South Central Seminar in the History of Early Modern Philosophy

University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK
November 16-17, 2007

The ninth annual meeting of the South Central Seminar in the History of Early Modern Philosophy will be held Friday-Saturday, November 16-17, 2007, at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Like similar seminars in other parts of the country, the South Central Seminar is an informal group designed to foster interaction among scholars working on topics in the history of early modern people.

Schedule of Events

Click on paper title for abstract and photo of presenter.

Friday, November 16

3:00   Justin Steinberg, Colby College (Maine)
          An Inquiry into the Binding Force of Hobbes's Artificial Chains

4:00   Geoff Gorham, St. Olaf College (Minnesota)
          'The Twin Brother of Space': Spatial Analogies in Precursors of Absolute Time

5:00   Michael J. Deem, Texas A&M University
          'Representare' and 'Exhibere': Descartes' Theory of Representation in the Third Meditation

7:30   Dinner

Saturday, November 17

9:00     Patricia Easton, Claremont Graduate University
            Descartes and the Birth of Psychiatry: The Cartesian Doctor, François Bayle (1622-1709)

10:00   Andrew Youpa, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
            Spinoza's Model of Human Nature

11:00   Jan-Erik Jones, Southern Virginia University
            Lockean Real Essences and Natural Kinds

12:00   Lunch

2:00     John Whipple, University of Illinois at Chicago
            The Structure of Leibnizian Simple Substances

3:00     David Forman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
            'Le franc arbitre et le serf arbitre sont une même chose': Leibniz on Freedom as Knowledge and Sin as Ignorance

All sessions will be held on the University of Tulsa campus in the Dean's Conference Room in Chapman Hall (click for campus map). Although there is no registration fee for the seminar, we ask that you register for the seminar and indicate your intention to attend the seminar dinner by contacting either

Michael Futch Department of Philosophy University of Tulsa Phone: 918-631-2962 Email: michael-futch@utulsa.edu

or

Steve Daniel Department of Philosophy Texas A&M University Phone: 979-845-5619 or 979-846-4649 Email: sdaniel@people.tamu.edu

Accommodations are available at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. To make a reservation, call 800-327-0200, tell them you want to make a reservation at the Crowne Plaza in Tulsa for one of the rooms in the block *("star") SCS (South Central Seminar), booking code 579. Confirm that the room rate is $79/night. The rate for two people is the same as for one, and rooms with double beds as well as king beds are available. You should check on such details when you call.

The hotel provides a free shuttle to and from the airport which is eight miles away; just call the hotel when you arrive and they will send a shuttle to pick you up. Our first presentation on Friday is at 3:00 on the U of Tulsa campus (which is about three miles from the Crowne Plaza). Michael will come by the hotel at 2:15 to shuttle people over to the campus.