Kierkegaard and Scepticism Workshop Event

Topics focussed on include Kierkegaard’s conception of doubt, despair, faith and wonder, and their implications for the ethics of belief and an authentic life.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Roe Fremstedal (Norway) – “Kierkegaard and (the ethics of) Belief.”
• Erin Plunkett (Hertfordshire) – “Kierkegaard on Doubt, Denial, and the Allure of Certainty.”
• Alexander Quanbeck (Princeton) – “Doubt’s Despair: Kierkegaard and Moral Responsibility for Believing.”
• Caecilie Varslev-Pedersen (Southampton) – “Stubborn Individuals: Hegel and Kierkegaard on Existential Scepticism.”
• Dan Watts (Essex) – “Faith, Doubt, Wonder: Kierkegaard After Trendelenburg.”

This is a pre-read workshop.

Please contact Caecilie Varslev-Pedersen to register and to receive the speakers’ papers in advance. 

C.Varslev-Pedersen@soton.ac.uk

This event will be available on The Ethics of Doubt website.