The Robert S. Cohen Forum: Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher

The Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science presents:
The Robert S. Cohen Forum: Contemporary Issues in Science Studies
Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher
When: Monday, September 15, 2008, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where: The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston University Charles River Campus

Moderator: Murray Cohen (Boston University)

Speakers:

William Egginton (Johns Hopkins)
Freud, Lacan, and the Philosopher’s Desire

Jennifer Radden (University of Massachusetts Boston)
Contagion, Suggestibility and Identification in Freud’s Group Psychology

Jurgen Reeder (Stockholms Universitet)
The Mysterious “Nature of the Subject”: Philosophy at the Interface of Psychoanalysis

Alfred Tauber (Boston University)
Brentano, Kant, and Freud

Event sponsored by the Boston University Center for Philosophy and History of Science. Registration not required. Event is free and open to the public.