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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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
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...
so the Cambridge Manuscript is really a second, shortest version?
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
Next Cartesio in Villa seminar - on Thursday 2nd April with Antonella Del Prete presenting a paper on dualism #Descartes #Cartesianism #dualism #histphilo #17thcentury
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
We just started #descarteslab #descarteslaboratory #histphilo #linguistic #language #conversation #17thcentury #descartes
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
📣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
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Correct time is 3 pm Rome/Paris/Berlin - 2 pm London - 10 am New York - 9 am Chicago 🕙
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
seminar: bodies, minds, and dualisms at the Seminario cartesiano di Villa Mirafiori - #Cartesnism #Descartes #dualism #17thcentury #hisfphilo
all info in the poster
of course! looking very forward to it! thanks!
📣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
📣a Cartesian meeting at @sns.it #Descartes #Cartesianism with Simone D'Agostino! #histphilo #17thcentury
📣a publication by Igor Agostini (Director of the Cartesian Centre in Lecce) on René Descartes' pjhilosophy - in Italian
#descartes #17thcentury #Cartesianstudies #histphilo
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Today event CANCELLED
Unfortunately, due to personal reasons, today's seminar will no take place. Sorry!
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
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
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
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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
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
📢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
#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!
🌱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!
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
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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!