Dear all, A final reminder that on the 16th April there will be a one day conference on the metaphysics of British Hegelianism in Christ's college (details and full program below).
Although I have asked attendees from outside of Cambridge to register and pay a £10 fee to cover costs, this is not required for those at Cambridge. So, feel free to drop in and out of talks as you please! That said, if you're planning on coming to the lunch and/or dinner, some advance notice would be appreciated so I have a rough idea of numbers. Best, Emily _______________ 'The Metaphysics of British Hegelianism' - 16 April 2012 A one day conference at Christ's College, Cambridge. Supported by the Cambridge Philosophy Faculty, the Centre for Idealism and the New Liberalism at the University of Hull, and the British Idealism Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom. British Hegelianism, or British Idealism, was an especially productive period in British metaphysics. Its proponents - including T. H. Green, Edward Caird, F. H. Bradley, Harold Joachim, Bernard Bosanquet, D. G. Ritchie, Samuel Alexander and J. M. E. McTaggart - discussed a wide range of metaphysical issues including idealism, monism, theism, free will, fundamentality, the nature of truth, the existence of relations and the reality of space and time. Many of these topics are of particular importance to contemporary metaphysics. This conference will discuss these issues and raise contextual questions, investigating the philosophical influences at work on particular metaphysicians. Hegel is the foremost of a large pantheon of further influences, which also includes Plato, Spinoza, Locke, the Cambridge neo-Platonists and Lotze. Indeed, one might question the appropriateness of labelling the movement at all, given that neither 'British Hegelianism' nor 'British Idealism' provide perfect labels: there are Hegelians who are not idealists, and idealists who are not Hegelians. British Hegelianism has been neglected but the last few years have seen an increasing wave of interest in the subject, as evidenced not least by Robert Stern's 'Hegelian Metaphysics', William Mander's 'British Idealism' and Imprint Academic's new monograph series 'British Idealist Studies'. This conference will provide a venue for furthering that interest, featuring many of the eminent scholars in the area. The conference will take place in the Lloyd Room, Christ's College, Cambridge. Any queries should also be directed to Emily at [email protected] _________________________ Conference Program: 9:30 - 10:00 Arrival and coffee 10:00 - 11:15 Keynote: Prof. Robert Stern (Sheffield) "Determination is negation: The adventures of a doctrine from Spinoza to Hegel to the British Idealists" Chair: Dr. Fraser MacBride 11:15 - 11:30 Break 11:30 - 12:30 Dr. Giuseppina D'Oro (Keele) "Varieties of Idealism" Chair: Prof. James Connelly 12:30 - 13:30 Sandwich lunch in the Lloyds Room 13:30 - 14:30 Dr. Colin Tyler (Hull) "T. H. Green and the Metaphysics of the Self" Chair: Alexander Greenberg 14:30 - 15:30 Emily Thomas (Cambridge) "Space, Time and Samuel Alexander" Chair: Dr. Sacha Golob 15:30 - 16:00 Break and coffee 16:00 - 17:00 Dr. William Mander (Oxford) "T. H. Green's Metaphysics of Free Will" Chair: Dr Arif Ahmed 17:00 - 18:00 Prof. David Boucher (Cardiff) "'Oakeshott and Idealist Metaphysics" Chair: Dr Jessica Leech 18:00 Informal conference dinner _____________________________________________________ Sent by the CamPhilEvents mailing list. To unsubscribe or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents Posts are archived here: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive
