This international conference is dedicated to fostering new understanding of the philosophy of Salomon Maimon (1753-1800). Maimon is well-known for posing lasting challenges to Kant's \;Critique of Pure Reason \;and for developing an influential combination of Humean empirical skepticism and Leibnizian rationalist dogmatism in the \;Essay on Transcendental Philosophy \;of 1790. But he also published a wealth of further argumentation between 1790-1800 in pursuit of philosophical unity and enlightenment in the fields of logic\, philosophy of cognition\, philosophy of science\, ethics\, aesthetics\, political philosophy\, metaphysics\, and philosophy of religion. Much of this work remains underexplored and understudied. \;
\nIn the conference we aim to discuss\, among other things\, how Maimon's systematic approach to philosophy evolved in his last decade\, and to what extent his later works responded to Kant's transcendental project in a way that rivalled the efforts of his contemporaries like Reinhold\, Fichte\, and the later German Idealists. This event will bring together new and established Maimon scholars to discuss his contributions\, reevaluate the philosophical tradition in light of them\, and develop a network devoted to further study in this field. It will also celebrate important new achievements in Maimon scholarship\, including the publication of the first volume of the new edition of Maimon&rsquo\;s \;Gesamtausgabe \;(ed. Ives Radrizzani and M. Caterina Marinelli\, Frommann-Holzboog\, 2023) and the first English translation of his 1794 \;Essay on a New Logic or Theory of Thinking: a Translation and Commentary \;(ed. and trans. Timothy Franz\, Oxford University Press\, 2024).
\nTo attend online\, please register by sending an email to \;maria.marinelli@uni-hamburg.de \;with your name and affiliation. You&rsquo\;ll receive an email with the link to attend the conference the day before.
\nProgram
\nSeptember 16
\n09:00 - 09:15 Opening remarks
\n09:15 &ndash\; 10:15 Yitzhak Melamed (John Hopkins University). Maimon&rsquo\;s Early Hebrew Texts
\n10:15 &ndash\; 11:00 Yoav Schaefer (Princeton University). The Nature and Scope of Metaphysics in Maimon&rsquo\;s Hebrew Commentary on Maimonides&rsquo\; \;Guide of the Perplexed
\n11:15 &ndash\; 12:15 Katharina Kraus (John Hopkins University). Kant and Maimon on Ideas of Reason
\n12:15 &ndash\; 13:00 David Hereza Modrego (Universidad de Zaragoza). Principle of Reason and Principle of Sufficient Reason: An Overlooked Distinction in Maimon&rsquo\;s Mature Philosophy
\n14:00 &ndash\; 15:00 Karin Nisenbaum (Syracuse University). Kant and Maimon on God as a Theoretical and Practical Ideal
\n15:00 &ndash\; 15:45 Jelscha Schmid (Universitä\;t Heidelberg). Maimon&rsquo\;s Pragmatic History of Philosophy
\n16:00 &ndash\; 16:45 Jonathan Schmidt-Dominé\;e (Goethe-Universitä\;t Frankfurt). \;Petites perceptions \;and the transition from Maimon&rsquo\;s \;Versuch ü\;ber die Transscendentalphilosophie \;to the \;Weltseele
\n16:45 &ndash\; 17:30 Idit Chikurel (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitä\;t Mü\;nchen). Maimon as a Baconian: Natural Histories\, Induction\, and the Ladder of Certainty
\nSeptember 17
\n09:15 &ndash\; 10:15 Julia Peters (Universitä\;t Heidelberg). Maimon&rsquo\;s Critique of Kant&rsquo\;s Moral Philosophy
\n10:15 &ndash\; 11:00 Jason Maurice Yonover (Yale University). Maimon on Right and Power
\n11:15 &ndash\; 12:15 Peter Thielke (Pomona College). Maimon as Mereologist
\n12:15 &ndash\; 13:00 Narciso Lopez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Salomon Maimon&rsquo\;s Rejection of Kant&rsquo\;s Theory of Thought
\n14:00 &ndash\; 14:45 Malte Schlenker (Universitä\;t Heidelberg). Maimon&rsquo\;s Theory of Truth and Meaninglessness of Expressions
\n14:45 &ndash\; 15:30 Maria Caterina Marinelli (Universitä\;t Hamburg). Maimon on the Philosophical Language
\n15:45 &ndash\; 16:30 Timothy Franz (Pontificia Universidad Cató\;lica de Chile). What I Learned from Translating Maimon&rsquo\;s \;New Logic: Five Surprising Theses
\n16:30 &ndash\; 17:15 Roundtable on Translation and new \;Gesamtausgabe
\n17:15 - 17:30 Closing remarks
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