Schopenhauer's 'Fourfold Root': 200 Years On

With the 200th anniversary of the work passing last October, a new translation recently published by Cambridge University Press, as well as a growing appreciation of Schopenhauer’s ‘minor works’, it is time to revisit his doctoral dissertation and first publication, On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason. The workshop will feature a day of presentations from leading international Schopenhauer scholars, as well as new research from graduate students. This event will not only mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of the Fourfold Root, but will also be a precursor to the official launch of the ‘Keele Centre for Kantian Studies’ on the 28/29 November (see the ‘Philosophy@Keele’ blog http://philosophyk.wordpress.com/ for more details on the launch).

KEELE-OXFORD-ST. ANDREWS CENTRE FOR KANTIAN STUDIES
SCHOPENHAUER'S FOURFOLD ROOT: 200 YEARS ON
Saturday 22 November, Room CM 0.12, Claus Moser Research Centre, Keele University ST5 5BG

9:00-10:00: Keynote: Sebastian Gardner (UCL)

Schopenhauer's Fourfold Root in Historical Context

10:00-10:15: Coffee
10:15-12:30: Session 1
Jonathan Head (Keele): Idealism in the Fourfold Root
Dennis Vanden Auweele (KU Leuven): “A Most Beloved Piece of Nonsense” – Schopenhauer on the Ontological Argument
Luis de Sousa (New University of Lisbon): Schopenhauer, Subjectivity and the Theory of Consciousness
12:30-13:45: Lunch
13:45-16:00: Session 2
Eric von der Luft (SUNY Upstate): God, Heidegger, Schopenhauer, and the Fivefold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
Nick Heath (Keele): Optimalism and Schopenhauer's Will: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle (Tbc)
Marco Casucci (Perugia): Idea and Concept in Arthur Schopenhauer, from the Early Writings to WWR
16:00-16:15: Coffee
16:15-17:45: Session 3
David Woods (Southampton): Schopenhauer on Leibniz and Evil
Graham McAleer (Loyola, Maryland): Reid and Schopenhauer on Sensation

18:00-: Dinner

The conference is organised with the support of the Keele-Oxford-St Andrews Centre for Kantian Studies, the Research Centre for SPIRE, and the Keele Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Office.

Organised by Jonathan Head and Nick Heath (Keele University, SPIRE)