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In partnership with LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman's Blitzscaling project and the Keller Center, on January 21 and 22, PRÉCIS is hosting a two-day Wintersession workshop on “How to Make Big Choices: Philosophy, Careers, and Meaning.”
Save for the date for our annual conference in the spring! More information coming soon.
Looking at the world today, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed. The environment is declining. Wars are breaking out around the world. In the face of so many evils, what reason is there for hope?
In this lecture, philosopher Brian Ballard argues that the very evils that might lead us to doubt there is a God should also lead us to hope there is a God. As long as God might exist, we can hope that all is set right in the end.
On Monday, November 4 from 4:30-6:00pm, there will be a book talk on Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin by Andrew M. Bailey, Bradley Rettler, and Craig Warmke. Prof. Andrew Chignell, co-director of the Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion (3PR), will moderate the panel.
This Fall, join PRÉCIS Postdoctoral Research Associate Dr. Hüseyin Güngör for a new reading group on Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Mysticism. We will be reading from Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Mysticism by Majid Fakhry. Reading in advance is not required, nor is any background in philosophy or Islam expected. All Princeton undergraduate and graduate students are warmly invited.
This Fall, join PRÉCIS Visiting Research Scholar Prof. Brian Ballard for a reading group on C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. All readings will be done during the session, and no prior familiarity with Lewis or Tolkien is expected. All Princeton undergraduate and graduate students are warmly invited.
2024-25 PRÉCIS Visiting Fellow Evelina Edfors discusses the philosophy of hope on Sveriges Radio's podcast Filosofiska rummet (The Philosophical Room).
Join the New Jersey Philosophy of Religion Corridor for this talk by Paul Lodge (Oxford) on Princeton's campus.
October 2024 conference on "Reason and Revelation in 17th Century Philosophy," co-sponsored by UCHV, 3PR, the Department of Judaic Studies, and the Department of Philosophy.
Recent Publications
"Our Lives Go Better in a World Created by God" in Religious Studies (forthcoming)
Brian Scott Ballard
“Filosofi på svenska: fallet faith” in Filosofisk Tidskrift (forthcoming)
Evelina Edfors
“Hume’s Skeptical Philosophy and the Moderation of Pride” in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (2024)
Charles Goldhaber