In Cooperation with \;Tel Aviv University.
PROGRAM:
Sunday\, May 19\, 2013
The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute\,
Upper Hall
10:00 \;Arrival
10:10&ndash\;10:30 \;Opening and Greetings
10:30&ndash\;12:30 \;SESSION ONE
Chair: Eli Friedlander\, Tel Aviv University
- Lilli Alanen\, Uppsala University
Affects and Ideas in Spinoza&rsquo\;s Therapy of the Passions
- Ericka Tucker\, California State Polytechnic University
Emotion and Reason in Spinoza&rsquo\;s Social Theory
12:30&ndash\;13:30 \;Lunch Break
13:30&ndash\;15:30 \;SESSION TWO
Chair: Pini Ifergan\, Bar-Ilan University
- Yakir Levin\, Ben&ndash\;Gurion University of the Negev
The Unity and Coherence of Spinoza&rsquo\;s Account of Freedom\, Reason\, and the \;Passions
- Julie R. Klein\, Villanova University
Intellection and Freedom
15:30&ndash\;16:00 \;Coffee Break
16:00&ndash\;18:00 \;SESSION THREE
Chair: Noa Shein\, Ben&ndash\;Gurion University of the Negev
- Noa Naaman-Zauderer\, Tel Aviv University
Self&ndash\;Experience and the Imago Dei Doctrine in Descartes and Spinoza
- Jonathan Fine\, Columbia University
Becoming Like God: Freedom of the Will in Descartes
Monday\, May 20\, 2013
The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute\,
Upper Hall
10:30&ndash\;12:30 \;SESSION FOUR
Chair: Daniel Cook\, Brooklyn College\, CUNY
- John Cottingham\, University of Reading
The Passions: Help or Hindrance to the Good Life?
- Lisa Shapiro\, Simon Fraser University
Descartes and Spinoza on the Primitive Passions: Why So Different?
12:30&ndash\;13:30 \;Lunch Break
13:30&ndash\;15:30 \;SESSION FIVE
Chair: Roy Polad\, Tel Aviv University
- Amihud Gilead\, University of Haifa
Spinoza on Passions\, Reason\, and Freedom
- John Grey\, Boston University
Spinoza on Reason\, Freedom\, and the Composition of the Body
15:30&ndash\;16:00 \;Coffee Break
16:00&ndash\;18:00 \;SESSION SIX
Chair: Raz Chen Morris\, Bar-Ilan University
- Tom Vinci\, Dalhousie University\; Visiting professor at Tel Aviv University
Descartes vs. Kant on Reason and Representation
- Elliot Samuel Paul\, Barnard College\,Columbia University
Reason as the Faculty of Modal Cognition: Descartes on Certainty and Doubt
Tuesday\, May 21\, 2013
Tel Aviv University\,
Gilman Building\, Room 496
10:30&ndash\;12:30 \;SESSION SEVEN
Chair: Marcelo Dascal\, Tel Aviv University
- Michael Della Rocca\, Yale University
Spinoza&rsquo\;s Causal Theory of Action: Inexplicability in\, and of\, Action
- Ohad Nachtomy\, Bar-Ilan University
Agency and Necessity in Spinoza
12:30&ndash\;13:30 \;Lunch Break
13:30&ndash\;15:30 \;SESSION EIGHT
Chair: Yohay Bloom\, Tel Aviv University
- Omri Boehm\, The New School for Social Research
Freedom\, Gé\;né\;rosité\;\, and the Cogito: Cartesian Self-Constitution \;Reconsidered
- Saja Parvizian\, University of Illinois at Chicago
Cartesian Generosity Reconsidered
15:30&ndash\;16:00 \;Coffee Break
16:00&ndash\;18:00 \;SESSION NINE
Chair: Lydia Amir\, College of Management
- Yitzhak Y. Melamed\, Johns Hopkins University
Spinoza&rsquo\;s Amor Dei Intellectualis
- Yirmiyahu Yovel\, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem\; The New School for \;Social Research
Reason and Beatitude: Self-Love in Humans and in God
Admission is free
On Sunday-Monday\, May 19-20\, the conference will be held at the Van Leer
Jerusalem Institute
On \;Tuesday\, May 21\, the conference will be held at Tel Aviv University\,
Gilman Building\, Room 496