invitation to a philosophy talk - reminder

The CEU Philosophy Department cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Maria Alvarez (University of Southampton) on Anscombe on Practical Knowledge Tuesday, 28 October 2008, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT In her 1957 book Intention, Anscombe wrote: Can it be that there is something that modern philosophy has blankly misunderstood: namely what ancient and medieval philosophers meant by practical knowledge? Certainly, in modern philosophy, we have an incorrigibly contemplative conception of knowledge. Knowledge must be something that is judged as such by being in accordance with the facts. The facts, reality, are prior, and dictate what is to be said, if it is knowledge (p.57). In this paper, I try to partly elucidate the concept of practical knowledge and explain why Anscombe thinks that modern philosophy has misunderstood it Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu