Interdisciplinary roundtable
Program for 2010
The Programme will pick up from the first workshop in 2008, "Rethinking the Value Question: Interdisciplinary Approaches" which was attended by members of many disciplines areas, including Anthropology, Economics, IDPM, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology. A roundtable discussion chaired by Karen Sykes addressed the question, "what is value?". The presentations each marked different disciplinary answers to that question. Speakers on the day included John O'Neill, Eric Swyngedouw, Alan Warde, Chris Gregory, Keir Martin and Nicola Phillips.
A roundtable discussion of Adam Smith's book
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
"One of the truly outstanding books in the intellectual history of the world"…. Amartya Sen
27 May 2010, 1pm - 5pm
SoSS Board Room, Rm 2.016
The Arthur Lewis Building
251 years after the first publication of Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Anthropologists, Philosophers, and Political Theorists will meet in an roundtable discussion to consider how Smith's issues resonate with some of the biggest questions of our times.
Programme
Chair: Karen Sykes
1pm – 2.30pm The Round Table: Five papers
- John O’Neill - Smith, MacIntyre and Independence
- Chris Gregory - The Partial Spectator
- John Salter - Adam Smith's Theory of Punishment
- Terry Peach - Smith's Natural Religion and its Implications
- Joel Smith - A Puzzle About Disapproval
2:30 – 3:00 Tea Break
3:15 – 3:45 Post Graduate Discussion Panel.
- Gayle Impey
- Aliaa Remtilla
- Michael Upton
- Rachel Wilde
- Andy Hodges
4:00 – 5:00 General Discussion
Programme for 2008
An interdisciplinary roundtable discussion on
"Rethinking the Value Question"-
Different disciplinary answers to the question, "what is value?" .
7 September 2008 1 - 5pm
Rm G.030-031
The Arthur Lewis Building
Chair: Karen Sykes
1:00- 3:00 pm: Roundtable Presentations
John O'Neill (Philososphy),
Eric Swyngedouw (Human Geography),
Alan Warde (Sociology),
Chris Gregory (Anthropology),
Keir Martin (Anthropology)
Chris Birtenshall (Economics)
Nicola Phillips (Politics).
3:00- 3:30 pm: Tea
3:30 - 5:00: General Discussion
The discussion was furthered with contributions from across the Faculty of Humanities including members of the disciplines of History, Religion, English, and from members of Finance and Accounting in the Manchester Business School.