Denis Kambouchner, professor emeritus at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, has focused his research on the work of René Descartes. Since 2019, he has also served as president of the Société Française de Philosophie.
The two-day 2022 Québec-Ontario Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy will include talks by an array of international scholars.
The History of Modern Philosophy Research Group is pleased to welcome Manuel Vasquez Villavicencio, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the philosophy department at the University of Toronto. Please note that this is a read-ahead event. To receive the full paper before the talk, please contact Michaela Manson. Talk Title A Virtuous … Read More
The work of Dwight K. Lewis Jr. of the University of Central Florida interrogates philosophy through a historical lens, focusing on the early modern period, Africana philosophy, the philosophical canon, and the discipline of philosophy.
Mogens Lærke is a senior researcher at CNRS who specializes and has published widely in early modern philosophy.
Ursula Renz specializes in the history of philosophy, with a focus on the period between early modern philosophy and Kant, and on themes in epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, moral psychology
This three-hour symposium on slavery in early modern philosophy will feature Hasana Sharpe (McGill), Aaron Garrett (Boston), and Julia Jorati (Massachusetts).
Robert Mason is a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Toronto. His research interests are in ethics and early modern philosophy.
Prof. Atherton’s research interests include English philosophers of the early modern period, the work of women philosophers in the history of philosophy, and historical issues in the philosophy of psychology.
Professor Shapiro’s research interests include early modern philosophy, feminism and philosophy, and philosophy of mind (especially perception and emotions). She co-authored the volume Emotion and Cognitive Life in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy with our department’s Professor Martin Pickavé.
Professor Winkler is a leading scholar of early modern philosophy best known for his work on Berkeley and Hume. He will deliver a talk titled “Locke on the Scope of Sensitive Knowledge”.
The Québec-Ontario Conference in Early Modern Philosophy will include talks by Christian Leduc (Université de Montréal), Elliot Paul (Queens University), Sandrine Roux (Université du Québec à Montréal), and many more scholars working in early modern philosophy.
