de lavi | mart. 3, 2011 | Apariții editoriale
Vanishing Matter and the Laws of Motion, Descartes and Beyond
Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
Edited by Dana Jalobeanu and Peter R. Anstey
Vanishing Matter Flyer (PDF)
This volume explores the themes of vanishing matter, matter and the laws of nature, the qualities of matter, and the
diversity of the debates about matter in the early modern period. Chapters are unified by a number of interlocking
themes which together enable some of the broader contours of the philosophy of matter to be charted in new ways. Part I concerns Cartesian Matter; Part II covers Matter, Mechanism and Medicine; Part III covers Matter and the Laws of Motion; and Part IV covers Leibniz and Hume. Bringing together some of the world’s leading scholars of early modern philosophy, as well as some exciting new researchers, Vanishing Matter and the Laws of Motion stakes out new
territory that all serious scholars of early modern philosophy and science will want to traverse.
Content:
Introduction
I. Cartesian Matter
1. The Vanishing Nature of Body in Descartes’ Natural Philosophy Mihnea Dobre
2. The New Matter Theory and Its Epistemology: Descartes (and late Scholastics) on Hypotheses and Moral Certainty Roger Ariew
II. Matter, Mechanism, and Medicine
3. Post-Cartesian Atomism: The Case of Francois Bernier Vlad Alexandrescu
4. The Matter of Medicine: New Medical Matter Theories in Mid-Seventeenth-Century England Peter Anstey
5. Without God: Gravity as a Relational Quality of Matter in Newton’s Treatise Eric Schliesser
III. Matter and the Laws of Motion
6. The Cartesians of the Royal Society: The Debate Over the Nature of collisions (1668-1671) Dana Jalobeanu
7. On Composite Systems: Descartes, Newton, and the Law-Constitutive Approach Katherine Brading
8. Huygens, Wren, Wallis, and Newton on Rules of Impact and Reflection Jemma Murray, William Harper, and Curtis Wilson
IV. Leibniz and Hume
9. Leibniz, Body and Monads Daniel Garber
10. Leibniz on Void and Matter Sorin Costreie
11. Hume on the Distinction Between Primary and Secondary Qualities Jani Hakkarainen
de lavi | mart. 2, 2011 | Call for papers
The University of Bucharest
The Faculty of Philosophy
and
The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy – Washington
Announce an international conference on
Values of the human person. Contemporary challenges
Bucharest, June 3-4, 2011
Times of changes provide special opportunities to discuss on important philosophical issues. The aim of this conference is to focus attention on the values of the human person considered under the paradigmatic changes of the contemporary process of globalization. Paradoxically, continuous qualitative increase and diversification of knowledge cause more and more fragmentation in the human being’s understanding of himself/herself and his/her own cultural and social environment which threatens human civilization in new ways. Within this perspective we identify new challenges addressed to the present role of the humanities, knowledge and culture, arts, natural sciences, sociology which entail a diagnosis of classical, modern and postmodern models of theoretical, scientific, political and artistic thinking related to the problems of the main values of the human being.
Organizing Committee:
Professor dr. Romulus Brancoveanu – Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy
Associate Professors dr. Mihaela Pop, dr. Savu Totu, dr. Viorel Vizureanu
The selection of the Conference papers will be conducted on the basis of submitted applications and abstracts (up to 3500 signs in English) which should be sent via e-mail by April 30, 2011 to: filosofie@ub-filosofie.ro
The schedule of the conference will be sent to the participants by the end of April, 2011.
There will be no application fee.
Travel and accommodation expenses are to be covered by participants or their home institutions. The organizers can book rooms in the University Hotel at 25 euros/day. The Students Cantina can provide food for a total amount of around 10 euros per day.
Application Form
Name:
Scientific Degree:
Place of work and position
E-mail:
Title of the submitted paper:
Abstract of the paper (up to 3500 signs)
Notes (requests, wishes):
Date:
de lavi | mart. 2, 2011 | Anunturi, Conferinte
Facultatea de Filosofie, Universitatea din Bucureşti, În colaborare cu Librăriile Cărtureşti Va invită sa participaţi la dezbaterea Prof. dr. Mircea Flonta – Prof. dr. Mircea Dumitru „A greşit Darwin? O examinare conceptuală a ştiinţei darwiniene”. Dezbaterea va avea loc joi 10 Martie, ora 18.00 la Librăria Cărtureşti Verona.
de lavi | feb. 26, 2011 | Anunturi, Conferinte
Stimati colegi,
Ne face placere sa va invitam la Workshop-ul Francis Bacon and the Early Modern Reconfiguration of Natural History ce se va desfasura la Colegiul Noua Europa in zilele de 4 si 5 martie 2011.
Workshop-ul face parte din activitatile grantului de cercetare ERC Starting Grant „Medicine of the Mind and the Reconfiguration of Natural Philosophy: A New Interpretation of Francis Bacon finantat de European Research Council”.
Participanti: Daniel Andersson (University of Oxford), Peter Anstey (University of Otago), Sorana Corneanu (University of Bucharest), Benedino Gemelli (Italy), Laura Georgescu (University of Bucharest), Guido Giglioni (The Warburg Institute), Madalina Giurgea (University of Bucharest), Dana Jalobeanu (University of Bucharest), James Lancaster (The Warburg Institute), Doina Cristina Rusu (University of Bucharest), Ian G. Stewart (University of King’s College, Halifax).
Va asteptam,
Dana Jalobeanu
Sorana Corneanu
de lavi | feb. 25, 2011 | Facultate
FILOSOFIA ACŢIUNII (Gheorghe Ştefanov)
PRECONDIŢII: Cursul se adresează studenţilor care au urmat deja cel puţin un curs de
introducere în filosofie şi un curs de argumentare şi gândire critică.
OBIECTIVELE CURSULUI: Scopul cursului este familiarizarea studenţilor cu conceptele,
distincţiile, temele, problemele şi argumentele principale ce apar în cadrul dezbaterilor teoretice
din domeniul filosofiei acţiunii (v. tematica). La încheierea cursului şi activităţilor de seminar
studenţii urmează să fie capabili să trateze liber, la un nivel mediu, problemele ce ţin de tematica
cursului, argumentând pro sau contra opiniilor unor autori consacraţi şi folosind aparatul
conceptual de bază al domeniului.
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