Modern Philosophy Workshop » Descartes http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil The workshop is a forum for graduate students and faculty from various departments to engage with Modern thinkers. The meetings are devoted to a discussion of papers by visiting speakers and graduate students from philosophy, divinity, social thought and other departments. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:42:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Midwest Seminar Schedule | May 2-3 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/04/28/midwest-seminar-in-early-modern-philosophy-may-2-3/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/04/28/midwest-seminar-in-early-modern-philosophy-may-2-3/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:35:42 +0000 cntodd http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/?p=254 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

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/04/28/midwest-seminar-in-early-modern-philosophy-may-2-3/feed/ 0 Alex Anderson | Friday, April 25 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2008/04/22/alex-anderson-friday-april-25/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2008/04/22/alex-anderson-friday-april-25/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:25:00 +0000 cntodd http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2008/04/22/alex-anderson-friday-april-25/ DescartesThis 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.

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2008/04/22/alex-anderson-friday-april-25/feed/ 0 Dan Kaufman | Friday, April 4 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2008/04/01/dan-kaufman-friday-april-4/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2008/04/01/dan-kaufman-friday-april-4/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:11:02 +0000 cntodd http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2008/04/01/dan-kaufman-friday-april-4/ descartes-small-2This 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.

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2008/04/01/dan-kaufman-friday-april-4/feed/ 0 Minna Koivuniemi | Friday, Nov. 9 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2007/11/05/minna-koivuniemi-friday-nov-9/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2007/11/05/minna-koivuniemi-friday-nov-9/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:24:55 +0000 cntodd http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2007/11/05/minna-koivuniemi-friday-nov-9/ DescartesThis 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.

Download workshop poster [pdf]

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