South Central Seminar in the History of Early Modern Philosophy
Texas A&M University
Fifteenth Annual Meeting
College Station, TX
September 27-28, 2013
Schedule of Events
Click on paper title for abstract.
Friday, September 27
3:00
Chrissy Meijns, University College London/Yale
“Suárez on the Unity of Inner Sense Power”
4:05
Joseph Zepeda, St. Mary's College, Moraga, California
“Descartes on Abstraction, Exclusion, and Real Distinction”
5:10
Amber Carlson, Notre Dame University
“The Problem of Universals in Descartes’ Dualism”
7:00 Dinner
Saturday, September 28
9:00
Lisa Downing, Ohio State University
“Malebranche: Causation, Volition, Impact”
10:05
Sanem Soyarslan, North Carolina State University
“The Power of Intuitive Knowledge in Spinoza’s Ethics: The Case of
Akrasia”
11:10
Julia Borcherding, Yale University
“Leibniz on Knowing Necessary Truths”
12:15 Lunch
2:00
Stewart Duncan, University of Florida
“Locke and What God Would Not Do”
3:05
Kristen Irwin, Biola University, La Mirada, California
“Locke and Bayle on Religious (In)tolerance”
4:15
Stefan Storrie, Trinity College Dublin
“Berkeley and the Internal 'Ought'”
5:20
Hsueh Qu, New York University
“Hume’s Practically Epistemic Conclusions”
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All sessions will
be held on the Texas A&M University campus in the Philosophy
Department’s Seminar Room, YMCA Building 401 (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 on Friday night by contacting the conference organizer:
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Steve Daniel |
All seminar presenters will have their hotel accommodations at
Residence Inn, College Station and meals paid for
by the Texas A&M Early Modern Philosophy Initiative. Accommodations are available at a special rate for all other
attendees, and parking on campus is available at the Central Campus Parking Garage or the Northside Parking Garage.
This conference is listed (along with other events dealing with the
study of modern philosophy) on the Early
Modern Philosophy Calendar.
Travel: College Station is served by United Airlines via Houston and American Airlines via
Dallas-Fort Worth. College Station is located 100 miles from Houston, 175 miles from
Dallas-Fort Worth, and 100 miles from Austin.
Funding for the seminar is
provided by the Texas A&M Early Modern Philosophy
Initiative and the Department of people.
