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Summer schools in philosophy?

Brian Leiter

Reader Steffen Lund Jørgensen writes:

I've spent some time trying to find graduate summer schools (and similar courses) within ancient philosophy and philosophy of language, but I have not succeeded in finding any good overview of what's on offer in Europe or in the US. Could you ask your readers for their valuable advice?

I've broadened it to summer schools in other areas of philosophy, besides ancient and philosophy of language, since I imagine others might be interested in offerings in other fields.  What do readers recommend?  You may include links and, ideally, report your own experiences, indicate what level the summer program is suitable for, and so on.  All comments must include a valid e-mail address, which will not be published.

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11 responses to “Summer schools in philosophy?”

  1. James Wilberding

    EGSAMP offers very good summer school programs in ancient philosophy, and I believe they are open to students outside of the EGSAMP universities:

    http://www.egsamp.uni-koeln.de/wp/

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  2. Máté Veres

    My grad school offers summer courses in political and moral philosophy, philosophy of mind and cognitive science, and sometimes medieval studies with some philosophy in it. There was a course in ancient philosophy a few years ago, and there may easily be another one in the near future.
    http://www.summer.ceu.hu/

    For past courses, see: http://www.sun.ceu.hu/01-about/past-years.php

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  3. Nathan Wildman

    To take the opportunity to advertise: in early September 2013, Hamburg will offer our 2nd Summer School, featuring Kit Fine on metaphysics, philosophy of language, and logic.

    This follows on the heels of our 1st Summer School (http://hamburgersommerkurs.wordpress.com/), where Timothy Williamson presented material from his forthcoming book.

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  4. Renee Smith

    The NEH Summer Seminars usually include a few in philosophy. http://www.neh.gov/divisions/education/summer-programs

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  5. Matthew Parrott

    In the summer of 2013, Oxford will be offering its first Summer School in Philosophy of Psychiatry: Mind, Value and Mental Health. This one week program will be suitable for both graduate students and faculty in philosophy, psychiatry or other related disciplines as well as mental health professionals. For more information, including a list of confirmed instructors, visit: http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/details.php?id=V560-2&Category=900

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  6. Joachim Horvath

    Not to forget the Cologne Summer School in Philosophy, which already took place for the 7th time this year. The focus is usually on epistemology, but sometimes also on philosophy of mind or language. Former guests include Ralph Wedgwood, Sandy Goldberg, Ernest Sosa, Alvin Goldman, Ruth Millikan, Hilary Kornblith, and David Chalmers.

    Here's the website:

    http://summerschoolphilosophy.uni-koeln.de/en/

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  7. Jesse Houchens

    Last summer I had the opportunity to participate in a summer school on Einstein's philosophy of science at the Universität Tübingen—Forum Scientiarum. Don Howard gave a set of superb lectures and overall the program was swell. The Forum said that they are planning on hosting another for the summer of 2013.

    I also had the opportunity to participate in the annual Carnegie Mellon University summer school on logic & formal epistemology. Very enjoyable, very exciting, and highly recommended to those interested in the use of formal methods in philosophy. http://www.phil.cmu.edu/summerschool/

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  8. Joachim Horvath

    One addition to my previous post: Thomas Grundmann, the main organizer, asked my to use the opportunity to announce the 8th Cologne Summer School in Philosophy with Duncan Pritchard from September 23 to 27, 2013.

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  9. Alexander Mascolo

    For those who enjoy travelling, the Australian National University offers an annual Logic Summer School.
    The first week of lectures is particularly suited for later year undergraduates, or even graduate students wishing to refresh their background, while the content of the second week tends to be more advanced and the topics vary by year according to the visiting lecturers.
    Amongst many other things, the small size of the classes, the natural beauty of the surroundings and numerous occasions for socialising with the faculty made my experience particularly enjoyable.
    Note, however, that the logicians who run it are from the Department of Computer Science, so the content is way more mathematical/computational than philosophical… but it's likely the only program of its kind where you'll get to hear about paraconsistent logic!
    Link here: http://lss.cecs.anu.edu.au/

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  10. Michaela McSweeney

    Though it is for undergraduates, this is probably a good place to plug the Colorado Summer Seminar in philosophy, run by Bob Pasnau at Boulder:

    http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/outreach_summer_seminar.shtml

    I both was a participant (in 2007) and TAd for the seminar (in 2010), and I can't recommend it more highly to undergraduates interested in going to graduate school in philosophy.

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  11. Dave Ripley

    The European Summer School for Logic, Language, and Information puts on a good show; philosophy of language is well-represented, but the event is much broader than that, including logic, linguistics, computer science, and a bit of maths. (Of course, an event like this can't (and doesn't) neglect paraconsistent logic—we don't have a monopoly on it here in Oz!) Next year's is in Dusseldorf, in early August: http://esslli2013.de/

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