Québec-Ontario Conference in Early Modern Philosophy

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Schedule

Friday, Nov. 2, 2018

9:30-11:00
ELLIOT PAUL (QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY): The Force of Clarity
Comments: Vincent Darveau-St-Pierre (Université de Montréal)

11:15-12:45
SANDRINE ROUX (UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL): La Forge’s Occasionalism: A Re-examination
Comments: Robert Mason (University of Toronto)

2:15-3:45
CHRISTIAN LEDUC (UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL): Sophie of Hanover on Physical Influx
Comments: Owen Pikkert (University of Toronto)

4:00-5:30
PATRICIA SHERIDAN (UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH): Agency and Virtue in Catharine Trotter Cockburn Comments: Charlotte Sabourin (McGill University)

Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018

9:30-11:00
ARASH ABIZADEH (MCGILL UNIVERSITY): Hobbes on Reasoning, Conceivability, Maker’s Knowledge and Natural Science
Comments: Paul Jackanich (Université de Montréal)

11:15-12:45
DONALD AINSLIE (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO): Hume and the Motives for Justice
Comments: Manuel Vásquez Villavicencion (Université du Québec à Montréal)

2:15-3:45
DARIO PERINETTI (UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL): Perceptions, objects and relations in Hume’s Treatise
Comments: Michaela Manson (University of Toronto)

All sessions are free and open to the public and will be held in Room 100 of the Jackman Humanities Building (170 St. George Street).

The colloquium is sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Departments of Philosophy of the University of Toronto (A&S), the University of Toronto Mississauga, and the University of Toronto Scarborough.

Contact and inquiries: matthew.wurst@mail.utoronto.ca