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• 19 oct 2010

  Oxford

  Study days - Early modern

  Power of Spirit and Imagination in 17th Century

  In this workshop, scholars from different disciplines will work together to study the early modern imagination. In particular, we are interested in the relation between general conceptions of the imagination at the time and more specific and controversial ideas of a creative, active and forceful imagination. This powerful imagination was dependent on ‘spirit’ in its different meanings in the early modern period (human spirit, demons, animal and other spirits, spirit of nature, etc.), resulting in a rich variety of opinions. These ideas of an active imagination and of powerful spirits, in their full complexity and diversity, were transmitted between philosophy, literature, medicine, the sciences, witchcraft, demonology as well as religion, and the workshop aims at unearthing the exchanges between these various fields.

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• 15 déc 2010

  Paris

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable

  Abstracts on any topic in philosophy of the social sciences or in the philosophy of social phenomena are welcome. We especially welcome papers that tackle philosophical issues as they arise in, and are consequential for, practicing social scientists. We will assemble a two-day program of papers to be presented in workshop format so that intensive discussion can be the focus of the meeting. We choose papers with the aim of ensuring a broad mix of topics and of presenters from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, and we particularly welcome contributions from junior colleagues and colleagues new to the area. Send a one-page abstract to any member of the program committee by December 15, 2010.

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• 20 nov 2010

  Nanterre

  Call for papers - Early modern

  Discourses on Method in Early Modern England: Towards a Modern Order?

  Appel à contributions pour le colloque interdisciplinaire « Les discours de la méthode en Angleterre, XVIe-XVIIe siècles : vers un ordre moderne ? », organisé à l’Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense, les 1er et 2 avril 2011. Les propositions de communication sont à envoyer d’ici le 20 novembre 2010.

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