TES6: Scholasticism and Matter

3 December 2021, 4.30 pm CET

Silvia Donati, 13th-Century Discussions on the Ontological Status of Matter and Accidents (Commentaries on the Physics ca. 1240-1300)

Russell Friedman, Making Sense of Aquinas: Peter Auriol on Prime Matter, Pure Potency, and Existence

Cecilia Trifogli, Thomas Wylton on Matter and Quantity

chaired by William Duba

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Materia, 气/Qì, and Their Epistemes

Just one month to go: on 10-11 December 2021 the first Leuven-Beijing workshop in the history of premodern philosophy of nature will take place remotely (on Zoom)! The focus will be on theories of the material substrate on both European and Chinese premodern traditions. It is going to be a memorable experience! Organising this workshop with Shixiang Jin has been a feast of intellectual pleasure and as we are getting closer to the event, I felt inspired and made a short teaser.

Anyone interested in joining the workshop should send me an email: as always, it is free and open to anyone! It is going to be quite a speculative adventure exploring daring philosophical pathways and speculative problems that marked aspects of both traditions.