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• 06 déc 2014

  Paris

  Study days - History

  Shaping the Brain

  In the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period

  The brain has, throughout history, been considered an important achievement in the creation of man, although often secondary to the soul and the heart. Our knowledge about how the brain has been conceived in the past is, however, very fractional, especially for the late Medieval and early modern periods. This conference looks to re-situate the question of knowing the brain anew in a dialogue between medicine (anatomy, physiology and pathology) and natural philosophy (inter alia physics, biology and psychology). 

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• 20 déc 2014

  Valenciennes

  Call for papers - Religion

  Religious fanaticism from the 16th century to the present day

  When religion escapes reason

  Dans une formule synthétique, l’article « Superstition » de l’encyclopédie dirigée par Diderot et d’Alembert indique une urgence à méditer et une recherche à engager : « La superstition mise en action constitue proprement le fanatisme. » Notre colloque, éclairé par cette affirmation, tentera de rendre compte des définitions possibles du fanatisme religieux du XVI^e siècle à nos jours. On se demandera comment ce fanatisme surgit en dehors mais aussi dans les religions ; comment, à l’insu de ces dernières, les convictions peuvent parfois dériver vers le fanatisme. Car le fanatique ne se sait pas fanatique ; résister au fanatisme a pour effet de lui donner les apparats de la légitimité, ce qui conforte le fanatique dans ses propres positions.

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• 01 jui 2014

  Call for papers - Europe

  Happiness

  Special issue of the South African Journal of Philosophy

  What is happiness and how do we know when we have achieved it? Why do we desire happiness, and should we desire it? Is happiness a mental state or a prudential value, a subjective experience or the fulfilment of objective criteria, the satisfaction of desire or a measure of overall well-being? Is happiness culturally determined? What is the relationship between happiness and the good? What can the history of philosophy teach us about the idea of happiness? This special issue of the South African Journal of Philosophy invites contributions on these and other philosophical questions related to happiness.

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