2011
2011 Edition's Program and Abstracts
The third edition of the Quebec Seminary in Early Modern Philosophy took place from the 29th September to the 1st October of 2011. We had the pleasure to receive Gary Hatfield (University of Pennsylvania) and Chantal Jaquet (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne) as keynote speakers, with an additional talk for the philosophy department of the University of Sherbrooke.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011, University of Sherbrooke (Salon du carrefour de l'information)
Chantal Jaquet (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), “Le corps sentant ou la puissance de l'odorat”
Thursday, September 29, University of Sherbrooke, Salon du carrefour de l'information
First workshop, chair: Sébastien Charles
2:45 pm: welcoming of the attendees and seminar opening
3:00 pm: Abel Franco (California State U., Northridge), “The Unity of Descartes' Theory of Emotions” (abstract)
4:00 pm: Marie-Frédérique Pellegrin (Université de Lyon III), “L'esprit a-t-il un sexe? Fénelon, Malebranche, Fontenelle, Poulain de la Barre” (abstract)
First keynote speaker (Bishop's University, McGreer 100)
6:00 pm: Gary Hatfield (University of Pennsylvania), “Descartes on Sensory Representation, Objective Reality, and Material Falsity” (abstract)
Friday, September 24, Hovey Manor, room Abenaki
Second workshop, chair: Sébastien Charles
9:30 am: Ethel Rocha (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), “Infinity of Will in Men and in God” (abstract)
10:30 am: Julia von Bodelschwingh (Yale University), “Final Causation and the Fundamental Difference Between Free and Unfree Actions in Leibniz” (abstract)
Third workshop, chair: Syliane Malinowski-Charles
1:00 pm: Geoffrey Gorham (Macalester College, St. Paul, MN), “Hobbes on the Reality of Time” (abstract)
2:00 pm: Melissa Frankel (Carleton University), “Berkeley on Malebranche on Abstraction” (abstract)
3:00 pm: coffee break
Second keynote speaker (Hovey Manor, salle Atkinson)
3:30 pm: Chantal Jaquet (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), “Corps et esprit, la logique de l'alternance chez Spinoza” (abstract)
Saturday, October 1, Hovey Manor, room Abenaki
Fourth workshop, chair: Syliane Malinowski-Charles
9:30 am: Sandra Field (Princeton University), “Spinoza and Political Utopianism” (abstract)
10:30 am: Emilietta Murgia (Université Grenoble II), “Rousseau et Hobbes : peut-on parler d'une continuité dans la rupture?” (abstract)
