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Symposium on the Philosophy of Amartya Sen

The Faculty of Philosophy of the Erasmus University and the Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE) also invite academic philosophers, or other scholars with a strong interest in the philosophy of Amartya Sen, to the specialist academic event:

 

Symposium on the Philosophy of Amartya Sen


  Thursday, July 1st, 2010 from 9.30 - 17.30

Speakers

Ann Cudd (University of Kansas, USA):
Commitment and Explanation: Sen’s Philosophy of Social Science

Mozaffar Qizilbash (York University, UK, and Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan):
Amartya Sen’s Criticisms of Utilitarianism

Henry S. Richardson (Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA):
Mapping out Improvements in Justice: Comparing vs. Aiming

Ingrid Robeyns (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands):
Equality of Root Capability

Amartya Sen (Harvard University, USA): Discussion

Registration and Contact
The registration fee is 35 Euro and includes coffee and lunch. A reduced registration fee (20 Euro) is available for Master-students, and for PhD-students/scholars without a bursary or other source of income. Please note that the number of participants is limited.

For registration, contact Roebin Lijnis Huffenreuter, e-mail: sensymposium@remove-this.fwb.eur.nl.
He will provide the details of further registration and all other practical information.

For other questions, please contact prof. dr. Ingrid Robeyns, e-mail: robeyns@remove-this.fwb.eur.nl