Descartes: New Studies

Wednesday 13th April, 13:00 – 17:30

Information and Location

Located in the Education Seminar Room 432
University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus Map

Download the Program Here

Please note that papers will not be presented but will be open to discussion.
The papers will be kept by Debbie Castle to be distributed upon request. Contact Debbie here: Debbie.Castle@sydney.edu.au

Program

1pm: Ofer Gal: "Descartes' Last Stand: Passions, Imagination and the Persona of the New
Savant": Comments by John Schuster

2pm: Stephen Gaukroger: "Four problems of representation: the complex
origins of Cartesian epistemology": Comments by David Macarthur

3pm-3.30 pm. Break

3.30 pm John Schuster: "Descartes and Sunspots: Matters of Fact and Systematizing
Strategies in the Principia Philosophia": Comments by Keith Hutchison


4.30 pm Gideon Manning: "Descartes' union: could
we just be straddling modes?": Comments by Ofer Gal