Welcome!

The Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy (CSCP) is a joint project of the Graduate Student Group on Comparative Philosophy (GSAC recognition 2007) and the University Seminar on Comparative Philosophy.

The goal of the CSCP is to provide a venue for 'non-normal discourse' and genuine inter-disciplinary dialogue. By engaging non-Western modes of thought we do not presume to be able to arrive at better answers to the perennial "problems" of philosophy. Rather, we believe that it is through considering alternative perspectives that old questions can be refined and new ones may be raised.

We believe our approach embraces the contingent nature of knowledge by starting from the premise that there is no privileged or neutral vantage point from which to compare philosophies. In this sense the term "comparative philosophy" is somewhat misleading. A better description of this enterprise is "fusion philosophy."

The CSCP hosts monthly meetings that are free and open to the public. We welcome participation from students and faculty from variety of disciplines and institutions. To find out more please contact the CSCP chair (Jonathan Gold) or CSCP rapporteur (Christopher Kelley).

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