7th Annual
Oxford Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Weekend of October 23-24, 2010

Faculty of Philosophy 10 Merton St., Oxford

A list of the papers presented follows below


Schedule of Talks
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Saturday October 23

9.00-9.45 - Coffee

9.45-10.45

'Leibniz on Metaphysical Evil Revisited.'

Maria Rosa Antognazza (King's College, London)

10.45-11.45
'Leibniz's Irenic Account of Substance.'
Jeff McDonough (Harvard University)


11.45-12.15 - Break

12.15-1.15

'Revisiting Humean & Smithean Sympathy from a (Mostly) Humean Perspective.'

Kate Abramson (Indiana University)

1.15-2.30 - LUNCH

2.30-3.30
'Spinoza on Truth and Falsity.'
Alan Nelson (University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill)


3.30-4.30
'Spinoza on Causation and Conception.'
John Morrison (Barnard College, Columbia University)

4.30-5.00 - Break

5.00-6.00
'Hobbes' Mereological Antirealism.'
Dan Kaufman (University of Colorado)



Sunday October 24

9.00-9.30 -- Coffee

9.30-10.30

'"The Supposed but unknown": A Functionalist Account of Locke's Substratum.'

Han-Kyul Kim (Temple University)

10.30-11.30
'Nominal Powers.'
Robert Pasnau (University of Colorado)

11.30-12.00 - Break

12.00-1.00

'Ethics in Descartes and the First Cartesians.'

Roger Ariew (University of South Florida)


For details of previous years' programmes see:
Oxford Seminar 2004
Oxford Seminar 2005
Oxford Seminar 2006
Oxford Seminar 2007
Oxford Seminar 2008

Oxford Seminar 2009
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Please note: there will be no accommodation arranged for the conference.

Those wishing to attend may find the following websites useful

http://www.visitoxford.org/
http://www.stayoxford.co.uk/

(Virutal Tour of Oxford - click here)

 

The seminar is made possible by the generous support of the
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford.