48th Annual Cincinnati Philosophy Colloquium
The Life and Mathematical Sciences in Early Modernity
May 11- May 12, 2012
University of Cincinnati
425 and 417 Tangeman University Center
Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, the College of Arts & Sciences and the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center [original link path: https://www.artsci.uc.edu/taft.html].
- Domenico Bertoloni Meli, Indiana University
- Machines of the Body in the 17th Century
- Zvi Biener, University of Cincinnati
- "We cannot say all of nature is not alive:" A Physiological Context for Newton's Search for Causes.
- Dennis Des Chene, Washington University in St. Louis
- TBA
- Jeffrey McDonough, Harvard University
- Leibniz on Monadic Teleology and Optimal Form
- Justin Smith, Concordia University
- Variety compensated by Identity: Leibniz and Herder on the Disanalogy between Race and Species
- Charles Wolfe, University of Ghent
- Newtonian Analogies in Eighteenth-Century Life Science: The Case of Vitalism and Provisionally Inexplicable Explicative Devices and
- The 1st Annual Donald Gustafson Memorial Lecture:
John Bickle, Mississippi State University- Eliminative Materialism Gets a Second Chance (Let's Get It Right This Time)
Free and open to the public.
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Zvi.Biener@uc.edu.
Visitors should contact the Hampton Inn and Suites for accomodations. Mention Group Code "PUC" for a discounted rate.
Friday, May 11 | 425 Tangeman University Center | |
9:00 - 9:30 am | Coffee | |
9:30 - 11:00 am | Greeting and Introduction - Zvi Biener, University of Cincinnati | |
11:00 - 11:15 am | Coffee | |
11:15 - 12:30 pm | Justin Smith, Concordia University | |
12:30 - 2:15 pm | Lunch | |
2:15 - 3:45 pm | Jeffrey McDonough, Harvard University | |
3:45 - 4:00 pm | Coffee | |
4:00 - 6:00 pm | Dennis Des Chene, Washington University in St. Louis | |
Saturday, May 12 | 417 Tangeman University Center | |
9:00 - 9:30 am | Coffee | |
9:30 - 11:00 am | Charles Wolfe, University of Ghent | |
11:00 - 11:15 am | Coffee | |
11:15 - 1:15 pm | Nico Bertoloni Meli, Indiana University |
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1:15 - 3:00 pm | Lunch | |
3:00 - 5:00 pm | Don Gustafson Memorial Lecture: John Bickle, Mississippi State University |