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Kierkegaard and Intellectual Virtue

17 September, 2025

This workshop will draw connections between Kierkegaard’s work and the role of intellectual virtues, particularly epistemic courage.

Confirmed speakers include:

Jonathan Ichikawa (University of British Columbia), “Epistemic Anxiety, Epistemic Courage, and Conspiracy Theories”.

John Lippitt (University of Notre Dame Australia and Pardubice), “Obstacles to Courage: Kierkegaard, Social Comparison and the Vices of Pride”.

Genia Schönbaumsfeld (University of Southampton), “Dialectical Intrepidity”.

Rick Anthony Furtak (Colorado College), “The Courage of One’s Emotions’: Kierkegaardian Amor Fati”.

 

Kierkegaard and Intellectual Virtue – poster/schedule

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Venue

  • Avenue Campus
  • University of Southampton, Highfield Road
    Southampton, SO17 1BF United Kingdom     + Google Map

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Details to be confirmed

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