Il socio Stefano Palagiano partecipa al Convegno dell'Università di Lodz (PL)

The Centre for the Philosophy of Nature of the University of Lodz
& Department of the History of Philosophy of the University of Lodz

 
 
17th Century Philosophy, Its Sources and Continuations in Natural Sciences: Astronomy - Astrology - Medicine
Łódź, Poland, 8–10 September 2021
 
Institute of Philosophy, University of Lodz Lindleya Street 3/5

3rd floor, I. Lazari-Pawłowska Room

 
The subject of this edition of the annual 17th Century Philosophy Conference are the connections of seventeenth-century philosophy with early modern science. 'Science' is understood in the historically relativized sense of the term, and thus not limited by the contemporary classification of scientific disciplines. The aim of the conference is to establish paradigmatic connections and show mutual inspirations or theoretical interactions between the philosophical thought of the 17th century and early modern scientific reflection, which was carried out in the fields of both mathematical and natural sciences – with an emphasis on the relationship between philosophy and astronomy, astrology and medicine.
 
 

Organizers:

Professor Elżbieta Jung, PhD, MSc • Director of The Centre for the Philosophy of Nature

Bartosz Żukowski, PhD • Chairman of the Organizing Committee

Marcin Leszczyński, PhD • Secretary of the conference

Wednesday, September 8^th
 
9³⁰                        Welcome
 
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
10⁰⁰-11⁰⁰             Jozef Matula (Palacký University Olomouc)
The Status of Astrology, Human Soul, and the Emergence of Modern Science
 
11⁰⁰-11¹⁵             Coffee break
 
SESSION 1: ASTRONOMY - MECHANICS
Chair: Jozef Matula
11¹⁵-11⁴⁵             Daniel Špelda (Masaryk University in Brno)
Two Early Modern Views of the Universe: Cartesian Natural Philosophy and Professional Astronomy
11⁴⁵-12¹⁵ online      Andreas Athanasakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Copernicus' Criticism of the Traditional Astronomical Principles
12¹⁵-12⁴⁵ online      Takaharu Oda (Trinity College Dublin)
Toland's and Berkeley's Appropriations of Newton in the Irish Context
 
12⁴⁵-14⁰⁰             Lunch break
 
KEYNOTE ADDRESS

14¹⁵-15¹⁵             André Goddu (Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts)

Philosophy and Mathematics in the Time of Plague
 
15¹⁵-15³⁰             Coffee break
 

 
Chair: Przemysław Gut

SESSION 2: ASTRONOMY

15³⁰-16⁰⁰             Adam Świeżyński (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw)
Recepcja Kopernikańskiego obrazu wszechświata u przedstawicieli filozofii żydowskiej XVII wieku (David Gans, Salomon Delmedigo)
16⁰⁰-16³⁰             Bogusław Maryniak (Public Secondary School of the University of Lodz) Infographics                         and    Symbolism.    Johannes   Hevelius    and    His    "Atlas    of Constellations" Against the Background of Astronomical Knowledge of the Seventeenth Century
16³⁰-17⁰⁰             Zofia Hałęza (University of Lodz), Bogusław Maryniak (Public Secondary School of the University of Lodz)
Moon Travel – Witches' Sabbath or Scientific Hypothesis? (Johannes Kepler and Trial of His Mother, Catherine)

Thursday, September 9^th

 
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
10⁰⁰-11⁰⁰             Charles T. Wolfe (Université Toulouse)
On the Possibility of an Intelligent Materialism: Historiographic and Typological Remarks
11⁰⁰-11¹⁵             Coffee break
 
SESSION 3: MEDICINE - PHYSIOLOGY
Chair: Bogdan Lisiak
11¹⁵-11⁴⁵             Marcin Leszczyński (University of Lodz)
The Birth of Medicine from the Spirit of Epicure – Thomas Willis and Pierre Gassendi
11⁴⁵-12¹⁵ online      Tomasz Stegliński (University of Lodz)
Astrologia, chiromancja i metoposkopia jako uzupełnienie fizjonomicznego obrazu duszy w filozofii Marin Cureau de la Chambre'a
12¹⁵-12⁴⁵             Joanna Usakiewicz (University of Bialystok)
Ciało ludzkie, jego fizjologia i leczenie z okazjonalistycznej perspektywy
Arnolda Geulincxa
 
12⁴⁵-14⁰⁰             Lunch break
 
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
14¹⁵-15¹⁵             Adam Grzeliński (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń)
Thomas Sydenham and John Locke. Medicine and Philosophy. Sydenham's Empiricism and Locke's Clinicism
15¹⁵-15³⁰             Coffee break
 
SESSION 4: MEDICINE - PHYSIOLOGY - NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
Chair: Bogusław Paź
15³⁰-16⁰⁰             Paweł Pasieka (Warsaw University of Life Sciences)
Obrona i krytyka wiwisekcji w XVII wieku
16⁰⁰-16³⁰             Zbigniew Pietrzak (University of Wrocław)
Filozofia przyrody Jana Jonstona
16³⁰-17⁰⁰ online      Stefano Palagiano (University of Urbino)
Medical Perspectives in Francis Bacon's Sylva Sylvarum
 

19⁰⁰                      Reception in one of Lodz's restaurants