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SOCIETY AND HUMAN NATURE: A Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Edgecliffe, Room 104, University of 58³Ô¹Ï
9:30-10:00: Welcome coffee
Morning session:
Chair: James Harris (University of 58³Ô¹Ï)
10:00-10:45: David Harmon (University of 58³Ô¹Ï) “The Model of Human Nature and Whether ‘Ought’ Implies ‘Can’ in Spinozaâ€
10:45-11:30: Ruth Boeker (University College Dublin) “Catharine Trotter Cockburn on Self-interest, Self-love, and Benevolenceâ€
11:30-12:00: Coffee Break
12:00-12:45: M. Folescu (University of Missouri) “Some remarks on Mary Shepherd’s Essays on the Perception of an External Universeâ€
12:45-14:00: Lunch
Afternoon session:
Chair: Mara van der Lugt (University of 58³Ô¹Ï)
14:00-14.45: Xiao Qi (University of 58³Ô¹Ï) “Unpacking the Sentiment of Moral Obligation in Hume’s Treatise: Ambiguities and Tentative Solutionsâ€
14:45-15:30: Catherine Dromelet (University of Antwerp) “Hume and Durkheim. Common views on socialityâ€
15:30-16:00: Coffee Break
16:00-16:45: Tim Stuart-Buttle (University of York) “‘The only true conservatism’: Hume, Dewey, and the experimental method in moralsâ€
18:00: Dinner
Please email eg240@st.andrews.ac.uk by 10 June to register
Organized by Enrico Galvagni with the generous support of the University of 58³Ô¹Ï, St Leonard’s Postgraduate College, Scots Philosophical Association, CEPPA, and the British Society for the History of Philosophy