Modern Philosophy Workshop 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 New Blog! http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/09/22/new-blog/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/09/22/new-blog/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:41:28 +0000 cntodd http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/?p=294 The Modern Philosophy Workshop
is moving to a new home!!Old-Books

You can find the new blog at
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/workshops/modernphilosophy/

More details and the new schedule coming soon…

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/09/22/new-blog/feed/ 0 Daniel Smyth | Friday, May 29 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/05/27/daniel-smyth-friday-may-29/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/05/27/daniel-smyth-friday-may-29/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 15:33:13 +0000 cntodd http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/?p=285 kant-bigOn 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]

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/05/27/daniel-smyth-friday-may-29/feed/ 0 Rachel Zuckert | Friday, May 22 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/05/18/rachel-zuckert-friday-may-22/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/05/18/rachel-zuckert-friday-may-22/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 14:47:40 +0000 cntodd http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/?p=281 kant-coinOn 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.

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/05/18/rachel-zuckert-friday-may-22/feed/ 0 Erica Holberg | Friday, May 1 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/04/28/erica-holberg-friday-may-1/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/04/28/erica-holberg-friday-may-1/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:50:50 +0000 cntodd http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/?p=275 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]

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/04/28/erica-holberg-friday-may-1/feed/ 0 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 Jennifer Lockhart | Friday, April 17 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/04/15/jennifer-lockhart-friday-april-17/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/04/15/jennifer-lockhart-friday-april-17/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:10:20 +0000 cntodd http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/?p=247

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]

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/04/15/jennifer-lockhart-friday-april-17/feed/ 0 Spring 2009 Schedule http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/03/30/spring-2009-schedule/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/03/30/spring-2009-schedule/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:44:39 +0000 cntodd http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/?p=243 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.

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/03/30/spring-2009-schedule/feed/ 0 Linda Zerilli | Friday, February 27 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/02/23/linda-zerilli-friday-february-27/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/02/23/linda-zerilli-friday-february-27/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:50:57 +0000 cntodd http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/?p=239 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]

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/02/23/linda-zerilli-friday-february-27/feed/ 0 Rafeeq Hasan | Friday, February 20 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/02/17/rafeeq-hasan-friday-february-20/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/02/17/rafeeq-hasan-friday-february-20/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:55:02 +0000 cntodd http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/?p=228 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]

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/02/17/rafeeq-hasan-friday-february-20/feed/ 0 Hegel Conference http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/02/17/hegel-conference/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/2009/02/17/hegel-conference/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:43:12 +0000 cntodd http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/earlymodphil/?p=223 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

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