Dear Annik, I am only coming back from Europe Nov 4 but will be there Nov 5. Where is the boardroom?
Cheers Karola On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Anik Waldow <[email protected]>wrote: > *Conference* > > *The Enlightenment and the Development of Philosophical Anthropology* > > ** ** > > ** ** > > The conference focuses on the development of various forms of anthropology > in the second half of the eighteenth century, with a special focus on > philosophical anthropology, as a distinct discipline that competed with > metaphysics, both in scope and aim. The birth of philosophical anthropology > in the mid-eighteenth century and its development well into the nineteenth > signaled a fundamental shift -- not only did it emphasize the historical > character of thought, but it also sought to understand the human being in > context, whether biological, cultural-historical, literary or > psychological. For this reason, Odo Marquard has termed it one of the > “three great epochal shifts” (alongside aesthetics and the philosophy of > history) in the history of modern Europe. The main focus will be on the way > in which various forms of anthropology, philosophical (Germany) but also > medical (France) both contributed to and challenged the notion of > “Enlightenment” in Europe. That the European Enlightenment was a contested > ground is well known; however, the fact that anthropology played a > fundamental role in its orientation remains an understudied topic. Many of > the papers will focus on the role that Johann Gottfried Herder played in > the development of philosophical anthropology, and in examining the debate > between him and his former teacher, Immanuel Kant, this conference will be > one of the first to address the ways in which philosophical anthropology > developed in relation to the larger project of Enlightenment in Europe.*** > * > > ** ** > > Dates: 4-6 November 2013**** > > Place: University of Sydney, CCANESA Board Room **** > > ** ** > > Organisers:**** > > Dalia Nassar, Philosophy Department**** > > Anik Waldow, Philosophy Department**** > > Stephen Gaukroger, History and Philosophy of Science Unit**** > > ** ** > > Sponsors:**** > > School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry**** > > Sydney Intellectual History Network**** > > ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions**** > > > INFO and REGISTRATION: > > http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/research/conferences.shtml > > > ** ** > > *Programme* > > * * > > *Monday, 4 Nov* > > ** ** > > 9.15-10.30 Peter Anstey, Sydney: The Enlightenment natural history of man* > *** > > ** ** > > 10.30-10.45 Morning tea**** > > ** ** > > 10.45-12.00 Charles Wolfe, Ghent: 'Whoever takes man as an object of > study must expect to have man as an enemy': the tension between naturalism > and anthropocentrism in La Mettrie and Diderot**** > > ** ** > > 12.00-1.15 Jennifer Milam, Sydney:**** > > Doggie style: Rococo representations of interspecies sensuality and the > pursuit of *volupté***** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Lunch**** > > ** ** > > 2.15-3.30 Stephen Gaukroger, Sydney: The demise of anthropological > medicine: the challenges of experimental medicine and Mesmerism**** > > ** ** > > Coffee**** > > ** ** > > 3.45-5.00 Ofer Gal, Sydney:**** > > Anthropology vs. metaphysics: Hobbes and Spinoza on the passions**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *Tues, 5 Nov* > > ** ** > > 9.15-10.30 Daniela Helbig, Sydney:**** > > Self-positing: experimental subjects in Kant's thought and in scientific > practice**** > > ** ** > > 10.30-10.45 Morning tea**** > > ** ** > > 10.45-12.00 Nigel DeSouza, Ottawa:**** > > Between Leibniz and Kant: the philosophical foundations of Herder's > anthropology**** > > ** ** > > 12.00-13.15 Anik Waldow, Sydney:**** > > Natural history and the formation of the human being: Kant and Herder on > active forces**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Lunch**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > 2.15-3.30 Dalia Nassar, Sydney:**** > > Kant and Herder on analogy**** > > ** ** > > 3.30-3.45 Coffee**** > > ** ** > > 3.45-5.00 Stefanie Buchenau, Paris:**** > > Herder. From comparative anatomy to philosophical anthropology.**** > > ** ** > > *Wed, 6 Nov* > > ** ** > > 9.15-10.30 John Zammito, Rice: **** > > The animal-human boundary and anthropology: Herder between Reimarus and > Tetens**** > > ** ** > > 10.30-10.45 Morning tea**** > > ** ** > > 10.45-12.00 Kristin Gjesdal, Temple:**** > > Hermeneutics and anthropology in Herder's early thought**** > > ** ** > > 12.00-1.15 Gabriel Watts, Sydney:**** > > Herder’s theological anthropology**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Lunch**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > 2.15-3.30 Marion Heinz, Siegen:**** > > On the relationship between metaphysics and anthropology in Herder’s early > writings**** > > ** ** > > 3.30-3.45 Coffee**** > > ** ** > > 3.45-5.00 Michael Forster, Bonn:**** > > Herder’s anthropology and human rights**** > > ** ** > > > > Dr. Anik Waldow > Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy > School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, Main Quad > University of Sydney, 2006 NSW > Australia > email: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > SydPhil mailing list: http://bit.ly/sydphil > > New archive: http://bit.ly/SydPhilArchive > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, change your MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS, find ANSWERS TO COMMON > PROBLEMS, or visit our ONLINE ARCHIVES, please go to the LIST INFORMATION > PAGE: http://bit.ly/sydphil ... and if you can't get to that page, try > the EMERGENCY PAGE: http://bit.ly/SydPhilEmergency > -- Karola Stotz Australian Research Fellow Philosophy Department University of Sydney New book *Genetics and Philosophy <http://www.cambridge.org/9780521173902> *now available in a Kindle edition<http://www.amazon.com/Genetics-Philosophy-Cambridge-Introductions-ebook/dp/B00BM4TIB0/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp> :
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