The Philosophers’ Ontological Party club (POPc) are throwing a party.
As part of the System Project’s Presentation of A Night with Nelson Goodman, you are invited – over drinks and really fancy snacks – to be part of the discussion/argument/sharing of lingering thoughts.
DATE: NOVEMBER 29, 2012. 5:00-7:00 P.M.
PLACE: University of the Arts. 333 Broad Street, 8th floor, Philadelphia, PA
Artist and philosopher Dena Shottenkirk brings to UArts an installation examining in visual terms the issues discussed in her book on the twentieth century analytic philosopher Nelson Goodman. (Nelson Goodman: Nominalism and Its Aftermath (Springer)). The book can be viewed at
This event is not though just another art exhibition.* It has a performative/party aspect, where local philosophers (real ones, though occasionally an honorary one gets slipped in) play the part of philosophers and answer questions from curious viewers. In this instance, they will be Noel Carroll, David Post, and Lara Ostaric. Questions can be drawn from a hat or viewers can just extemporaneously engage. The discussions are unscripted so range from the profound to the serene and back to the trivial. It is afterall a party.
* If you’d like to see the version of it done in NYC last year you could go to the
website http://denashottenkirk.com/ and click on The System Project, (which is what this enterprise is called).
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