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William R. Newman – Chymistry in Newton’s Early Theory of Light and Colour
The McGill History and Philosophy of Science Series and
Montreal Interuniversity Workshop in the History of Philosophy
are pleased to host a special joint session:
William R. Newman (HPS, Indiana University)
"Chymistry in Newton’s Early Theory of Light and Colour"
The meeting will take place on Tuesday, 6 April, 5:30-7:30 PM, in the Don Bates Room of the Social Studies of Medicine Building at McGill University.
Newman is the world’s leading scholar of the history of chemistry in the early modern period, and has been at the forefront of the scholarly effort to gain recognition for the important scientific contributions of figures once marginalized as ‘alchemists’. He is the author of numerous books and articles in this area, including Atoms & Alchemy: Chymistry and the Experimental Origins of the Scientific Revolution (Chicago, 2006), Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature (Chicago, 2004), Gehennical Fire: The Lives of George Starkey, an American Alchemist in the Scientific Revolution, and The Summa Perfectionis of Pseudo-Geber (Brill, 1991).
Abstract: In the years immediately before Isaac Newton made his controversial claim that white light is not homogeneous but rather a mixture of unaltered spectral colors, Robert Boyle had proven that saltpeter and other seemingly homogeneous “bodies” could be analyzed into their constituents and “redintegrated” (resynthesized) from them. Building on his earlier work, William Newman’s paper argues that Newton’s early optical experiments were conditioned by his exposure to “chymistry.” In particular, the paper claims that Newton’s early optical discoveries owed a direct debt to Boyle’s work on the “redintegration” of niter and other materials. The paper also provides an introduction to the scholastic background against which Boyle, and by extension Newton, were arguing.
Gretchen Reydams-Schils – Authority and Agency in Roman Stoicism
Le Séminaire interuniversitaire de Montréal en histoire de la philosophie a le plaisir de vous annoncer:
Gretchen Reydams-Schils (University of Notre Dame)
"Authority and Agency in Roman Stoicism"
Mercredi, 7 avril, 18h30-20h30
Thomson House, 3650 McTavish
Salle 405
Veuillez communiquer avec les organisateurs pour le texte de la communication.
Pour voir le programme du SIMHP pour l’automne 2009, veuillez cliquer ici:
http://www.jehsmith.com/philosophy/2009/09/miwhp-simhp-programme-200910.html
Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter:
Daniel Dumouchel (daniel.dumouchel@umontreal.ca)
Carlos Fraenkel (carlos.fraenkel@mcgill.ca) (en sabbatique 2009-10)
Sara Magrin (magrin.sara@uqam.ca)
Dario Perinettii (perinetti.dario@uqam.ca) (en sabbatique 2009-10)
Justin Smith (justismi@alcor.concordia.ca)
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The Montreal Interuniversity Workshop in the History of Philosophy presents:
Gretchen Reydams-Schils (University of Notre Dame)
"Authority and Agency in Roman Stoicism"
Wednesday, April 7, 6:30-8:30 PM
Thomson House, 3650 McTavish
Room 405
Please contact the organizers for the text of the communication.
To see the Fall, 2009 program for the MIWHP, please click here:
http://www.jehsmith.com/philosophy/2009/09/miwhp-simhp-programme-200910.html
For more information, please contact:
Daniel Dumouchel (daniel.dumouchel@umontreal.ca)
Carlos Fraenkel (carlos.fraenkel@mcgill.ca) (on leave 2009-10)
Sara Magrin (magrin.sara@uqam.ca)
Dario Perinettii (perinetti.dario@uqam.ca) (on leave 2009-10)
Justin Smith (justismi@alcor.concordia.ca)
Sarah Burges Watson – Tragedy or Transcendence? Plato and Aeschylus on the Myth of Orpheus
Le Séminaire interuniversitaire montréalais en histoire de philosophie est très heureux de présenter
Sarah Burges Watson (McGill University)
"Tragedy or Transcendence? Plato and Aeschylus on the Myth of Orpheus"
La rencontre se tiendra le 29 mars 18h-20h au département de philosophie à McGill, salle 927. Il n’y aura pas d’essai joint pour cette rencontre
Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter:
Daniel Dumouchel (daniel.dumouchel@umontreal.ca) Carlos Fraenkel (carlos.fraenkel@mcgill.ca) (en sabbatique, 2009-10)
Sara Magrin (magrin.sara@uqam.ca)
Dario Perinetti (perinetti.dario@uqam.ca)
Justin Smith (justismi@alcor.concordia.ca)
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The Montreal Inuversity Workshop in the History of Philosophy is pleased to present:
Sarah Burges Watson (McGill University)
"Tragedy or Transcendence? Plato and Aeschylus on the Myth of Orpheus"
The meeting will take place on March 29, 6-8PM at the Department of Philosophy of McGill, Room 927.
There will be no paper for this talk.
For more information, please contact:
Daniel Dumouchel (daniel.dumouchel@umontreal.ca)
Carlos Fraenkel (carlos.fraenkel@mcgill.ca) (en sabbatique, 2009-10)
Sara Magrin (magrin.sara@uqam.ca)
Dario Perinetti (perinetti.dario@uqam.ca)
Justin Smith (justismi@alcor.concordia.ca)
Andreas Blank – Presumption, Torture, and the Controversy over Exceptional Crimes, 1580-1632
The Montreal Interuniversity Workshop in the History of Philosophy is pleased to announce a special session on early modern jurisprudence and its application to the ‘exceptional crime’ of witchcraft:
Andreas Blank (Universität zu Paderborn)
"Presumption, Torture, and the Controversy over Exceptional Crimes, 1580-1632"
The meeting will take place on February 16, 6-8PM at the Department of Philosophy of UQAM, Pavillon Thérèse Casgrain (W), Room W-5215, 455 boulevard René Lévesque, East.
You will find an abstract of the presentation below.
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Le Séminaire interuniversitaire montréalais en histoire de philosophie est très heureux d’accueillir Professor Andreas Blank pour une réunion spéciale sur la philosophie du droit à l’âge classique et le ‘crime exceptionnel’ de sorcellerie:
Andreas Blank (Universität zu Paderborn)
"Presumption, Torture, and the Controversy over Exceptional Crimes, 1580-1632"
La communication sera en anglais; la discussion qui suivra sera en français et en anglais.
La séance aura lieu le 16 fevrier, 18-20h, au département de philosophie de l’UQAM, Pavillon Thérèse Casgrain (W), salle W-5215, 455 boulevard René Lévesque est, 5ème étage.
Veuillez trouver un résumé de la communication ci-dessous.
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For more information, please contact / Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter:
Daniel Dumouchel (daniel.dumouchel@umontreal.ca)
Carlos Fraenkel (carlos.fraenkel@mcgill.ca) (en sabbatique, 2009-10)
Sara Magrin (magrin.sara@uqam.ca)
Dario Perinetti (perinetti.dario@uqam.ca)
Justin Smith (justismi@alcor.concordia.ca)
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Presumption, Torture, and the Controversy over Exceptional Crimes, 1580-1632
How should a legal system deal with crimes that are perceived as threatening the very existence of a state and the security of its citizens? Obviously, such crimes pose practical problems concerning suitable investigative methods. But they also pose problems concerning the question of how to evaluate evidence, once it has been obtained. Typically, acts of treason or terrorism are planned secretly, such that many usual procedures of collecting and evaluating evidence are not available. Investigating such crimes, hence, might invite modifications both in the methods of obtaining evidence and in the standards of evaluating it. These problems are far from being novel (even if some of the types of crime associated with them are). In early modern legal thought, they were discussed under the category of “excepted crimes” (crimina excepta). Some early modern thinkers (including Jean Bodin) maintained that excepted crimes such as witchcraft warrant a dramatic lowering of the standards of juridical evidence, some others (including Friedrich Spee) opposed this view. In this paper, I will be particularly concerned with the role of the methodological concept of presumption in their discussion of the role of evidence in cases of excepted crimes. Presumptions are beliefs that are held to be true (or even certain) until and unless contrary evidence forces us to revise them. They are tools for arguing and acting rationally in situations of uncertainty. Obviously, excepted crimes are fraught with uncertainty: Conclusive evidence about who has done what is seldom available, and seldom do we know how best to protect the public from the effects of such crimes. Presumptive reasoning is inevitable here, and hard choices have to be made. And one such hard choice for which presumptions are relevant concerns the permissibility and usefulness of torture.
Syliane Malinowski-Charles – L’argument de la finalité divine dans les premières réfutations de Spinoza
Le séminaire interuniversitaire de Montréal en histoire de philosophie présente:
Syliane Malinowski-Charles (Bishop’s University)
"L’argument de la finalité divine dans les premières réfutations de Spinoza"
mardi, le 26 janvier, 18-20h, au département de philosophie de l’université de Montréal, salle 307, 2910 blvd. Édouard-Montpetit
On fera circuler le texte de la communication bientôt.
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The Montreal Interuniversity Workshop in the History of Philosophy presents:
Syliane Malinowski-Charles (Bishop’s University)
"L’argument de la finalité divine dans les premières réfutations de Spinoza"
Tuesday, January 26, 6-8 PM, at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Montreal, Room 307, 2910 blvd. Édouard-Montpetit
The presentation will be in French; the discussion will be in French and in English.
The paper will follow shortly.
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Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter / For more information, please contact:
Daniel Dumouchel (daniel.dumouchel@umontreal.ca
Carlos Fraenkel (carlos.fraenkel@mcgill.ca) (On sabbatical, 2009-10)
Sara Magrin (magrin.sara@uqam.ca)
Dario Perinetti (perinetti.dario@uqam.ca)
Justin Smith (justismi@alcor.concordia.ca)
Clarification: Ursula Goldenbaum @ MIWHP/SIMHP
This message is to clarify that Professor Ursula Goldenbaum’s talk at the MIWHP will take place Tuesday, January 19, 6-8 PM, in Room W-5215, Department of Philosophy, UQAM. You will find the original announcement below.
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Ce message est juste pour préciser que la conférence de Professeur Ursula Goldenbaum au SIMHP aura lieu mardi, le 19 janvier, 18-20h, dans la salle W-5215 au Département de Philosophie de l’UQAM. Vous trouverez l’annonce originale ci-dessous.
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For its opening session of 2010, the Montreal Interuniversity Workshop in the History of Philosophy is very pleased to present
Professor Ursula Goldenbaum (Department of Philosophy, Emory University)
"Spinozism in 18th-Century Germany and the Question of Jewish Emancipation"
The meeting will take place in the seminar room of the Department of Philosophy at UQAM (NB: NOT the Thomson House at McGill!), W-5215 Pavillon Thérèse-Casgrain (W) 455, Boulevard René-Lévesque East, 5th Floor
Professor Goldenbaum received her Ph.D. in philosophy at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (Berlin), and is a prominent scholar of early modern philosophy, of the European Enlightenmnent, and of the historical origins of the public sphere. Some of her recent publications include Infinitesimal Differences: Controversies between Leibniz and his Contemporaries (de Gruyter, 2008), Appell an das Publikum. Die öffentliche Debatte in der deutschen Aufklärung 1687-1796. 2 vol. (Berlin, 2004), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Von der Ungleichheit unter den Menschen. Transl. by Moses Mendelssohn. (Weimar, 2000)
There will be no pre-circulated paper for this talk.
For further information, please contact:
Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter / For more information, please contact:
Daniel Dumouchel (daniel.dumouchel@umontreal.ca
Carlos Fraenkel (carlos.fraenkel@mcgill.ca) (On sabbatical, 2009-10)
Sara Magrin (magrin.sara@uqam.ca)
Dario Perinetti (perinetti.dario@uqam.ca)
Justin Smith (justismi@alcor.concordia.ca)
Ursula Goldenbaum – Spinozism in 18th-Century Germany and the Question of Jewish Emancipation
For its opening session of 2010, the Montreal Interuniversity Workshop in the History of Philosophy is very pleased to present
Professor Ursula Goldenbaum (Department of Philosophy, Emory University)
"Spinozism in 18th-Century Germany and the Question of Jewish Emancipation"
The meeting will take place in the seminar room of the Department of Philosophy at UQAM (NB: NOT the Thomson House at McGill!), W-5215 Pavillon Thérèse-Casgrain (W) 455, Boulevard René-Lévesque East, 5th Floor
Professor Goldenbaum received her Ph.D. in philosophy at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (Berlin), and is a prominent scholar of early modern philosophy, of the European Enlightenmnent, and of the historical origins of the public sphere. Some of her recent publications include Infinitesimal Differences: Controversies between Leibniz and his Contemporaries (de Gruyter, 2008), Appell an das Publikum. Die öffentliche Debatte in der deutschen Aufklärung 1687-1796. 2 vol. (Berlin, 2004), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Von der Ungleichheit unter den Menschen. Transl. by Moses Mendelssohn. (Weimar, 2000)
There will be no pre-circulated paper for this talk.
For further information, please contact:
Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter / For more information, please contact:
Daniel Dumouchel (daniel.dumouchel@umontreal.ca
Carlos Fraenkel (carlos.fraenkel@mcgill.ca) (On sabbatical, 2009-10)
Sara Magrin (magrin.sara@uqam.ca)
Dario Perinetti (perinetti.dario@uqam.ca)
Justin Smith (justismi@alcor.concordia.ca)
Daryn Lehoux – Of Miracles and Mistaken Theories
Le Séminaire interuniversitaire de Montréal en histoire de la philosophie et le Séminaire d’histoire et philosophie de la science avec le soutien du département de philosophie de l’université McGill
ont le plaisir de vous annoncer:
Daryn Lehoux (Queen’s University)
"Of Miracles and Mistaken Theories" [Roman Science]
Vendredi, 22 janvier, 10h30-12h30
Thomson House, 3650 McTavish
Salle 404
NB: Ce séminaire est LE SECOND séminaire du SIMHP, le premier séminaire se tiendra mardi prochain avec Ursula Goldenbaum
Pour voir le programme du SIMHP pour l’automne 2009, veuillez cliquer ici:
http://www.jehsmith.com/philosophy/2009/09/miwhp-simhp-programme-200910.html
Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter:
Daniel Dumouchel (daniel.dumouchel@umontreal.ca
Carlos Fraenkel (carlos.fraenkel@mcgill.ca) (en sabbatique 2009-10)
Sara Magrin (magrin.sara@uqam.ca)
Dario Perinettii (perinetti.dario@uqam.ca) (en sabbatique 2009-10)
Justin Smith (justismi@alcor.concordia.ca)
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The Montreal Interuniversity Workshop in the History of Philosophy and the History and Philosophy of Science Group, sponsored by the McGill Philosophy Department,
present
Daryn Lehoux (Queen’s University)
"Of Miracles and Mistaken Theories" [Roman Science]
Friday, 22 January, 10:30-12:30 AM
Thomson House, 3650 McTavish
Room 404
To see the Fall, 2009 program for the MIWHP, please click here:
http://www.jehsmith.com/philosophy/2009/09/miwhp-simhp-programme-200910.html
For more information, please contact:
Daniel Dumouchel (daniel.dumouchel@umontreal.ca)
Carlos Fraenkel (carlos.fraenkel@mcgill.ca) (on leave 2009-10)
Sara Magrin (magrin.sara@uqam.ca)
Dario Perinettii (perinetti.dario@uqam.ca) (on leave 2009-10)
Justin Smith (justismi@alcor.concordia.ca)
SIMHP-MIWHP – Programme Winter/Hiver 2010
WINTER SEMESTER/SEMESTRE D’HIVER:
Tuesday, 19 January / mardi, 19 janvier
Ursula Goldenbaum (Emory University), "Spinozism in 18th-Century Germany and the Question of Jewish Emancipation"
Friday, 22 January / vendredi, 22 janvier, 10:30-12:30
Daryn Lehoux (Queens University, Department of Classics)
"Of Miracles and Mistaken Theories"
(co-sponsored by McGill History and Philosophy of Science)
Tuesday, 26 January / mardi, 26 janvier, au département de philosophie de l’université de Montréal
Syliane Malinowski-Charles (Bishop’s University)
"L’argument de la finalité divine dans les premières réfutations de Spinoza"
Tuesday, 9 February / mardi, 9 fevrier, at the Department of Philosophy, UQAM Kenneth Winkler (Yale University)
"Locke on Essence and the Social Construction of Kinds"
Tuesday, 16 February / mardi, 16 fevrier
Andreas Blank (Universität zu Paderborn),
"Jean Bodin and Friedrich von Spee on Exceptional Crimes, Torture, and Presumption"
Thursday, 4 March / jeudi, 4 mars
Martha Bolton (Rutgers University)
Title TBA
Monday, 22 March / lundi, 22 mars
Sarah Burges Watson (McGill University, Department of Classics) “Apollo and Dionysos in Plato’s Republic"
Monday, 6 April / lundi, 6 avril, in the Social Studies of Medicine Building, McGill University
William R. Newman (HPS, Indiana) TBA (co-sponsored by McGill History and Philosophyof Science)
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Unless otherwise indicated, meetings will take place at the Thomson House of McGill University, Tuesdays, from 6-8 PM.
Sauf exceptions, les réunions auront lieu dans la Thomson House de l’université McGill, les mardis 18h-20h
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Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter / For more information, please contact:
Daniel Dumouchel (daniel.dumouchel@umontreal.ca
Carlos Fraenkel (carlos.fraenkel@mcgill.ca) (On sabbatical, 2009-10)
Sara Magrin (magrin.sara@uqam.ca)
Dario Perinetti (perinetti.dario@uqam.ca)
Justin Smith (justismi@alcor.concordia.ca)
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