Mar
7
Sat
5th Annual Early Modern Philosophy Workshop @ Fordham Lincoln Center
Mar 7 – Mar 8 all-day

5th Annual New York City Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy
Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus
March 7-8, 2015

Saturday 3/7

8:45 – 9:15: Continental Breakfast and Welcome

Session 1
Chair: Daniel Garber (Princeton)

9:15 – 10:30: Alan Gabbey (Columbia/Barnard)
“Impenetrability, the Virgin Birth, and Miracles: Descartes and Others”

10:45 ­– 11:30: Elliot Paul (Columbia/Barnard)
“Clear and Distinct Perception”

11:45 – 12:30: Fabrizio Baldassarri (Parma)
“Between Dead and Living Bodies: Rethinking Descartes’ Sciences of Life”

12:30 – 2:00: Lunch Break

Session 2
Chair: Dominic Balestra (Fordham)

2:00 – 2:45: Abel Franco (California State University, Northridge)
“Descartes’ Dog: A Clock with Passions?”

3:00 – 3:45: Kristin Primus (NYU)
“Spinoza and the Second Meditation”

Session 3
Chair: TBD

4:15 – 5:00: Justin Steinberg (CUNY, Brooklyn College)
“Spinoza and the Political Absolute”

5:15 – 6:30: Jonathan Israel (Institute for Advanced Study)
“Spinoza’s View of Revolution”

6:30 Reception

Sunday 3/8

Session 1
Chair: TBD

8:45 – 9:30: Daniel Cook (CUNY, Brooklyn College)
“Leibniz, China, and the Problem of Pagan Wisdom”

9:45 – 10:15: Eric Stencil (Utah Valley University) and Julie Walsh (Université du Québec à Montréal)
“The Protestant and the Pelagian: Arnauld and Malebranche on Grace”

Session 2
Chair: TBD

10:45 – 11:30:  Jessica Gordon-Roth (CUNY, Lehman College)
“Anne Finch Conway on Species”

11:45 – 12:30: Wilson Underkuffler (University of South Florida)
“Inferences, Objects and the Principle of Non-Contradiction: Understanding Hume’s Adequacy Principle in its Contemporary Scottish Philosophical Context”

12:30 – 2:00 Lunch Break

Session 3
Chair: Andrew Chignell (Cornell)

2:00 – 2:45 Dai Heide (Simon Fraser)
“Kant on Cosmological Unity and the Unity of Space”

3:00 – 4:15 Béatrice Longuenesse (NYU)
“Kant on ‘I’ and Persons”

Please note that the schedule may be subject to change

May
13
Sat
7th Annual NYC Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy @ Fordham Philosophy Dept.
May 13 – May 14 all-day

CALL FOR PAPERS

7th Annual New York City Workshop
in Early Modern Philosophy
Fordham University
Lincoln Center Campus
12th Floor Lounge
May 13-14, 2017

Keynote Speakers:

François Duchesneau (Université de Montréal)
Christia Mercer (Columbia)
Anja Jauernig (NYU)

The workshop aims to foster exchange and collaboration among scholars, students, and anyone with an interest in Early Modern Philosophy. We welcome presentations of papers on any topic in early modern philosophy (roughly covering the period 1600-1800).

Please submit abstracts of 250-300 words to newyorkcityearlymodern@gmail.com no later than January 15, 2017.

Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus is located on the western side of Manhattan at 60th Street and Columbus Avenue, about two blocks from Columbus Circle at the southwest corner of Central Park. More details about the program, accommodation options, and other practical matters will be made available On This Website.

Conference Organizers:
Ohad Nachtomy, Bar-Ilan (ohadnachtomy@mac.com)
Reed Winegar, Fordham (bwinegar@fordham.edu)

Mar
2
Sat
NYC Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy: Freedom and Evil @ Fordham Lincoln Center
Mar 2 – Mar 3 all-day

The workshop, which is now in its 9th year, aims to foster exchange and collaboration among scholars, students, and anyone with an interest in Early Modern Philosophy. This year’s workshop will focus on the topic of “Freedom and Evil” in Early Modern Philosophy (roughly the period from 1600-1800).

We welcome submissions on the conference topic, which may be broadly construed to include the problem of free will, theodicy, political and social liberty, and evil practices and institutions. For consideration, please submit abstracts of 250-300 words to newyorkcityearlymodern@gmail.com no later than December 31, 2018.

Keynote speakers:

(unaffiliated)
Boston University

Organisers:

(unaffiliated)
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan
Fordham University
Apr
18
Sat
Mind, Body, Passion. NYC Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy @ Fordham U. Philosophy Dept.
Apr 18 – Apr 19 all-day

The workshop, which is now in its 10th year, aims to foster exchange and collaboration among scholars, students, and anyone with an interest in Early Modern Philosophy. This year’s workshop will focus on the topic of “Mind, Body, Passion” in Early Modern Philosophy (roughly the period from 1600-1800).

We welcome submissions on the conference topic, which may be broadly construed to include mind-body identity, mind-body interaction, embodiment, philosophy of emotion, aesthetics, etc. For consideration, please submit abstracts of 250-300 words to newyorkcityearlymodern@gmail.com no later than December 31, 2019.

Keynote speakers:

New York University
University of Toronto at Mississauga

Organisers:

Fordham University
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan
Fordham University
May
17
Tue
NYC Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy: Expanding the Canon @ Zoom
May 17 – May 19 all-day

Our 12th annual workshop will take place entirely on-line. The workshop will focus on the topic of “Expanding the Early Modern Canon.” We are calling for papers on figures, topics, texts, and genres that have been standardly neglected within the study of early modern philosophy; e.g., women philosophers, philosophy of education, letters, and novels.

Please submit anonymized abstracts of 250-500 words to newyorkcityearlymodern@gmail.com by April 1st, 2022.

Speakers:

University of Western Ontario
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
(unaffiliated)

Organisers:

Fordham University
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan
Fordham University

Details

The workshop, which is now in its 12th year, aims to foster exchange and collaboration among scholars, students, and anyone with an interest in Early Modern Philosophy (roughly the period from 1600-1800). This year’s workshop will be entirely online. We are calling for papers on figures, topics, texts, and genres that have been standardly neglected within the study of Early Modern Philosophy (e.g., women philosophers, philosophy of education, letters, and novels).

Please submit anonymized abstracts of 250-500 words to newyorkcityearlymodern@gmail.com by April 1st, 2022.

Apr
27
Sat
Kant, Smith, & The Scottish Enlightenment @ Fordham Lincoln Center Campus
Apr 27 – Apr 28 all-day
 The NYC Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy is an annual conference hosted by Fordham University. Our aim is to foster exchange and collaboration among scholars, students, and anyone with an interest in Early Modern Philosophy. 

We are seeking submissions for our 14th annual conference hosted in Spring, 2024.​

Send abstracts to newyorkcityearlymodern [at] gmail.com by December 8, 2023.

https://philevents.org/event/show/114750

Speakers:

College of Charleston
Princeton University
Marquette University

Organisers:

Fordham University
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Fordham University