Matters Entangled: An Early Career Workshop on History and Philosophy

Conference, HU Berlin (DE). 12 July 2019.

What characteristics define the history of philosophy before the modern turn? The workshop Matters Entangled engages with this fundamental question through a series of case studies from the European, Islamic, and Indian traditions. By giving the stage to early career scholars from all of the world, the workshop will dive into centuries-old issues by disentangling earlier interpretations and new possible solutions. As usual, the event is free and open to anyone interested. The workshop will take place at the Institute of Philosophy of HU Berlin, in the Invalidenstrasse building.

Organisers: Elena Baltuta and Nicola Polloni.

Participants: Shivani Agrhari (University of Delhi), Elena Baltuta (HU Berlin), Vincenzo Carlotta (HU Berlin), Dominic Dold (MPIWG), Kosta Gligorijevic (HU Berlin), Larissa Gniffke (HU Berlin),Thomas Harb (HU Berlin),Fabio La Stella (HU Berlin),Michele Meroni (Università Statale di Milano / LMU München), Nicola Polloni (HU Berlin), Ed Reno (Independent Researcher), Nathaniel Taylor (Marquette University).

Programme

9.30-10.00 Opening of the workshop

Session 1

10.00-10.30
Vincenzo Carlotta (HU Berlin), Sublunary Elements and Heavenly Movements: Natural and Alchemical Generations of Metals

10.30-11.00
Kosta Gligorijevic (HU Berlin), The aether analogy in Aristotle’s Generation of Animals II.3

Session 2

11.30-12.00
Shivani Agrhari (University of Delhi), The concept of Matter in Classical Indian Philosophy

12.00-12.30
Larissa Gniffke (HU Berlin), Food for Thought. The emergence and evolution of nourishment metaphors in medieval Philosophy of Mind

Session 3

14.00-14.30
Dominic Dold (MPIWG), Discovering causes through division: some medieval reflections on Posterior Analytics II.14.

14.30-15.00
Michele Meroni (Università Statale di Milano / LMU München), “Medicus, qui particularis est physicus”: medicine as a part of natural philosophy in Albert the Great?

Session 4

15.30-16.00
Nathaniel Taylor (Marquette University), The Place of “Being” in the Definition of Substance: a Notable Development in a Neoplatonic Debate concerning Matter

16.00-16.30
Ed Reno (Independent Researcher), Inner Sense Deflated.

Session 5

17.00-17.30
Thomas Harb (HU Berlin), Suárez on the diminution of properties and capacities

17.30-18.00
Fabio La Stella (HU Berlin), Unextended extension

Closure of the Symposium

Elena Baltuta (HU Berlin) and Nicola Polloni (HU Berlin), The Closing Matter

WORKSHOP PHOTOS

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