On Occasion of the 300th Anniversary of David Hume’s Birth: Hume on God, Religion and Morality

July 4, Monday
19:00 Temple of Athena: Welcome, Blue Waters, Wine & Sunset
21:30 Dinner at the Harbour (Nazlıhan Hotel Restaurant)

July 5, Tuesday
13:30 Paul Russell (University of British Columbia): “Hume on Belief and Atheism”
15:00 Don Garrett (New York University): “What’s True About Hume’s ‘True Religion’?”
16:30 Örsan K. Öymen (Bahcesehir University): “Hume’s Agnosticism in Relation to Pyrrhonism”
18:00 Stephen Darwall (Yale University): “Hume on Modern Morality and Religion’s Influence”
20:00 Dinner at the Village (Asosyal Hotel Restaurant)
23:00 Classical Music in the Ancient Theater (Anne Monika Sommer-Bloch)

July 6, Wednesday
13:30 John Prentice Wright (Central Michigan University): “The Slave of the Passions: Hume on Religion and Morality”
15:00 Simon Blackburn (University of Cambridge): “Human and Humean Practical Reason”
16:30 David Owen (University of Arizona): “Reason, Belief and Moral Sentiments”
18:00 Michael B. Gill (University of Arizona): “Non-Consequentialist Thinking and Humean Sentimentalism”
20:00 Performance of an Ancient Greek Tragedy in the Ancient Theater (Sophocles: “Antigone”; Aristophanes: "Lysistrata". İstanbul Culture University; Director: Kubilay Karslıoğlu Act: Saydam Yeniay, Ezgi Aldemir, Gizem Tugan & Students of İstanbul Culture University)
21:30 Dinner at Kadırga Beach (Yıldızsaray Hotel Restaurant)
23:30 Beach Party (Kadırga / Yıldızsaray Hotel Beach) / DJ Kerem Savaş & Metehan Korkmazel

July 7, Thursday
12:00 Charlotte Brown (Illinois Wesleyan University): “The Structure of Hume’s Second Inquiry”
13:30 William Edward Morris (Illinois Wesleyan University): “Another Look at Hume’s Determinism”
15:00 Tito Magri (University of Rome-La Sapienza): “Hume’s Justice: A Reappraisal”
16:30 Visit to Troy
21:30 Farewell Dinner (Terrace Hotel Restaurant)

PS: All meetings take place at the Assos Terrace Hotel. (Tel:286-7640285). The language of the talks and discussions is English. There is no translation. There will be a free shuttle between the Harbour-Village-Kadirga Beach and Assos Terrace Otel. The performance and concert at the Ancient Theater is free; the performance of the Greek tragedy is in Turkish; there will be no translation. Each session is one hour (40 minutes talk, 20 minutes question, answer and discussion); there is a 30 minute break between each session.

PS 2: Those who would like to study Hume's philosophy in Turkish may obtain the book titled "Hume" (Say Yayinevi, October 2010), written and edited by Örsan K. Öymen, at the bookstores Alkım, Kabalcı, Dost, Mephisto, Ada, Remzi, Say, Pandora, Robinson Crusoe and the on-line sites www.idefix.com www.pandora.com.tr www.saykitap.com.

Brief information about the speakers:

Simon Blackburn: Cambridge University Department of Philosophy. (Chairman / Professor). Area of interest and research: Metaphysics, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Hume, Plato. He is the author of the books “Spreading the Word”, “Essay in Quasi-Realism”, “The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy”, “Ruling Passions”, “Think”, “Being Good”, “Lust”, “Hume”, “Plato’s Republic” and also of numerous articles in his field.

Stephen Darwall: Yale University Department of Philosophy. (Professor). Area of interest and research: Ethics, Political Philosophy, Hume. He is the author of the books ”Impartial Reason”, “The British Moralists and the Internal ‘Ought’ “, “Philosophical Ethics”, “Welfare and Rational Care”, “The Second-Person Standpoint: Respect, Morality and Accountability” and also of numerous articles in his field.

John Prentice Wright: Central Michigan University Department of Philosophy. (Professor). Area of interest and research: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Hume, Locke. He is the author of the books “Hume’s ‘A Treatise of Human Nature’: An Introduction”, “David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature”, “The Sceptical Realism of David Hume” and also of numerous articles in his field.

David Owen: University of Arizona Department of Philosophy. (Associate Professor). Area of interest and research: Epistemology, Ethics, Descartes, Locke, Hume. He is the author of the book “Hume’s Reason” and also of numerous articles in his field.

Don Garrett: New York University (NYU) Department of Philosophy. (Chairman / Professor). Area of interest and research: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Hume. He is the author of the book “Cognition and Commitment in Hume’s Philosophy” and also of numerous articles in his field.

Paul Russell: University of British Columbia Department of Philosophy. (Professor). Area of interest and research: Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Hume, Locke, Hobbes, Butler. He is the author of “The Riddle of Hume’s Treatise: Scepticism, Naturalism and Irreligion”, “Freedom and Moral Sentiment” and also of numerous articles in his field. (“The Riddle of Hume’s Treatise...” won the book prize from the “Journal of the History of Philosophy” for being the best published book in 2008 in the area “History of Philosophy”)

William Edward Morris: Illinois Wesleyan University Department of Philosophy. (Professor). Area of interest and research: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, Hume. He is the author of the book “Starting With Hume” (with Charlotte Brown) and also of numerous articles in his field.

Charlotte Brown: Illinois Wesleyan University Department of Philosophy. (Associate Professor). Area of interest and research: Ethics, Political Philosophy, Hume. She is the author of the book “Starting With Hume” (with William Edward Morris) and also of numerous articles in her field.

Michael B. Gill: University of Arizona Department of Philosophy. (Associate Professor). Area of interest and research: Ethics, Political Philosophy, Locke, Hobbes, Hume. He is the author of “The British Moralists on Human Nature and the Birth of Secular Ethics” and also of numerous articles in his field.

Tito Magri: University of Roma La Sapienza Department of Philosophy. (Professor). Area of interest and research: Epistemology, Ethics, Political Philosophy, Hume. He is the author of the book “Contratto e Convenzione” and also of numerous articles in his field.

Örsan K. Öymen: Bahcesehir University (Istanbul) Graduate Programme for Philosophy. (Associate Professor). Area of interest and research: Epistemology, Ethics, Sextus, Hume, Nietzsche. He is the author of the book “Hume” and also of numerous articles in his field. He is founder and director of Philosophy in Assos and also President of the Association of Philosophy, Art & Science.