Reframing Maine de Biran: Readings, Effects, Resonances
Friday 23 June 2023
University of Oxford, Wadham College, Knowles Room
The event is free and open to the public. To attend online please email the conference organizer: alessandra.aloisi@oriel.ox.ac.uk
Supported by the British Society for the History of Philosophy (https://bshp.org.uk/) and the University of Roma Tre
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Programme
10:30-11:00 Opening remarks by Alessandra Aloisi
Morning Session (chair Mogens Laerke)
11:00-11:30 Mark Sinclair: ‘The Question of Free Will in Biran’s Voluntarism’
11:30-12:00 Denise Vincenti: ‘A “touchy” question: Maine de Biran on Molyneux’s problem and the role of touch in spatial perception’
12:00-12:30 Discussion
12:30-14:30 Lunch Break
Afternoon Session (chair Alessandra Aloisi)
14:30-15:00 Luis Umbelino: ‘Maine de Biran on the experience of the touching-touched body’
15:00-15:30 Benjamin Bâcle: ‘De l’effort à la reprise: Jean Nabert continuateur de Maine de Biran’
15:30-16:00 Discussion
16:30-17:00 Marco Piazza: Presentation of the Centre for the Philosophies of Habit.
17:00-18:30 Drinks reception