[lit-ideas] Eggs Is Eggs
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An editorial from a forthcoming symposium.
Below.
Cheers,
Speranza
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Identity and Difference
3rd Annual Conference of the Centre for Phenomenology
"Identity and difference raise a host of philosophical questions ranging
from metaphysical problems
concerning the nature of multiplicity, alterity, personal identity and
subjectivity to ethical and political
issues such as inclusiveness, diversity, solidarity and resistance."
It transpires in ordinary language locutions too, such as
"sure as eggs is eggs".
"Since the second half of the 20th
century these notions have enjoyed special attention as the vast
literature on the metaphysics, ethics
and politics of identity and difference testifies."
These eggs are NOT those eggs.
The implicature of
eggs is eggs
is that we are referring to the same _set_ of eggs.
"This includes a wide array of works by continental
philosophers (Deleuze, Lyotard, Heidegger, Levinas), analytical
philosophers of mind (Parfit,
Shoemaker, Dennett, Searle) as well as moral and political philosophers
(Taylor, Rawls). The
significance of place and time for the constitution of personal and
political identities and differences
has also been receiving considerable attention recently, opening up
philosophical debates in
literature, art, architecture, anthropology and geography. This conference
aims to offer an open forum for reflection on the rich discussion on
identity and difference and invites contributions from all traditions of
philosophy and other related disciplines, and is not limited to the reception
of
this theme in the phenomenological tradition. The topics of the conference
include, but are not limited to, the following:
Identity and difference in metaphysics/phenomenology/philosophy of mind/
political
philosophy/ethics
The meaning or experience of identity and difference"
Morgan suggests we read
eggs is eggs
as
x = x (pronounced 'ex is ex').
But, is "=" always to be read as 'is'?
"Selfhood, personhood, autonomy, alterity. The nature of and relationship
between subjectivity and political collectivity . The relations between
personal identity, time, memory, space and place.The formation of cultural
identities and global change. Identity politics and the politics of
difference.
Aristotle, Locke, Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, Deleuze, Lyotard, Derrida,
Levinas, Wittgenstein, Parfit, Dennett, Searle, Shoemaker, Taylor, Rawls,
Fanon,
Appiah on the notions of identity and difference."
Grice and Myro devised a variant of the Geach theory of relative identity.
Surely this egg, if properly hatched, will turn into a chicken. In this
respect
Eggs will NOT be eggs.
Grice's source is Aristotle's example of the piece of bronze that becomes a
statue (of Apollo) and Hobbes's example (in Leviathan) of the ship that is
dismantled and becomes a bunch of wood.
On the other hand, eggs remains to be alleged to BE eggs.
Cheers,
Speranza
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