For one week of every month discussion on our blog page (http://www.theapj.com/blog/) will be devoted, but not limited, to a single paper. Where possible, we will seek the participation of the author of the paper under discussion. If you have difficulty accessing any of the papers, please e-mail us at info@theapj.com and we will be happy to forward you a copy.
We are pleased to announce the following online symposia in 2013:
March 10-16
Symposium on Jewish Bioethics and Medical Halakha
Discussion will be led by: Alan Jotkowitz (Ben-Gurion University), Judah Goldberg, and Ari Schick (Michigan State University).
April 7-13
Symposium on Yitzhak Melamed’s “Salomon Maimon and the Failure of Modern Jewish Philosophy” (paper to be posted soon).
Participants will include: Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins University), Michah Gottlieb (New York University), and Abraham Socher (Oberlin College).
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SYMPOSIA in 2012
22-29 January
“Philosophy in Halakhah: The Case of Intentional Action”
Jed Lewinsohn (The Torah u-Madda Journal (14/2006-07)
21-28 February
“The Substance of Jewish Business Ethics” (Journal of Business Ethics 17: 603–617, 1998)
Moses Pava
21-28 March
Symposium on Halakha (Jewish Law) and Philosophy of Law
“Authority, Halakha, and the “Official Vigilante”
Discussion on this topic will be led by:
Sari Kisilevsky (CUNY, Queens)
Ken Ehrenberg (SUNY, Buffalo)
Laliv Chenman (Leo Beack College)
22-29 April
Discussion on Aaron Licthenstein’s paper “Does Jewish Tradition Recognizes an Ethic Independent of Halakha” (in Modern Jewish Ethics, ed. M. Fox) led by Alan Mittleman (JTS) and Daniel Statman (Haifa).
08-15 July
The Relevance of Analytic Philosophy to Judaism
The symposium will center around points raised in the following paper: Howard Wettstein (1997). Doctrine Faith and Philosophy 14 (4):423-443.
26 August — 02 September
The Epistemic Nature of Faith
The symposium will center around points raised in Lara Buchak’s paper “Can it be Rational to have Faith?” Chapter 12 of Probability in the Philosophy of Religion, eds. Jake Chandler and Victoria S. Harrison. Oxford University Press, 2012.
The symposium will be led by Sandy Goldberg (Northwestern), and Trent Dougherty (Baylor). Lara (Berkeley) has kindly agreed to participate as well.
October (postponed until early 2013)
Discussion of Moshe Halbertal’s (Hebrew University/NYU) book, On Sacrifice, Princeton University Press, 2012.
More details to follow soon.
December 09-16
Discussion of Saul Smilansky’s (Haifa University) recent article, “A Problem About the Morality of Some Common Forms of Prayer” (Ratio 25:2, 2012).
More details to follow soon.
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SYMPOSIA IN 2011
14-21 August
“Identity in the Talmud”
Eli Hirsch (Brandeis)
Midwest Studies in Philosophy, XXIII (1999)
14-21 September:
David Shatz
Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 1997, 21
14-21 October:
“Saadia Gaon on the Problem of Evil”
Eleonore Stump (SLU), Faith and Philosophy 1997, 14:4)
01-08 December:
Curtis Franks (Notre Dame)