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The Modern Philosophy Workshop
On Friday, May 29, the Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Daniel Smyth | Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss his paper titled:
“The Role of Concepts in Kant’s Theory of Taste”
Coffee and snacks will be provided and a lunch will follow.
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Smyth Workshop [.pdf]
On Friday, May 22, the Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Rachel Zuckert | Northwestern
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss her paper titled:
“What Kant Does not have to Say about Art:
Is There Kantian Art Criticism?”
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Zuckert Workshop[.pdf]
Following the workshop, there will be a subsidized lunch with Prof. Zuckert, open to graduate students and faculty. Please e-mail Daniel Smyth if you are interested in attending.
On Friday, May 1, the Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Erica Holberg | University of Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss her paper titled:
“Kant on Pleasure in the Moral”
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Holberg Workshop [.doc]
Midwest Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
2-3 MAY 2009
Organizing Committee:
Daniel Garber (Princeton University)
Lea Schweitz (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago)
Mogens Lærke (University of Chicago)
All sessions will take place in
The Franke Institute conference room in the Regenstein Library
Saturday 2 May
12.00-13.15
Ohad Nachtomy (Bar Ilan University) “…nisi… Deus existeret, nihil possibile foret.” Leibniz and Kant on Possibility and Existence
13.15-14.30
Marcy Lascano (University of California, Long Beach)Leibniz and Kant on Creation and Emanation
Break
15.00-16.15
Joseph Tinguely (New School of Social Research)What is Orientation not in Thinking? A Reconsideration of Kant and the Role of Feelings in Knowledge
16.15-17.30
Jeffrey K. McDonough (Harvard University)Leibniz’s Meta-Conciliatory Account of Substance
Break
17.45-19.00
Eric Stencil (University of Wisconsin-Madison)Arnauld’s Actualism
20.00. Conference Dinner
Sunday 3 May
9.00-10.15
Fatima R. R. Evora (State University of Campinas) and Marcio A. D. Custodio (Princeton University)The Concept of Matter in Philoponus and its Repercussions in the Beginning of Modern Science
10.15-11.30
Eric Schliesser (Leiden University)Newtonian Emanation, Measurement and the Baconian Origins of the Laws of Nature
Light Lunch
12.45-14.00
Lynn S. Joy (University of Notre Dame)Dispositions and Intentionality in Boyle, Newton, and Hume
* For further information, please contact Mogens Lærke on mlaerke@uchicago.edu
On Friday, April 17, the Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Jennifer Lockhart | University of Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss her paper titled:
“Practical Necessity and the A Priori”
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Lockhart Workshop paper [.doc]
Announcing the Spring 2009 Schedule for the Modern Philosophy Workshop.
All Spring workshops will take place Fridays at 10:30am in Stuart 209 unless otherwise noted.
Papers will be posted on the workshop blog beforehand and should be read in advance.
- April 17 | Jennifer Lockhart | University of Chicago
“Practical Necessity and the A Priori” - May 1 | Erica Holdberg | University of Chicago
TBA
- May 22 | Rachel Zuckert| Northwestern
TBA
- May 29 | Daniel Smyth | University of Chicago
TBA
The spring schedule is still being finalized. Please check back here for updates.
On Friday, February 27, the Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Linda Zerilli | University of Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss her paper titled:
“From Willing to Judging: Hannah Arendt’s Copernican Revolution”
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Zerilli Workshop paper [.doc]
On Friday, February 20, the Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Rafeeq Hasan | University of Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss his paper titled:
“Rousseau and the Attraction of Obligation”
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Hasan workshop paper [.doc]
Hegel and German Idealism
Graduate Student Conference
University of Notre Dame
March 6-8
What:
This conference, sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, is designed to provide graduate students in philosophy and all areas of the humanities the opportunity to present research on issues related to the philosophical and historical roots, development, and impact of Hegel’s philosophy and German Idealism.
Keynote speakers:
Paul Franks, University of Toronto
Robert Brandom, University of Pittsburgh
When:
Friday, March 6th – Sunday March 8th, 2009
Where:
University of Notre Dame
McKenna Hall
For more information: Conference Website
2009 Midwest Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy
May 2-3, 2009
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Submission Deadline
March 2, 2009
Guidelines
Abstracts welcome on any topic in early modern philosophy (broadly defined, ranging from late Renaissance philosophy to the Enlightenment). We particularly encourage proposals which consider early modern philosophy in relation to other related disciplines, such as theology, intellectual history and/or the history of science.
Please submit an abstract (of between 500 and 750 words) by March 2, 2009.
(Please note: Final papers should be approximately 45 minutes in reading length.)
Submissions
Abstracts should be sent by email to: mlaerke@uchicago.edu
More Information
For more information download the Call For Abstracts here.
On Friday, February 13, the Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Julie Cooper | University of Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss her paper titled:
“Spinoza’s Critique of Humility”
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Cooper Workshop[.doc]
On Friday, January 23, the Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Dasha Polzik | University of Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss her paper titled:
“Rousseau’s Ideal: the Happy, “Natural” Citizen”
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Polzik Workshop [pdf]
Announcing the Winter 2009 Schedule for the Modern Philosophy Workshop.
All Winter workshops will take place Fridays at 10:30am in Stuart 209 unless otherwise noted.
Papers will be posted on the workshop blog beforehand and should be read in advance.
- Jan 23 | Dasha Polzik | University of Chicago
“Rousseau’s Ideal: the Happy, ‘Natural’ Citizen” - Feb 13 | Julie Cooper| University of Chicago
“Spinoza’s Critique of Humility” - Feb 20 | Rafeeq Hasan | University of Chicago
“Rousseau and the Attraction of Obligation” - Feb 27 | Linda Zerilli | University of Chicago
This Friday, December 5, the Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Justin Shaddock | University of Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss his paper titled:
“The Idealism of the Transcendental Deduction”
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Shaddock workshop paper [pdf]
This Friday, November 14, the Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Thomas Land | University of Chicago & Universitaet Basel
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss his paper titled:
“Intuition and Judgment”
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Land Workshop paper [pdf]
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Chicago Area Consortium on German Philosophy co-sponsors: |
Book Discussion
Hegel and the Transformation of Philosophical Critique
William F. Bristow
Saturday, November 15, 2008
2:00-4:00
Dorothy Day Room, LPC 400
John T. Richardson Library
DePaul University
2350 North Kenmore Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
For further information contact:
Kevin Thompson
Associate Professor of Philosophy
DePaul University
773.325.4866
kthomp12@depaul.edu
This Thursday, Nov. 6 and Friday Nov. 7
The Modern Philosophy Workshop
and the Department of Philosophy present
Allen Wood | University of Indiana-Bloomington
Thursday, November 6
Philosophy Department Colloqium
4:30-6:30pm | Hinds Laboratory | Rm101
“Kant and the Intelligibility of Evil”
There will be a reception immediately following the talk.
>>>Download the paper: Wood Colloquium Paper [pdf]
Friday, November 7
10:30am-12:30pm | Stuart Hall | 209
“Kant on Lying”
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read it in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Wood Workshop paper [pdf]
Background reading (coming soon):
- Kant, “On a Supposed Right to Lie” [pdf]
- Kant, Über ein vermeintliches recht zu lügen [pdf]
- Wood, Kantian Ethics, ch 14
2008 Dewey Lecture
Christine Korsgaard
“Interacting with Animals: A Kantian Account”
November 5, 2008
The Law School is honored to have Professor Christine Korsgaard deliver the 2008 Dewey Lecture in Law and Philosophy. She will deliver her lecture, “Interacting with Animals: A Kantian Account” on Wednesday, November 5th, at 4 pm in the Weymouth Kirkland Courtroom. There will be a reception immediately following the lecture. Professor Korsgaard is Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University.
The Fall meeting of the Midwest Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy
November 7-9, 2008
Marquette University in Milwaukee
The conference will begin with a talk by Thomas Lennon and Julia Walsh (UWO) on Friday afternoon, and then will continue with six talks on Saturday and four talks on Sunday.
For a schedule and abstracts of the talks, visit http://midwestseminar2008.googlepages.com/home
Because there will be a dinner on Saturday night and talks on Sunday, visitors should consider spending the night on Saturday. If you are interested in staying one or two nights, contact Tim Crockett to arrange rooms in University Housing (around $60 for the night).
If you have any questions, please contact Tim Crockett at timothy.crockett@marquettte.edu.
>>> Download the Midwest Seminar schedule
This Friday, Oct. 31, the Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Sally Sedgwick | University of Illinois-Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss her paper titled:
“The Conditions of Critique: Kant vs. Hegel”
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Sedgwick workshop paper [pdf]
Background reading:
- Sedgwick, “Hegel’s Critique of Kant: An Overview” [pdf] in Blackwell’s A Companion to Kant (2006)
- Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, Prefaces A & B [pdf]
- Kant, Kritik der reinen Vernuft, Vorreden zur A und B [pdf]
- Hegel, Science of Logic, Preface to 2nd edition & Introduction [pdf]
- Hegel, Wissenschaft der Logik, Preface to 2nd edition & Introduction [pdf]
- Hegel, Encyclopedia Logic, Section 10 [pdf]
- Hegel, Enzyklopädie Logik, Section 10 [pdf]
This Friday, Oct. 10, the Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Matt Boyle | Harvard University
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss his paper titled:
“Kant on the Nature of Logic”
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Boyle Workshop paper [pdf]
Background reading:
This Friday, Oct. 3, the Modern Philosophy Workshop begins the fall schedule with
Nate Zuckerman | University of Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss his paper titled:
“‘Pre-conceptual’ Intuitions, the B-Deduction and the Myth of the Given”
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Zuckerman Workshop paper [pdf]
All Fall workshops will take place Fridays at 10:30am in Stuart 209 unless otherwise noted. Papers will be posted on the workshop blog beforehand and should be read in advance.
- Oct 3 | Nate Zuckerman | University of Chicago
“Pre-conceptual Intuitions, the B-Deduction, and the Myth of the Given” - Oct 10 | Matt Boyle | Harvard University
“Kant on the Nature of Logic” - Oct 31 | Sally Sedgwick | University of Illinois-Chicago
“The Conditions of Critique: Kant vs. Hegel” - Nov 7 | Allen Wood | University of Indiana-Bloomington
“Kant on Lying” - Nov 14 | Thomas Land | University of Chicago & Universitaet Basel
“Intuition and Judgment” - Dec 5 | Justin Shaddock | University of Chicago
Kant and the B-Deduction
We are excited to announce that the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop will expand in the 2008-2009 year to become the Modern Philosophy Workshop. With this shift in emphasis we hope to accommodate the broader interests of graduate students at the University of Chicago working on philosophers across the entire Modern period, roughly from Descartes through the post-Kantian idealists. All graduate students and faculty interested in the Modern period are welcome.
Our new faculty advisors are Robert Pippin and Anton Ford.
The workshop will continue to meet on Fridays at 10:30am in Stuart 209 unless otherwise posted.
Also, we are currently filling in our schedule of speakers for the 2008-2009 year. University of Chicago graduate students interested in presenting on Modern Philosophy please contact dsmyth@uchicago.edu.
This Friday, May 30, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents,
together with the 18th & 19th Century Cultures Workshop:
Thomas Pavel | University of Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
Pavel will present his talk titled:
“What the Early Modern Novel Can Tell Philosophers”
There is no paper to read in advance.
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
This Friday, May 23,
The Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Justin Shaddock | University of Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss his paper:
“The Dual-Argument Structure of Kant’s Transcendental Deduction”
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: Dual-Argument Structure of Kant’s Transcendental Deduction [Word Doc]
This Friday, May 16, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Rafeeq Hasan | University of Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
We will discuss his paper:
“The Limits of Natural Virtue in Rousseau”
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance.
>>>Download the paper: The Limits of Natural Virtue in Rousseau [Word Doc]
This Friday, May 2, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:Scott Ferguson | University of Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
We will discuss his paper:
“On Spinoza’s Identification of Appetite and Desire”
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance. For a copy of the paper, e-mail cntodd@uchicago.edu.
This Friday, April 25, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Alex Anderson | University of Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
We will discuss his paper:
“The Principle of Sufficient Reason in the Proofs of God’s Existence in Avicenna, Descartes, and Spinoza”
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance. For a copy of the paper, e-mail cntodd@uchicago.edu.
This Friday, April 18, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:Karolina Hubner | University of Chicago
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
We will discuss her paper:
“Spinoza’s Two Ethics”
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance. For a copy of the paper, e-mail cntodd@uchicago.edu.
This Friday, April 11, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents,
together with the Political Theory Workshop:
Lydia Moland | Babson College
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
We will discuss her paper:
“A Global Rabbel? Civil Society and Cosmopolitanism in Hegel’s Philosophy of Right ”
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance. For a copy of the paper, e-mail cntodd@uchicago.edu.
This Friday, April 4, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Dan Kaufman | University of Colorado, Boulder
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
We will discuss his paper:
“Understanding the Real Distinction Between Descartes’ Corporeal Substances”
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance. For a copy of the paper, e-mail cntodd@uchicago.edu.
All Spring workshops 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.
Coffee and refreshments will be provided.
- April 4 – Dan Kaufman | Colorado
“Understanding the Real Distinction Between Descartes’ Corporeal Substances”
- April 11 – Lydia Moland | Babson
“A Global Rabble? Civil Society and Cosmopolitanism in Hegel’s Philosophy of Right”
This workshop is co-sponsored by the Political Theory Workshop
- April 18 – Karolina Hubner | Chicago
“Spinoza’s Two Ethics”
- April 25 – Alex Anderson | Chicago
“The Use of the Principle of Sufficient Reason in the Proofs of God’s Existence: Avicenna, Descartes, and Spinoza”
- May 2 – Scott Ferguson | Chicago
“On Spinoza’s Identification of Appetite and Desire”
- May 16 – Rafeeq Hasan | Chicago
“Virtues Natural and Artificial: Rousseau and Hume”
- May 23 – Justin Shaddock | Chicago
“The Dual-Argument Structure of Kant’s Transcendental Deduction”
- May 30 – Thomas Pavel | Chicago
“What the Early Modern Novel Can Tell Philosophers”
This workshop is co-sponsored by the 18th & 19th Century Cultures Workshop
Persons with a disability who believe they may need assistance, please call Charles Todd in advance at 617.888.1331.
This Friday, March 7, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Andreas Blank | Herzog August Bibliothek
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
We will discuss his paper:
“Existential Dependence and the Question of Emanative Causation in Protestant Metaphysics, 1570-1620”
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance. For a copy of the paper, e-mail cntodd@uchicago.edu.
This Friday, February 29, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Lea Schweitz | University of Chicago
We will discuss her paper (distributed in advance):
“Leibniz on the Species Problem in the New Essays, or the Trouble With Changelings, Sea-pigs, Brutes, and Beasts”
The workshop will take place at 10:30 – 12:00pm in Stuart Hall Rm 209
Coffee & Snacks will be served
For a copy of the workshop paper, please e-mail cntodd@uchicago.edu
This Friday, February 15, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop returns with:
Mogens Laerke | University of Chicago
We will discuss his paper (distributed in advance):
“Spinoza’s Monism? What Monism?”
The workshop will take place at 10:30 – 12:00pm in Stuart Hall Rm 209
Coffee & Snacks will be served
For a copy of the workshop paper, please e-mail cntodd@uchicago.edu
This Friday’s EMP workshop for February 1 with Thomas Land has been canceled.
This Friday, January 25th, 2008, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Dawn Eschenhauer | University of Chicago
We will discuss her paper (distributed in advance):
“Spinoza’s Idealism”
The workshop will take place at 10:30am – 12:00pm in Stuart Hall, Rm 209.
This Friday, January 11th, 2008, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Matthew Shockey | Indian University-South Bend
We will discuss his paper (distributed in advance):
“Malebranche on the Nature and Limits of Self-Knowledge”
The workshop will take place at 10:30am – 12:00pm in Stuart Hall, Rm 209.
All Winter workshops 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.
- Jan. 11 | Matthew Schockey | Indiana
“Malebranche on Knowing One’s Own Mind” - Jan. 25 | Dawn Eschenhauer | UofC
“Spinoza’s Idealism” - Feb. 1 | Thomas Land | UofC
“Apperception: Was Kant a Wolffian?” - Feb. 15 | Mogens Laerke | UofC
“Spinoza’s Monism: What Monism?” - Feb. 29 | Lea Schweitz | UofC
“Leibniz on the Species Problem in the New Essays, or the Trouble With Changelings, Sea-pigs, Brutes, and Beasts” - Mar. 7 | Andreas Blank | Herzog August Bibliothek
“Existential Dependence and the Question of Emanative Causation in Protestant Metaphysics, 1570-1620”
This Friday, November 16, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Ohad Nachtomy | Princeton/Bar-Ilan
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
Coffee and snacks will be provided.
We will discuss his paper:
“What’s Leibniz’s distinction between natural and artificial machines got to do with his view of infinity?”
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance. For a copy of the paper, e-mail cntodd@uchicago.edu.
This Friday, November 16, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Carlos Fraenkel | McGill
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
Coffee & Snacks will be provided.
We will discuss his paper:
“The Status of Theology: From Philosophy’s Handmaid to an Independent Discipline in Renaissance Averroism and Spinoza”
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance. For a copy of the paper, e-mail cntodd@uchicago.edu.
This Friday, November 9, the Early Modern Philosophy Workshop presents:
Minna Koivuniemi | ENS-Lyon
10:30am | Stuart Hall | Rm 209
We will discuss her paper:
“Being One with the Body: the Mind-Body Union in Descartes and Spinoza”
The paper will not be read during the workshop so please read the paper in advance. For a copy of the paper, please e-mail cntodd@uchicago.edu.
This 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.
This 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.
The 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.
This 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.
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?”
Welcome 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.
If you would like to join the EMP Workshop list-host, please send an e-mail to cntodd@uchicago.edu.
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