On June 8-9, 2011, with support of Ghent University's Doctoral School, the Philosophy & Moral Sciences Department at Ghent University, is hosting a (Post-)Doctoral workshop on Spinoza.
Susan James (Birkbeck, London), Beth Lord (Dundee), and Willem Lemmens (Antwerp) have agreed to lend their expertise to the workshop.
8 june, 2011. 9:00-10:15 Beth Lord (Dundee): "Spinoza and Income Equality" 10:30-11:15: Jo Van Cauter (Ghent) 'The betrayal of Christ: Jesus as statesman' 11:30-12:15 : Lucian Petrescu (Ghent): “Causa efficiens sive formalis in Spinoza” Lunch 14:00-15:15 Charlie Huenemann (Utah State): "Just how real are finite individuals in Spinoza's metaphysics?" 15:30-16:15: Mike Keirsbilck (Ghent): "“Without such freedom, piety cannot flourish nor the public peace be secure.” Towards a governmental (Foucault) reading of Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise and Vondel’s Palamedes." 16:45-18:00: Susan James (Birkbeck of London): "How the passive affects help us to think
9 june: 9:00-10:15: Willem Lemmens (Antwerp); 'Spinoza on Love and Piety'. 10:30-11:15 Boris Demarest (Ghent) “Separation and Individuation in Spinoza’spolitical philosophy” 11:30-12:15: Alexander X. Dougles (Birkbeck of London) "Was Spinoza a Naturalist?" Lunch 14:00-15:15: Anat Schechtman (Chicago): "Some thoughts on dependence, causation, and Spinoza's substance monism" 15:30-16:15: Dorothy Kwek (Johns Hopkins) “The Ontology of Spinoza’s Power” 16:45-18:00 Omri Boehm (New School): "The Principle of Sufficient Reason, the Ontological Argument and the Is Ought Distinction: Kantians against Spinozists"
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