Scripps College\, Claremont is hosting a philosophy conference in honor of Pascal&rsquo\;s 400th birthday. All are invited\, but we ask that people RSVP. The conference is on \;March 24-26.
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Below are the details\, including speakers. Updated details available at conference website \;https://sites.google.com/view/pascalconference23.
Please RSVP to me (Yuval Avnur \;yavnur@scrippscollege.edu). This is a hybrid event/zoom attendance is available. \; \; \; \;
--Yuval Avnur Professor and Chair\, Philosophy Scripps College\, Claremont \; \;
\nBlaise Pascal
\n(born 1623\, Clermont-Ferrand)
\nFrom Clermont to Claremont
\nIn Honor of Pascal&rsquo\;s Quadricentennial\, &\;
\nIn Preparation for The Blackwell Companion to Pascal (Roger Ariew &\; Yuval Avnur\, eds.)
\n\nLocation:
\nScripps College\, Claremont
\nVita Nova Lecture Hall 100
\n\nWith generous support from \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;
\n*The Scripps College Dean of Faculty\, Harper Funds\, Humanities Institute\, EU Center\, and Philosophy department
\n*The Pomona College departments of Religious Studies and Philosophy
\n*The Claremont McKenna College Philosophy department.
\nConference website: \;https://sites.google.com/view/pascalconference23
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\nProgram:
\nFriday\, March 24
\n\;
\nI. Religion\, Ethics\, and Political Philosophy
\n9:00-10:00
\nPascal&rsquo\;s Wager in the Light of the Apologetics of His Time
\nRoger Ariew (University of South Florida)
\n10:15-11:15
\nPascal on Divine Hiddenness
\nJohn Schellenberg (Mount Saint Vincent University (by Zoom)
\n11:30-12:30
\nThe Ethics of Debate in Pascal&rsquo\;s Provinciales
\nSyliane Malinowski-Charles &\; \;Marc André\; Bernier \;(Université\; du Qué\;bec à\; Trois-Riviè\;res)
\nLUNCH 12:30-1:30
\n1:30-2:30
\nPascal's Political Philosophy
\nRyan Hanley (Boston College)
\nII. Epistemology &\; Metaphysics
\n2:45-3:45
\nWhat You See is What You See: Knowledge\, Belief and Truth in Pascal's Philosophy
\nYoen Qian-Laurent (Sorbonne Université\;)
\nBREAK
\n4:15-5:15
\nPascal and the Port-Royal Logic
\nElodie Cassan (É\;cole Normale Supé\;rieure\, Lyon)
\n***
\n\;
\nSaturday\, March 25
\nIII. Mathematics and Natural Philosophy
\n9:00-10:00
\nPascal and Philosophy of Science
\nSophie Roux (É\;cole Normale Supé\;rieure\, Paris)
\n10:15-11:15
\nDettonville and Euclid&rsquo\;s Givens
\nSé\;bastien Maronne (Université\; de Toulouse) (by ZOOM)
\n11:30-12:30
\nPascal&rsquo\;s Physics
\nAaron Spink (Dartmouth College)
\nLUNCH 12:30-1:30
\nIV. Philosophical Legacy
\n1:30-2:30
\nKant
\nLawrence Pasternack (Oklahoma State University) (by ZOOM)
\n2:45-3:45
\nKierkegaard
\nLydia Amir (Tufts University)
\nBREAK
\n4:15-5:15
\nPascal in the Light of the Phenomenology of Max Scheler and Martin Heidegger
\nSylvain Josset (Sorbonne Université\;)
\nConference Banquet at the Hampton Dining Room
\n6:00-9:00pm
\n***
\nSunday\, March 26
\n(IV. Philosophical Legacy cont&rsquo\;d)
\n9:00-10:00
\nMarxists
\nMichael Moriarty (University of Cambridge) (by ZOOM)
\n10:15-11:15
\nMalebranche
\nMadeleine Ropars (Université\; de Caen) (by ZOOM)
\nV. Pascal&rsquo\;s Context
\n11:30-12:30
\nPascal and Descartes
\nDan Arbib (É\;cole Normale Supé\;rieure\, Paris)
\nLUNCH 12:30-1:30
\n1:30-2:30
\nJacqueline Pascal\, Gilberte (Pascal) Pé\;rier\, and Marguerite Pé\;rier
\nDaniel Colette (Marquette University)
\n2:45-4:00
\n\; \; \; \; \; \;General Discussion
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