Crafts, Traditions, Ideologies:
Relations Between Theory and Practice in the Thought of Alasdair MacIntyre
Grand Valley State University, July 25-28, 2013
The 7th annual conference of the International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry
Conference Secretary: Mark Moes
Keynote Speakers
Kenneth Sayre, University of Notre Dame
Ruth Groff, Saint Louis University
David Solomon, University of Notre Dame
POSSIBLE PRESENTATION TOPICS:
The ancient craft analogy
The craft analogy and the Relation between theory and practice in Plato and Aristotle
Relationship between skills and virtues n ‘Homo creator’ in Scotus Erigina, Nicholas of Cusa, and Vico
Relation between theory and practice in art, religion, and philosophy in Collingwood
Neuroscientific perspectives on relations between theory and practice
Value theory: goods, common goods, and the distinction between internal and external goods n Marx’s labor theory of value
Injustices institutionally built into capitalist modernity
Problems with liberal theories of justice
Consumerism and pleonexia
Dilemmas and problems of pluralist democracy
Ideology, self-deception, and the separation of theory from practice
Philosophy and theology as crafts
Is Business a Craft?
Is Teaching a Craft?
Richard Sennett’s The Craftsman and Matthew Crawford’s Shop Class as Soul Craft
Technology and craftsmanship: similarities and differences
Practical Reasoning n Partial truth and/or “pragmatist” theories of truth
Virtue epistemology
What is a tradition? John Henry Newman, Blondel’s History and Dogma, Yves Congar, etc.
Theory and Practice, Intellectual Passions, in Michael Polanyi’s Philosophy of Science
Charles Taylor on the Modern “Excarnation” of Religious, Epistemic, and Moral Practices
Charles Taylor on “Code Fetishism” and Bureaucracy
Charles Taylor’s narrative of the “Construction of the Modern Epistemic Predicament”
Theory and practice in Maurice Blondel’s L’Action
Jacques Maritain on Cognitivity and Creativity in Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry
What is it to Follow a Rule? What is a Rule, and What Kinds of Rule exist?
Wealth, Waste, and Modernity in Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo