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The Journal of Value Inquiry 33: 441–448, 1999. NEWS 441 News JOHN ABBARNO Associate Editor Saint Anselm College of Manchester, New Hampshire, cordially invites the submission of papers for presentation at an interdisciplinary conference on the thought, the origins, and the influence of Saint Anselm, to be held 31 March to 1 April 2000. Topics may include: issues pertaining to the life and thought of Saint Anselm: Philosophical theology, philosophy of language, anthropology, ethics, Christology, trinitarian theology, theology of sin and redemption, spirituality and monasticism, Saint Anselm’s role in ecclesiastical and political history, and the lay investiture controversy; the classical and early medieval sources of his though, such as Priscian, Donatus, Augustine, and Boethius; his teachers, contemporaries, and students such as Lanfranc, Eadmer, Gilbert Crispin Rupert of Deutz, St. Peter Damien, Barengar of Tours, and Roscelin; and his influence on late-medieval and post-medieval thought of Hermann of Tournai, Odo of Cambrai, Peter Abelard, Bonaventure, Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, Barth, Hartshorne, and Plantinga. Abstracts should be sent by 1 December 1999 to: Reverend John Fortin, OSB, Saint Anselm College, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester, NH, USA. For additional information, please call 603-641-7365, or check the Saint Anselm College Webpage at Philosophy Born of Struggle VI Conference 1999 will be held 15–16 October 1999 in New York City at The New School University Swayduck Auditorium. This year’s theme is “Civil Liberties in the New Millennium.” Topics include: The Death Penalty and the Prison Industrial Complex; Democracy and Its Discontent; Market, State and the Concept of Dignity; and New Age Surveillance.
For more information, contact: J. Everet Green, Department of Philosophy, Rockland Community College, 145 College Road, Suffern, NY 10901, USA.
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With this understanding, several international conferences have been organized such as the Rio de Janeiro conference in 1992 on the environment, the subsequent Cairo conference on children, the Beijing conference on women, and the Hague conference in May 1999 on the abolition of war. Thinking about peace is becoming increasingly planetary and requires thoughtful struggle with a variety of global issues. This Concerned Philosophers for Peace conference will foster the exploration of a wide variety of peace perspectives in relation to global issues. The conference will run Thursday afternoon, 21 October, to Sunday noon, 24 October.
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For information and submissions contact Program Chair, Professor Glen Martin, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Box 6943, Radford University, Radford, VA 24142, USA. Telephone: 540-831-5213; Fax: 540-831-5919; E-mail: The Monist announces a call for papers on “Philosophy as a Way of Life,” designated theme for 83:4 October 2000. There has been a recent surge of interest in selfhood, and in the therapeutic uses of philosophy, a renaissance associated with, among other philosophers, Michel Foucault, Charles Taylor, Martha Nussbaum, Alexander Nehamas, and Stanley Cavell. Many other NEWS 443 philosophers nevertheless remain suspicious about approaching philosophy as a way of life. They are reluctant to dwell on the injunction that Socrates received from the oracle at Delphi. It was not to found an academy, or to teach a course in logic; it was, rather, “to live the life of a philosopher, to examine myself and others.” What – if anything – can that Delphic injunction mean today? How, if at all, is philosophy related to therapy?
Does the ability to lead an examined life presuppose rules, or principles, as to how this examination should proceed? Or, on the contrary, is the philosophical examination of life best pursued, as Montaigne implies, in the absence of fixed rules and principles? In any case, how – if at all – does the pursuit of philosophy as a way of living relate to the content of philosophy as it is currently taught in the classroom? These and related questions will be the focus of the present issue of The Monist. Contributors will include Stanley Cavell, Alexander Nehamas, and Martha Nussbaum. Deadline for submissions is October 1999.
Advisory editor: James Miller. Editorial correspondence should be addressed to Barry Smith, Department of Philosophy, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA. There will be a conference on “Quotidian Ethics: Moral Deliberations About Everyday Life” at the University of Cape Town, 11–12 September 1999. For information, contact: David Benetar, Philosophy, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rodebosch, 7700 South Africa. E-mail: The eleventh International Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science will meet 20–26 September 1999 in Cracow, Poland.
For more information contact: Organizing Committee LMPS 99, Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, ul. Corodzka 52, 31-044 Cracow, Poland.
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Author: Charlie Huenemann ISBN: 100 Genre: Philosophy File Size: 65.47 MB Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi Download: 453 Read: 289 The philosophy of Spinoza is increasingly recognised as holding a position of crucial importance and influence in early modern thought, and in previous years has been the focus of a rich and growing body of scholarship. In this volume of essays, leading experts in the field offer penetrating analyses of his views about God, necessity, imagination, the mind, knowledge, history, society, and politics.
The essays treat questions of perennial importance in Spinoza scholarship but also constitute critical examinations of his worldview. Scholars of modern philosophy will value this volume as a collection of some of the very best work done on Spinoza's philosophy. Category: Philosophy. Author: Richard Mason ISBN: Genre: Philosophy File Size: 51.9 MB Format: PDF, Kindle Download: 918 Read: 1127 Approaching the central themes of Spinoza's thought from both a historical and analytical perspective, this book examines the logical-metaphysical core of Spinoza's philosophy, its epistemology and its ramifications for his much disputed attitude towards religion.
Opening with a discussion of Spinoza's historical and philosophical location as the appropriate context for the interpretation of his work, the book goes on to present a non-'logical' reading of Spinoza's metaphysics, a consideration of Spinoza's radical repudiation of Cartesian subjectivism and an examination of how Spinoza wanted religion to be understood in the context of his wider thinking and the influence of his non-Christian background. Mason also assesses Spinoza's significance and importance for philosophy now. Category: Philosophy.
Author: Andrew Youpa ISBN: 537 Genre: Philosophy File Size: 21.28 MB Format: PDF Download: 721 Read: 225 Thirteen original essays by leading scholars explore aspects of Spinoza's ethical theory and, in doing so, deepen our understanding of the richly rewarding core of his system. Given its importance to his philosophical ambitions, it is surprising that his ethics has, until recently, received relatively little scholarly attention. Anglophone philosophy has tended to focus on Spinoza's contribution to metaphysics and epistemology, while philosophy in continental Europe has tended to show greater interest in his political philosophy. This tendency is problematic not only because it overlooks a central part of Spinoza's project, but also because it threatens to present a distorted picture of his philosophy. Moreover, Spinoza's ethics, like other branches of his philosophy, is complex, difficult, and, at times, paradoxical. The essays in this volume advance our understanding of his ethics and also help us to appreciate it as the centerpiece of his system.
In addition to resolving interpretive difficulties and advancing longstanding debates, these essays point the direction for future research. Spinoza's enduring contribution to the development of ethical theory, to early modern philosophy, and indeed to early modern history generally, provide us with good reason to follow the lead of these essays. Category: Philosophy. Author: Jack Stetter ISBN: 318 Genre: Philosophy File Size: 55.33 MB Format: PDF, Kindle Download: 815 Read: 442 Over recent decades, Spinoza scholarship has significantly developed in both France and the United States, shedding new light on the work of this major philosopher.
Spinoza in Twenty-First-Century American and French Philosophy systematically unites for the first time American and French Spinoza specialists in conversation with each other, illustrating the fecundity of bringing together diverse approaches to the study of Early Modern philosophy. Spinoza in Twenty-First-Century American and French Philosophy gives readers a unique opportunity to discover the most consequential and sophisticated aspects of American and French Spinoza research today. Featuring chapters by American scholars with French experts responding to these, the book is structured according to the themes of Spinoza's philosophy, including metaphysics, philosophy of mind, moral philosophy and political philosophy. The contributions consider the full range of Spinoza's philosophy, with chapters addressing not only the Ethics but his lesser-known early works and political works as well. Issues covered include Spinoza's views on substance and mode, his conception of number, his account of generosity as freedom, and many other topics. Category: Philosophy.