Workshop on Late Modern Philosophy \; The BU Workshop on Late Modern Philosophy is an annual forum for presenting new work on late-eighteenth through early-twentieth-century philosophy. \; \; \; \;
THEME FOR 2019 WORKSHOP: \;
The 2019 workshop will focus on \;Naturalism in Spinoza\, Hume\, and Nietzsche. \;Speakers will give comparative papers\, each addressing at least two of these philosophers. \;
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ORGANIZERS:
Paul Katsafanas \;
Aaron Garrett (2019 Workshop) \;
FORMAT: \;
The workshop provides speakers with an opportunity to receive constructive feedback on work in progress. \; Papers are distributed in advance and should be read prior to the workshop. \; At the workshop\, the participants give brief summaries of their papers\; this is followed by an hour of discussion per paper. \;
The workshop is \;open to the public. \;Everyone is \;welcome to attend. \; \;
This is a pre-read workshop. \;Papers will be accessible in early April at this website: \;http://people.bu.edu/pkatsa/late-modern-workshop.html
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Friday\, April 26 - Saturday\, \;April 27\, 2019
Location: 745 Commonwealth Ave.\, Room 625
Schedule (provisional)
Friday\, April 26
9:15-10:30 \;
Martha Bolton \;(Rutgers)
"Hume: Naturalism and Relations"
10:45-12:00 \;
Don Garrett \; \;(NYU)
"Spinoza and Hume: Two Routes to Naturalism"
2:00-3:15 \; \;
Michael Della Rocca \;(Yale)
"Purely Positive Essence and Spinoza's Naturalism"
3:30-4:45 \;
Brian Leiter \;(Chicago)
"Nietzsche\, Spinoza\, Freedom"
5:00-6:15 \;
Lisa Shapiro \;(Simon Fraser)
"Spinoza and Hume on Owning One's Thoughts"
Saturday\, \;April 27
9:30-10:45 \; \;
Peter Kail \; \;(Oxford)
"Genealogy and Human Nature"
11:00-12:15 \;
Paul Katsafanas \;(BU)
"Two Rival Models of Human Action"
2:00-3:15 \;
Amy Schmitter \;(Alberta)
\n"Affective Remedy\, Government\, and Standards"
3:30-4:45 \; \;
Donald Rutherford \;(UC San Diego)
"Self-Knowledge and Knowledge of Nature"