Wisdom and its Rivals in Global Philosophical Traditions
29-30 November 2025
National University of Singapore
Philosophy Meeting Room, AS3-05-23
Co-organized by Matthew D. Walker (National University of Singapore)
and Joseph Bjelde (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Supported by a Berlin University Alliance-NUS Flexible Funding Grant
Gefördert vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) und dem Land Berlin im Rahmen der Exzellenzstrategie von Bund und Ländern durch die Berlin University Alliance, Projektnr. M.8.2.P.2.
Workshop theme
This workshop will examine the virtue of wisdom and its rivals (whether those are rival epistemic/cognitive states that compete for attention by philosophers, criticisms of certain conceptions of wisdom, or the like).
Schedule and speakers
Saturday, November 29
9:00 a.m. -10:20 a.m.
Joseph Bjelde (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
“Education by Play in Plato”
Comments: Sherice Ngaserin (National University of Singapore)
10:40 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
David Merry (NUS College)
"Suspension (ἐποχή) as a goal of philosophy in Sextus' Outlines I 12."
Comments: Zhixi Wang (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Break
1:30 p.m. -2:50 p.m.
Christine Abigail Tan (NUS College)
“Against Meaning”
Comments: Matthew D. Walker (National University of Singapore)
Sunday, November 30
9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Cathay Liu (National University of Singapore)
“Wisdom and the Art of Cognitive Mastery: Descartes on the Craft of Knowing”
Comments: Leonardo Moauro (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
10:40 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
Nastasia Müller (Technische Universität Berlin)
“Trust Without Trustworthiness: A Non-Doxastic Dispositional Account of Trust”
Comments: Ethan Jerzak (National University of Singapore)
Registration
Philosophy faculty and graduate students are invited to attend. For registration, please click here to register.