The workshop The British Wave: British Philosophy and German Philosophy in the 18th-Century will take place at the University of Milan on September 16&ndash\;17\, 2025.
\nThe workshop brings together scholars working on 18th-century British and German philosophy to explore the complex reception of British moral thought in the German context.
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The British Wave: British Philosophy and German Philosophy in the 18th-Century
Tuesday\, 16 September &ndash\; Aula 113\, Via Festa del Perdono 7\, University of Milan &ndash\; Department of Philosophy
14:30&ndash\;14:40 &ndash\; Welcome and Opening Remarks (Bacin\, Rumore &\; Sala)
14:40&ndash\;15:30 &ndash\; Tinca Prunea-Bretonnet \;(Bucharest)\, &ldquo\;Hume&rsquo\;s reception at the Berlin Academy&rdquo\;
15:30&ndash\;16:00 &ndash\; Coffee Break
16:00&ndash\;16:50 &ndash\; Paola Rumore \;(Turin)\, The first German circulation of Locke&rsquo\;s \;Reasonableness of Christianity
16:50&ndash\;17:40 &ndash\; Marzia Marconi \;(Turin)\, Early Deism in German Journals
Wednesday\, 17 September &ndash\; Aula 113\, Via Festa del Perdono 7\, University of Milan &ndash\; Department of Philosophy
10:00&ndash\;10:50 &ndash\; Konstantin Pollok \;(Mainz)\, Kant&rsquo\;s critical adoption of Locke&rsquo\;s concept of toleration
10:50&ndash\;11:20 \;&ndash\; Coffee Break
11:20&ndash\;12:10 &ndash\; Lorenzo Sala \;(Milan)\, The British Connection: Locke\, Hume and the Method of Moral Philosophy in 18th-Century Germany
12:10&ndash\;14:30 &ndash\; Lunch Break
14:30&ndash\;15:20 &ndash\; Karl Schafer \;(Austin\, TX)\, Realizing Reason in Feeling: Smithian Sympathy as the Schema of the Moral Law
15:20&ndash\;15:50 &ndash\; Coffee Break
15:50&ndash\;16:40 &ndash\; Stefano Bacin \;(Milan)\, Fordyce&rsquo\;s Role
Participation is free. \;We look forward to welcoming you to Milan!
For further inquiries\, please contact:
paola.rumore@unito.it