[SydPhil] Conference: The Enlightenment and the Development of Philosophical Anthropology

[Karola Stotz]

Dear Annik,

I am only coming back from Europe Nov 4 but will be there Nov 5. Where is
the boardroom?

Cheers
Karola


On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Anik Waldow <anik.waldow at sydney.edu.au>wrote:

>    *Conference*
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> *The Enlightenment and the Development of Philosophical Anthropology*
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> The conference focuses on the development of various forms of anthropology
> in the second half of the eighteenth century, with a special focus on
> philosophical anthropology, as a distinct discipline that competed with
> metaphysics, both in scope and aim. The birth of philosophical anthropology
> in the mid-eighteenth century and its development well into the nineteenth
> signaled a fundamental shift -- not only did it emphasize the historical
> character of thought, but it also sought to understand the human being in
> context, whether biological, cultural-historical, literary or
> psychological. For this reason, Odo Marquard has termed it one of the
> “three great epochal shifts” (alongside aesthetics and the philosophy of
> history) in the history of modern Europe. The main focus will be on the way
> in which various forms of anthropology, philosophical (Germany) but also
> medical (France) both contributed to and challenged the notion of
> “Enlightenment” in Europe. That the European Enlightenment was a contested
> ground is well known; however, the fact that anthropology played a
> fundamental role in its orientation remains an understudied topic. Many of
> the papers will focus on the role that Johann Gottfried Herder played in
> the development of philosophical anthropology, and in examining the debate
> between him and his former teacher, Immanuel Kant, this conference will be
> one of the first to address the ways in which philosophical anthropology
> developed in relation to the larger project of Enlightenment in Europe.***
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> Dates: 4-6 November 2013****
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> Place: University of Sydney, CCANESA Board Room ****
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> Organisers:****
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> Dalia Nassar, Philosophy Department****
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> Anik Waldow, Philosophy Department****
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> Stephen Gaukroger, History and Philosophy of Science Unit****
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> Sponsors:****
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> School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry****
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> Sydney Intellectual History Network****
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> ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions****
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>  INFO and REGISTRATION:
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> http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/research/conferences.shtml
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> *Programme*
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> *Monday, 4 Nov*
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> 9.15-10.30 Peter Anstey, Sydney: The Enlightenment natural history of man*
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> 10.30-10.45 Morning tea****
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> 10.45-12.00 Charles Wolfe, Ghent: 'Whoever takes man as an object of
> study must expect to have man as an enemy': the tension between naturalism
> and anthropocentrism in La Mettrie and Diderot****
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> 12.00-1.15 Jennifer Milam, Sydney:****
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> Doggie style: Rococo representations of interspecies sensuality and the
> pursuit of *volupté*****
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> Lunch****
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> 2.15-3.30 Stephen Gaukroger, Sydney: The demise of anthropological
> medicine: the challenges of experimental medicine and Mesmerism****
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> Coffee****
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> 3.45-5.00 Ofer Gal, Sydney:****
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> Anthropology vs. metaphysics: Hobbes and Spinoza on the passions****
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> *Tues, 5 Nov*
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> 9.15-10.30 Daniela Helbig, Sydney:****
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> Self-positing: experimental subjects in Kant's thought and in scientific
> practice****
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> 10.30-10.45 Morning tea****
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> 10.45-12.00 Nigel DeSouza, Ottawa:****
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> Between Leibniz and Kant: the philosophical foundations of Herder's
> anthropology****
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> 12.00-13.15 Anik Waldow, Sydney:****
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> Natural history and the formation of the human being: Kant and Herder on
> active forces****
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> Lunch****
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> 2.15-3.30 Dalia Nassar, Sydney:****
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> Kant and Herder on analogy****
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> 3.30-3.45 Coffee****
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> 3.45-5.00 Stefanie Buchenau, Paris:****
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> Herder. From comparative anatomy to philosophical anthropology.****
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> *Wed, 6 Nov*
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> 9.15-10.30 John Zammito, Rice: ****
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> The animal-human boundary and anthropology:  Herder between Reimarus and
> Tetens****
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> 10.30-10.45 Morning tea****
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> 10.45-12.00 Kristin Gjesdal, Temple:****
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> Hermeneutics and anthropology in Herder's early thought****
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> 12.00-1.15 Gabriel Watts, Sydney:****
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> Herder’s theological anthropology****
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> Lunch****
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> 2.15-3.30 Marion Heinz, Siegen:****
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> On the relationship between metaphysics and anthropology in Herder’s early
> writings****
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> 3.30-3.45 Coffee****
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> 3.45-5.00 Michael Forster, Bonn:****
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> Herder’s anthropology and human rights****
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>  Dr. Anik Waldow
> Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy
> School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, Main Quad
> University of Sydney, 2006 NSW
> Australia
> email: anik.waldow at sydney.edu.au
>
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Karola Stotz
Australian Research Fellow
Philosophy Department
University of Sydney

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