Issues in Modern Philosophy Conference Archives

Each conference in the series examines the development of a central philosophical problem from early modern philosophy to the present, exploring the evolution of formulations of the problem and of approaches to resolving it. By examining the work of philosophers of the past both in historical context and in relation to contemporary philosophical thinking, the conferences allow philosophy’s past and present to illuminate one another.

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy will be on hiatus in 2020. The conference will return in 2021 (conditions permitting) in the form of a special edition: a celebration in honor of our colleague Béatrice Longuenesse (see the program below).


Nature, Mind, Freedom — A Conference in Celebration of Béatrice Longuenesse
November 12–13, 2021
New York University, Kimmel Center, Room 914
60 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012


Friday, November 12

9:30–11:10     Session I
                     Speaker: Allen Wood (Indiana University Bloomington)
                     Commentator: Colin Marshall (University of Washington)
                     Chair: Paul Guyer (Brown University)

11:25–1:05    Session II
                    Speaker: Patricia Kitcher (Columbia University)
                    Commentator: Karl Schafer (University of California, Irvine)
                    Chair: Sally Sedgwick (Boston University)

2:55–4:35    Session III
                    Speaker: Gary Hatfield (University of Pennsylvania)
                    Commentator: Nick Stang (University of Toronto)
                    Chair: Michael Friedman (Stanford University)

4:50–6:30   Session IV
                    Speaker: Hannah Ginsborg (University of California Berkeley)
                    Commentator: Stefanie Grüne (University of Cologne)
                    Chair: Karl Ameriks (University of Notre Dame)

 

Saturday, November 13

9:30–11:10    Session V
                    Speaker: Rolf-Peter Horstmann (Humboldt University of Berlin)
                    Commentator: Scott Jenkins (University of Kansas)
                    Chair: Fred Neuhouser (Barnard College)

11:25–1:05    Session VI
                    Speaker: Richard Moran (Harvard University)
                    Commentator: Nick Riggle (University of San Diego)
                    Chair: Chris Prodoehl (NYU)

2:55–4:35    Session VII
                    Speaker: Tyler Burge (UCLA)
                    Commentator: Anja Jauernig (NYU)
                    Chair: Christopher Peacocke (Columbia University)

4:50–6:30    Session VIII
                    Speaker: Béatrice Longuenesse (NYU)
                    Chair: Don Garrett (NYU)

 

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