The History of Philosophy Society (HOPS) Annual Conference: Friction

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Conference exploring 'friction' as discomforts and generativity in encounters across history of philosophy.

“Friction” encapsulates both the discomforts and generativity of encounters between self and other—between thinkers, texts, traditions, and the self and the world; it gestures to the gap between certainty and the unknown/unknowable and the possibilities of translating the untranslatable. The theme embraces newness through encounters with the other but signals dangers of unresolved prejudice, misunderstanding, and rejection. The call for papers invites broad interpretations of "friction" to appre

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