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it is out in the lastest issue of @HOPOS_Society journal a book review of Melissa Lo's Skepticism Pictures written by Delphine Bellis - in which she reports some of the ideas discussed in last year's #DescartesLab
#descartes #histphilo

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www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Sergio #Landucci has recently died. He has been professor of history of philosophy at the University of Firenze - having published on Hegel, Kant, Spinoza and Descartes, he is an intellectual reference for many historians and philosophers #histphilo #Descartes #Spinoza

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Today seminar on #Descartes Regulae ad directionem ingenii:

18:00 – Iacopo Chiaravalli (SNS-IISG): Regula XIV
18:40 – Q/A
19:00 – David Rabouin (SPHERE - Paris): Regula XV-XVI
19:40 – Q/A

#histphilo #Regulae #17thcentury

More info here: www.sns.it/it/evento/re...

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so the Cambridge Manuscript is really a second, shortest version?

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Cartesio in Villa - The Cartesian Seminar at Villa Mirafiori continues with Simone Guidi's tali -- see below

On Thursday 9th, at 4 pm (Italy time)

#Descartes #Cartesianism #17thcentury #histphilo

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The Inaugural Gaukroger Lecture: Prof. Sorana Corneanu - ISIH The Gaukroger Lecture has been established by the International Society for Intellectual History in honour of Prof. Stephen Gaukroger (1950-2023). We're delighted that Prof. Corneanu has agreed to giv...

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The Inaugural Gaukroger Lecture: Prof. Sorana Corneanu
on May 26th.

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Next Cartesio in Villa seminar - on Thursday 2nd April with Antonella Del Prete presenting a paper on dualism #Descartes #Cartesianism #dualism #histphilo #17thcentury

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fascinating blog on conversation and discussion, and the uses of books in early modern philosophy - with an important exploration of #Descartes #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury #books

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We just started #descarteslab #descarteslaboratory #histphilo #linguistic #language #conversation #17thcentury #descartes

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This is today, March 26th, at Università La Sapienza: Cartesio in Villa!

Brunello Lotti will speak about dualism in Berkeley. at 4 pm (Italy time) #Descartes #17thcentury #earlymodern

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📣Next meeting - #DescartesLab
March 27, 2026 - at 3.00 pm (Italy time) / 10.00 am (NY city)

Discussion of Elodie Cassan's Le langage de la raison (Vrin, 2023)

#histphilo #17thcentury #ageofreason #Descartes #cartesianism - attendance is free

fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/m...

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Correct time is 3 pm Rome/Paris/Berlin - 2 pm London - 10 am New York - 9 am Chicago 🕙

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As it happens, we made a small mistake about the time schedule, which is:
3 pm (Rome/Paris/Berlin time), 2 pm (London time), 🕙10 am (Ny city time), 9 am (Chicago time) --- please, note the change

Sorry for the inconvenience #descartes #descarteslab #earlymodern #17thcentury #histphilo

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seminar: bodies, minds, and dualisms at the Seminario cartesiano di Villa Mirafiori - #Cartesnism #Descartes #dualism #17thcentury #hisfphilo

all info in the poster

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of course! looking very forward to it! thanks!

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📣Next meeting - #DescartesLab
March 27, 2026 - at 3.00 pm (Italy time) / 9.00 am (NY city)

Discussion of Elodie Cassan's Le langage de la raison (Vrin, 2023) - the meeting is in English and online

#histphilo #17thcentury #ageofreason #Descartes #cartesianism - attendance is free

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📣a Cartesian meeting at @sns.it #Descartes #Cartesianism with Simone D'Agostino! #histphilo #17thcentury

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Animals - 6.1 Automata and animal bodies Despite the efficacy of Descartes's animal-machine analogy, a crucial issue affects his mechanization of animal bodies. This reduction works for the animal in general, that is an abstract representati...

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on animals and automata in Descartes

2 months ago 3 2 0 0
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📣a publication by Igor Agostini (Director of the Cartesian Centre in Lecce) on René Descartes' pjhilosophy - in Italian

#descartes #17thcentury #Cartesianstudies #histphilo

www.morcelliana.net/collane-scho...

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Today event CANCELLED

Unfortunately, due to personal reasons, today's seminar will no take place. Sorry!

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A nice seminar organized in Venice/online - it remains difficult to discuss about mechanization and mechanical philosophy in the early modern period, and perhaps it is no more possible to do it with Descartes/Cartesian philo, but this is a great lineup of scholars #17thcentury #histsci #histphilo

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This is next week, Tuesday 27th January - discussing ontology in Clauberg and the 17th century with Alice Ragni, Lucia Oliveri and Andrea Strazzoni (in English)
#DescartesLab #17thcentury #histphilo #Cartesianism

3 months ago 1 1 0 1
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Francis Bacon 1626–2026: Four Centuries of Thought, New Horizons for Research University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN), 12–13 June 2026 Application form

apply to this conference on Francis Bacon quartercentenary 1626-2026 - The conference is organized by Dana Jalobeanu and Rodolfo Garau at the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN). #histphilo #histsci
#17thcentury #Bacon
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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a great discussion of Raphaele Andrault's book Le fer ou le feu (2024) - it's a great focus on pain as a crucial element to convey a philosophical investigation. #histsci #histmedicine are important in #histphilo #descartes
we presented it in @descarteslab.bsky.social #DescartesLab

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in the lastest isuee of Studia Neoaristotelica, there are 2 nice articles on Descartes - the one on laughter, the second on Mercer's interpretation of Descartes's relationship with Teresa d'Avila. #Descartes #17thcentury #histphilo #cartesianism

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📢Nov.19 - Method, science and truth in Descartes' Regulae ad directionem ingenii #Descartes #HistPhilo #histsci The event is blended - in Pisa at scuolanormale SSN and online
#17thcentury #method #induction 🌈

Contact the organizers if interested!

Here the programme

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#PrincetonBucharestSeminar in Early Modern Philosophy, the 25th edition. This time, focus will be devoted to errors, falsehood and forgeries. Apply until January 15.

#earlymodern #histsci #histphilo #17thcentury #errors

organizers are @rodolfogarau.bsky.social Dana Jalobeanu and Dan Garber!

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🌱Feb.2: Regulae seminar (online) - Organized by Iacopo Chiaravalli, Igor Agostini, Alfredo Ferrarin - time: Italy

18.00 pm - Olivier Dubouclez: Rule X
19.00 - Fabrizio Baldassarri & Simone Guidi: Rule XI

It is going to be a full month! Do 🐻 with us!

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January 27, 2026 – Presentation of Alice Ragni, Il secolo dell’ontologia Contact us for the link – the event is in English! [Back]

Jan. 27: DescartesLab (online)
Event with the presentation and discussion of Alice Ragni's book on ontology in the seventeenth century - with Andrea Strazzoni, Lucia Oliveri, Marco Lamanna

fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/j...

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Jan.21-23: ForumDescartes (University of Turin), organizers: Antonella Del Prete et alii

Check the programme below⤵️

www.accademiadellescienze.it/iniziative/2... The forum is a good chance of gathering with Cartesian scholars in Italy and in the world!

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