The British Wave: British Philosophy and German Philosophy in the 18th-Century

The workshop The British Wave: British Philosophy and German Philosophy in the 18th-Century will take place at the University of Milan on September 16–17, 2025.

The 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.

The British Wave: British Philosophy and German Philosophy in the 18th-Century

Tuesday, 16 September – Aula 113, Via Festa del Perdono 7, University of Milan – Department of Philosophy


14:30–14:40 – Welcome and Opening Remarks (Bacin, Rumore & Sala)
14:40–15:30 – Tinca Prunea-Bretonnet (Bucharest), “Hume’s reception at the Berlin Academy”
15:30–16:00 – Coffee Break
16:00–16:50 – Paola Rumore (Turin), The first German circulation of Locke’s Reasonableness of Christianity
16:50–17:40 – Marzia Marconi (Turin), Early Deism in German Journals

Wednesday, 17 September – Aula 113, Via Festa del Perdono 7, University of Milan – Department of Philosophy

10:00–10:50 – Konstantin Pollok (Mainz), Kant’s critical adoption of Locke’s concept of toleration
10:50–11:20 – Coffee Break
11:20–12:10 – Lorenzo Sala (Milan), The British Connection: Locke, Hume and the Method of Moral Philosophy in 18th-Century Germany
12:10–14:30 – Lunch Break
14:30–15:20 – Karl Schafer (Austin, TX), Realizing Reason in Feeling: Smithian Sympathy as the Schema of the Moral Law
15:20–15:50 – Coffee Break
15:50–16:40 – Stefano Bacin (Milan), Fordyce’s Role

Participation is free. We look forward to welcoming you to Milan!
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