October 2007

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SpinozaThis Friday, November 2, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:

Kenneth Seeskin | Northwestern

We will discuss his paper:

“Maimonides and Spinoza on God and Contingency”

The workshop will take place at our usual time, 10:30am, in Stuart Hall, Rm 209. Please read the paper in advance. For a copy of the paper, please e-mail cntodd@uchicago.edu.

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HumeThis Friday, October 26th, 2007, The Early Modern Philosophy Workshop together with the Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop and the Nicholson Center for British Studies presents:

Robert Fogelin | Dartmouth

“Hume on Ancient and Modern Philosophy”

Professor Fogelin will lead a close reading of Book I, Part IV, sections 3 and 4 of Hume’s Treatise.

The workshop will take place at 4:30pm (NOTE: Time change ) in Stuart Hall, Rm 209.

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smith-pennyThe EMP Workshop is currently filling in our schedule for Winter and Spring 2008. If you are a graduate student at the University of Chicago with a relevant paper on Early Modern Philosophy, then we invite you to contact us at: cntodd@uchicago.edu. Students from Philosophy, Divinity, Social Thought and other departments welcome.

HumeThis Friday, October 19th, 2007, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:

Sam Fleischacker | University of Illinois at Chicago

We will discuss his paper (distributed in advance):

“Sympathy and Imagination in Hume and Smith”

The workshop will take place at 10:30am – 12:30pm in Stuart Hall, Rm 209.

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Fall 2007 Schedule

Descartes All Fall wokshops will take place Fridays at 10:30am in Stuart 209 unless otherwise noted. In order to receive a copy of the paper in advance, please e-mail cntodd@uchicago.edu.

  • Oct. 19 | Sam Fleischacker | UIC
    “Sympathy and Imagination in Hume and Smith”
  • Oct. 26 | Robert Fogelin | Dartmouth
    “Hume on the Ancients”
    *4:30pm | Stuart 209
  • Nov. 2 | Kenneth Seeskin | Northwestern
    “Maimonides and Spinoza on God and Contingency”
  • Nov. 9 | Minna Koivuniemi | ENS-Lyon
    “Being One with the Body: the Mind-Body Union in Descartes and Spinoza”
  • Nov. 16 | Carlos Fraenkel | McGill
    “On the Relationship Between Philosophy and Religion in Averroes, Elijah Delmedigo, and Spinoza”
  • Nov. 30 | Ohad Nachtomy | Princeton/Bar-Ilan
    “What’s Leibniz’s distinction between natural and artificial machines got to do with his view of possibility?”

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Welcome!

SpinozaWelcome to the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop blog! The EMP Workshop is a forum at the University of Chicago for graduate students and faculty to engage with early modern thinkers. The meetings will discuss papers from invited faculty and graduate students.

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