DescartesLab
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Online Seminar "DescartesLaboratory" directed by Fabrizio Baldassarri and Simone Guidi on the 17th-century philosopher Descartes and the reception of his thought and science
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Next season of #DescartesLab is now available⤵️
The first meeting is on Nov.11, 2025 - with Steve Nadler's book on La Forge. Then, we'll discuss Cartesian ontology, Cartesian linguistic and Descartes' politics - a broad array of topics, ranging from science to philosophy and social life #17thcentury
The first meeting is on Nov.11, 2025 - with Steve Nadler's book on La Forge. Then, we'll discuss Cartesian ontology, Cartesian linguistic and Descartes' politics - a broad array of topics, ranging from science to philosophy and social life #17thcentury
a great podcast by Gideon Manning, one of the best in shedding ligh on all the cornerns of #Descartesmedicine. In the Meditationes Descartes opposes the certainty of the ego cogito with the uncertainties of the human nature, the topic of medical knowledge
#histsci
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#histsci
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November 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
a great podcast by Gideon Manning, one of the best in shedding ligh on all the cornerns of #Descartesmedicine. In the Meditationes Descartes opposes the certainty of the ego cogito with the uncertainties of the human nature, the topic of medical knowledge
#histsci
works.hcommons.org/records/pzyj...
#histsci
works.hcommons.org/records/pzyj...
Two events at Fribourg University in Switzerland, with Francesco Marrone discussing #Descartes #Cartesianism and #Scholasticism at large, especially dealing with doubt, will, reality, and objectification #17thcentury #histphilo
October 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Two events at Fribourg University in Switzerland, with Francesco Marrone discussing #Descartes #Cartesianism and #Scholasticism at large, especially dealing with doubt, will, reality, and objectification #17thcentury #histphilo
In 2024 #DescartesLab, M. Zapulla and R. Putignano discussed R. Andrault's book "Le fer ou le feu" - from this presentation, R. Putignano has published a book review, now out for the #GiornaleCriticodellaFilosofiaItalia #histphilo #histsci #histmed #Cartesianism
www.lelettere.it/libro/24005-...
www.lelettere.it/libro/24005-...
Giornale critico della filosofia italiana: CIV, 1, 2025.
FABIO FROSINI, Leonardo da Vinci: l’orizzonte, la pittura, la natura ANNA FANTONI, «L’imperialismo è la parola d’ordine». Édouard Driault fonte di Antonio Labriola Studi e ricerche GIANLUCA MORI, A Cl...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
In 2024 #DescartesLab, M. Zapulla and R. Putignano discussed R. Andrault's book "Le fer ou le feu" - from this presentation, R. Putignano has published a book review, now out for the #GiornaleCriticodellaFilosofiaItalia #histphilo #histsci #histmed #Cartesianism
www.lelettere.it/libro/24005-...
www.lelettere.it/libro/24005-...
Next #DescartesLaboratory⤵️
November 11th, with Delphine Antoine-Mahut and Carmine Taddeo to discuss Steven Nadler's The Good Cartesian👌🧠
The event is online, everyone is welcome
#Descartes #histsci #histphilo #17thcentury #histmed
Email us for info!
fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/n...
November 11th, with Delphine Antoine-Mahut and Carmine Taddeo to discuss Steven Nadler's The Good Cartesian👌🧠
The event is online, everyone is welcome
#Descartes #histsci #histphilo #17thcentury #histmed
Email us for info!
fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/n...
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Next #DescartesLaboratory⤵️
November 11th, with Delphine Antoine-Mahut and Carmine Taddeo to discuss Steven Nadler's The Good Cartesian👌🧠
The event is online, everyone is welcome
#Descartes #histsci #histphilo #17thcentury #histmed
Email us for info!
fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/n...
November 11th, with Delphine Antoine-Mahut and Carmine Taddeo to discuss Steven Nadler's The Good Cartesian👌🧠
The event is online, everyone is welcome
#Descartes #histsci #histphilo #17thcentury #histmed
Email us for info!
fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/n...
a fascinating podcast on Descartes's involvement with the sciences and medicine - yet, there are lights and shadows, as a powerful ambivalence nuances his medical research. #descartes #histsci #histmed #histphilo #ambivalence #metaphysics #17thcentury
Today's new episode: Cartesian Science!
From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesian-sc...
#hopwag #philsky #descartes #historyofscience #podcasts
From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesian-sc...
#hopwag #philsky #descartes #historyofscience #podcasts
October 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
a fascinating podcast on Descartes's involvement with the sciences and medicine - yet, there are lights and shadows, as a powerful ambivalence nuances his medical research. #descartes #histsci #histmed #histphilo #ambivalence #metaphysics #17thcentury
A lecture at Università Cattolica in Milan - Tuesday 21st October on Descarters's metaphysical medicine. #Descartes #medicine #clinic #metaphysics #metaphysicaltherapy #madness #histsci #histmed #histphilo
It sounds fascinating - organizer: Elena Rapetti
It sounds fascinating - organizer: Elena Rapetti
October 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A lecture at Università Cattolica in Milan - Tuesday 21st October on Descarters's metaphysical medicine. #Descartes #medicine #clinic #metaphysics #metaphysicaltherapy #madness #histsci #histmed #histphilo
It sounds fascinating - organizer: Elena Rapetti
It sounds fascinating - organizer: Elena Rapetti
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New issue of Journal of the History of Philosophy-Volume 63, No. 4 ( 2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55698 @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New issue of Journal of the History of Philosophy-Volume 63, No. 4 ( 2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55698 @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social
📢 #bluehistorians #Skystorians Please follow this event on Cartesian studies #Descartes #17thcentury #histphilo #Cartesianism #histsci in Bari
October 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📢 #bluehistorians #Skystorians Please follow this event on Cartesian studies #Descartes #17thcentury #histphilo #Cartesianism #histsci in Bari
Descartes mentioned some free fall experiment from the clocktower in Utrecht - and it is plausible that his Dutch fellows were discussing this issue at length #earlymodernphysics #histsci #descartes #galileo #freefall #PisaTower #histphilo #nature
Who actually dropped balls from towers?
Who dropped them best?
Who dropped them best?
October 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Descartes mentioned some free fall experiment from the clocktower in Utrecht - and it is plausible that his Dutch fellows were discussing this issue at length #earlymodernphysics #histsci #descartes #galileo #freefall #PisaTower #histphilo #nature
#RomanaeDisputationes Igor Agostini's talk on the ego (the notion of self) in Descartes - the talk is in Italian
#Descartes #histphilo #17thcentury #philosophy #Hegel #earlymodern
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH5p...
#Descartes #histphilo #17thcentury #philosophy #Hegel #earlymodern
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH5p...
October 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
#RomanaeDisputationes Igor Agostini's talk on the ego (the notion of self) in Descartes - the talk is in Italian
#Descartes #histphilo #17thcentury #philosophy #Hegel #earlymodern
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH5p...
#Descartes #histphilo #17thcentury #philosophy #Hegel #earlymodern
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH5p...
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I have uploaded on KCommons my paragraph on Descartes's ambiguous interpretation of animals as machines, from my book on #Descartes's studies of particular bodies (Springer24) #animal #automata
It raises a vivid debate and I am happy to discuss it further
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It raises a vivid debate and I am happy to discuss it further
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Animals - 6.1 Automata and animal bodies
Despite the efficacy of Descartes's animal-machine analogy, a crucial issue affects his mechanization of animal bodies. This reduction works for the animal in general, that is an abstract representati...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I have uploaded on KCommons my paragraph on Descartes's ambiguous interpretation of animals as machines, from my book on #Descartes's studies of particular bodies (Springer24) #animal #automata
It raises a vivid debate and I am happy to discuss it further
works.hcommons.org/records/k0qp...
It raises a vivid debate and I am happy to discuss it further
works.hcommons.org/records/k0qp...
📢CFP: THE PHILOSOPHY OF FRANCISCO SUÁREZ
The University of Groningen will be hosting a workshop on the philosophy of Francisco Suárez, 10-11 April 2026.
Send an abstract by December 1st to the organizers, M. Rozemond and Han Thomas Adriaenssen #histphilo #suarez #scholasticism #earlymodern
The University of Groningen will be hosting a workshop on the philosophy of Francisco Suárez, 10-11 April 2026.
Send an abstract by December 1st to the organizers, M. Rozemond and Han Thomas Adriaenssen #histphilo #suarez #scholasticism #earlymodern
October 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
📢CFP: THE PHILOSOPHY OF FRANCISCO SUÁREZ
The University of Groningen will be hosting a workshop on the philosophy of Francisco Suárez, 10-11 April 2026.
Send an abstract by December 1st to the organizers, M. Rozemond and Han Thomas Adriaenssen #histphilo #suarez #scholasticism #earlymodern
The University of Groningen will be hosting a workshop on the philosophy of Francisco Suárez, 10-11 April 2026.
Send an abstract by December 1st to the organizers, M. Rozemond and Han Thomas Adriaenssen #histphilo #suarez #scholasticism #earlymodern
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More than 50 scholars joined us today for the presentation of my book on Descartes. Many thanks to Igor Agostini and the Centro Dipartimentale di Studi su Descartes, who made It possibile, to Daniel Garber and Deborah Brown for their deep and nice comments, and the engaging discussion!
October 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
More than 50 scholars joined us today for the presentation of my book on Descartes. Many thanks to Igor Agostini and the Centro Dipartimentale di Studi su Descartes, who made It possibile, to Daniel Garber and Deborah Brown for their deep and nice comments, and the engaging discussion!
Book launch🍾
On October 6th -- at 4.00 pm (Italy time) / 10.00 (New York time)
The event is online and free of attendance
contact: cartesianlaboratory@gmail.com
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#DescartesLab #Descartes #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury #particularbodies
#earlymodern
On October 6th -- at 4.00 pm (Italy time) / 10.00 (New York time)
The event is online and free of attendance
contact: cartesianlaboratory@gmail.com
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#DescartesLab #Descartes #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury #particularbodies
#earlymodern
September 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Book launch🍾
On October 6th -- at 4.00 pm (Italy time) / 10.00 (New York time)
The event is online and free of attendance
contact: cartesianlaboratory@gmail.com
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#DescartesLab #Descartes #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury #particularbodies
#earlymodern
On October 6th -- at 4.00 pm (Italy time) / 10.00 (New York time)
The event is online and free of attendance
contact: cartesianlaboratory@gmail.com
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#DescartesLab #Descartes #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury #particularbodies
#earlymodern
The next #ForumDescartes will be in Torino - January 21-23, 2026 - the CFP is available (submission by September 15)
Share and apply if you are working on #Descartes #Cartesianism #17thcentury #histphilo #histsci
The lineup of organizers is important!
#Phdstudents #graduatestudents #philosophers
Share and apply if you are working on #Descartes #Cartesianism #17thcentury #histphilo #histsci
The lineup of organizers is important!
#Phdstudents #graduatestudents #philosophers
July 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The next #ForumDescartes will be in Torino - January 21-23, 2026 - the CFP is available (submission by September 15)
Share and apply if you are working on #Descartes #Cartesianism #17thcentury #histphilo #histsci
The lineup of organizers is important!
#Phdstudents #graduatestudents #philosophers
Share and apply if you are working on #Descartes #Cartesianism #17thcentury #histphilo #histsci
The lineup of organizers is important!
#Phdstudents #graduatestudents #philosophers
Next season of #DescartesLab is now available⤵️
The first meeting is on Nov.11, 2025 - with Steve Nadler's book on La Forge. Then, we'll discuss Cartesian ontology, Cartesian linguistic and Descartes' politics - a broad array of topics, ranging from science to philosophy and social life #17thcentury
The first meeting is on Nov.11, 2025 - with Steve Nadler's book on La Forge. Then, we'll discuss Cartesian ontology, Cartesian linguistic and Descartes' politics - a broad array of topics, ranging from science to philosophy and social life #17thcentury
July 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Next season of #DescartesLab is now available⤵️
The first meeting is on Nov.11, 2025 - with Steve Nadler's book on La Forge. Then, we'll discuss Cartesian ontology, Cartesian linguistic and Descartes' politics - a broad array of topics, ranging from science to philosophy and social life #17thcentury
The first meeting is on Nov.11, 2025 - with Steve Nadler's book on La Forge. Then, we'll discuss Cartesian ontology, Cartesian linguistic and Descartes' politics - a broad array of topics, ranging from science to philosophy and social life #17thcentury
Next #EarlyModernLab at University of Technology of Nuremberg, run by Dana Jalobeanu will feature Dan Garber speaking of "Reading the Rocks: Steno vs Descartes on the Anatomy of the Earth"
Wednesday 18th June - 5.00 pm CET time #histphilo #Descartes #17thcentury
Wednesday 18th June - 5.00 pm CET time #histphilo #Descartes #17thcentury
June 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Next #EarlyModernLab at University of Technology of Nuremberg, run by Dana Jalobeanu will feature Dan Garber speaking of "Reading the Rocks: Steno vs Descartes on the Anatomy of the Earth"
Wednesday 18th June - 5.00 pm CET time #histphilo #Descartes #17thcentury
Wednesday 18th June - 5.00 pm CET time #histphilo #Descartes #17thcentury
June 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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📣 #bluestorians #skystorians Happy to share that on October 6th, 2025, I discuss my book on #Descartes with Dan Garber and Deb Brown - who are 2 of the major Cartesian scholars of our time - chair: Igor Agostini #17thcent #earlymodern #histphilo #individualbodies
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
May 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
📣 #bluestorians #skystorians Happy to share that on October 6th, 2025, I discuss my book on #Descartes with Dan Garber and Deb Brown - who are 2 of the major Cartesian scholars of our time - chair: Igor Agostini #17thcent #earlymodern #histphilo #individualbodies
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
🖼 Italian Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy (ISEMP)
🗓️ 10-11-12 June, 2025
🎗 Keynote Speakers: Vincent Carraud, Giuseppe D'Anna, Yitzhak Melamed
📍 ROOM DO101, Palazzo Donatello, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Check the poster for details #histphilo #17thcentury #Descartes
🗓️ 10-11-12 June, 2025
🎗 Keynote Speakers: Vincent Carraud, Giuseppe D'Anna, Yitzhak Melamed
📍 ROOM DO101, Palazzo Donatello, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Check the poster for details #histphilo #17thcentury #Descartes
May 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🖼 Italian Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy (ISEMP)
🗓️ 10-11-12 June, 2025
🎗 Keynote Speakers: Vincent Carraud, Giuseppe D'Anna, Yitzhak Melamed
📍 ROOM DO101, Palazzo Donatello, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Check the poster for details #histphilo #17thcentury #Descartes
🗓️ 10-11-12 June, 2025
🎗 Keynote Speakers: Vincent Carraud, Giuseppe D'Anna, Yitzhak Melamed
📍 ROOM DO101, Palazzo Donatello, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Check the poster for details #histphilo #17thcentury #Descartes
The coming week is rich with #Cartesian events.
On Wed 14th May, Giulianno Gasparri will discuss Herbert of Cherbury's De Veritate,
while on Fri 16th May, Delphine Bellis and Christoph Sander present @melissalo.bsky.social monograph on figuring #Descartes' natural philosophy
posters below #histsci
On Wed 14th May, Giulianno Gasparri will discuss Herbert of Cherbury's De Veritate,
while on Fri 16th May, Delphine Bellis and Christoph Sander present @melissalo.bsky.social monograph on figuring #Descartes' natural philosophy
posters below #histsci
May 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The coming week is rich with #Cartesian events.
On Wed 14th May, Giulianno Gasparri will discuss Herbert of Cherbury's De Veritate,
while on Fri 16th May, Delphine Bellis and Christoph Sander present @melissalo.bsky.social monograph on figuring #Descartes' natural philosophy
posters below #histsci
On Wed 14th May, Giulianno Gasparri will discuss Herbert of Cherbury's De Veritate,
while on Fri 16th May, Delphine Bellis and Christoph Sander present @melissalo.bsky.social monograph on figuring #Descartes' natural philosophy
posters below #histsci
notcom.hypotheses.org/5074?fbclid=...
Daniel Garber on the history and philosophy of seventeenth century science
Daniel Garber on the history and philosophy of seventeenth century science
Sciences and the History of Philosophy — With Dan Garber
In this episode, we meet Dan Garber from Princeton University to discuss the relation between Sciences and the History of Philosophy. Listen here: *** OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as...
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May 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Daniel Garber on the history and philosophy of seventeenth century science
Daniel Garber on the history and philosophy of seventeenth century science
Next #DescartesLab Is on @melissalo.bsky.social 's book on Descartes's picturing natural philosophy, a quite inspiring research topic. With Delphine Bellis and Christoph Sander
Join us on May 16th at 5pm (Italy )/11 am (EAST) - spread the word #descartes #earlymodern #17thcentury #histphilo #images
Join us on May 16th at 5pm (Italy )/11 am (EAST) - spread the word #descartes #earlymodern #17thcentury #histphilo #images
May 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Next #DescartesLab Is on @melissalo.bsky.social 's book on Descartes's picturing natural philosophy, a quite inspiring research topic. With Delphine Bellis and Christoph Sander
Join us on May 16th at 5pm (Italy )/11 am (EAST) - spread the word #descartes #earlymodern #17thcentury #histphilo #images
Join us on May 16th at 5pm (Italy )/11 am (EAST) - spread the word #descartes #earlymodern #17thcentury #histphilo #images
The new series of the Seminari Cartesiani di Villa Mirafiori - organized by Claudio Buccolini and Francesco Fronterotta #Descartes #17thcentury #histphilo
April 30: Igor Agostini on the substance and attributes in Descartes
May 6: Fiormichele Benigni
May 14: Giuliano Gasparri
All details below
April 30: Igor Agostini on the substance and attributes in Descartes
May 6: Fiormichele Benigni
May 14: Giuliano Gasparri
All details below
April 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The new series of the Seminari Cartesiani di Villa Mirafiori - organized by Claudio Buccolini and Francesco Fronterotta #Descartes #17thcentury #histphilo
April 30: Igor Agostini on the substance and attributes in Descartes
May 6: Fiormichele Benigni
May 14: Giuliano Gasparri
All details below
April 30: Igor Agostini on the substance and attributes in Descartes
May 6: Fiormichele Benigni
May 14: Giuliano Gasparri
All details below
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Coming up on Sunday: we start to dig into Descartes' thought properly, with a look at his mathematical physics, which is really the core of his philosophy as a whole.
April 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Coming up on Sunday: we start to dig into Descartes' thought properly, with a look at his mathematical physics, which is really the core of his philosophy as a whole.