Acosmism and Pantheism in Spinoza and German Idealism

Join us for a two-day conference on acosmism and pantheism in Spinoza and German idealism, Kant, and Post-Kantian philosophy. Hosted by Michael Rosenthal and Nick Stang.

Please note: all events begin at listed times, not 10 or 15 minutes after

Program

Monday, May 1

9:30–11:00

Karolina Hübner (Cornell), “How to Be a Part of an Infinite Thing”

11:10–12:40

Sanem Soyarslan (North Carolina State), “How to Understand the Ineliminable Weakness of Finite Modes in Spinoza”

Lunch

1:40–3:10

Josefine Klingspoor (Yale), “Competitive and Non-Competitive Models of Finite and Divine Agency in Spinoza”

3:20–4:50

Kristin Primus (UC Berkeley), “Spinoza and the Dissolution of Discrete Minds”

5:00–6:30

Michael Rosenthal (Toronto), “The Provisional World”

Tuesday, May 2

 10:30–Noon

Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins), “Ai’n [אין], Acosmism, and the Return to Nothingness in Hassidism, Salomon Maimon, and Spinoza.”

Lunch

 1:40–3:10

James Kreines (Claremont McKenna), “From Shapeless Abyss towards Self-Developing Thought: Hegel and Spinoza”

3:20–4:50

Nick Stang (Toronto), “Hegel and omnis determinatio est negatio: Using Spinoza to Overcome Spinoza”

5:00–6:30

Brady Bowman (Penn State), “The Problem of Acosmism: Is There One?”