5-6 May 2015, University of Aberdeen
This conference will explore themes of proportion, ratio, equality, and harmony in Spinoza’s philosophy. On Day 2 there is a special emphasis on Spinoza in relation to architecture and housing (papers by Frichot, Rawes, Kodalak, and White). This conference is part of the AHRC Equalities of Wellbeing in Philosophy and Architecture project and is funded by the AHRC.
Provisional programme, further information, and registration available now at:
https://equalitiesofwellbeing.wordpress.com
All are welcome to attend. Attendance is free, but advance registration is required.
NB: The Scottish Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy takes place on May 7-8 in St. Andrews, 90 minutes away by train, for those who wish to combine the events.
Organization/contact: Beth Lord s.b.lord@abdn.ac.uk
Tuesday 5 May
9:30 Welcome and introduction
9:35-10:45 Simon Duffy (Yale-NUS College, Singapore), “Proportion as a barometer of the affective life in Spinoza”
10:45-11:55 Valtteri Viljanen (University of Turku), “Spinoza’s ontology geometrically illustrated: a reading of Ethics 2P8S”
12:00-1:00 Lunch (Not provided)
1:00-2:10 Anthony Uhlmann (University of Western Sydney), “‘The eyes of the mind’: ratio and art in Spinoza and Swift”
2:10-3:20 Timothy Yenter (University of Mississippi), “Harmony in Spinoza and his critics”
3:20-3:40 Coffee Break
3:40-4:50 Beth Lord (University of Aberdeen), “Spinoza’s ratios and relational autonomy”
5:00-6:10 Heidi Ravven (Hamilton College) (by Skype), “Ratio and activity: Spinoza’s biologizing of the mind in an Aristotelian key”
7:30 Conference Dinner (Speakers and others by advance booking only)
Wednesday 6 May
9:30-10:40 Mike LeBuffe (University of Otago ) (by Skype), “The place of body in Spinoza’s metaphysics”
10:50-12:00 Helene Frichot (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm), “Slownesses and Speeds, Latitudes and Longitudes: In the Vicinity of Beatitude”
12:00-1:00 Lunch: the Hub (Not provided)
1:00-2:10 Gokhan Kodalak (Cornell University), “Spinoza, affective architecture, and proportionate power”
2:10-3:20 Peg Rawes (Bartlett UCL), Dissimiliarity: Spinoza’s geometric ratios and housing crises
3:20-3:40 Coffee Break
3:40-4:50 Stefan White (Manchester Metropolitan University), “The greater part: how intuition makes a better world”
5:00 Finish