nature).
Notice for the speakers: There have been slight changes in the composition of the English panels. This is the final version, released today 12.11.2008. Please check your time-slots.