7-8 July 2013
Gent, Belgium
The philosophy & Moral Sciences department at Ghent University is proud to host: Philosophy in the Age of Euler: Science and Enlightenment Program: July 7, 2013 13:00-14:30 Ursula Goldenbaum (Emory, Keynote): "Euler, an Enlightener? The Mathematician's Attitude Toward the Public Space" 14:30-15:00 Coffee and tea 15:00-16:15 Brian Hepburn (Aarhus): "Vis Viva, Conceptual Articulation, and Euler's Contribution to the Quiet Scientific Revolution" 16:15-16:45 Coffee and tea 16:45-18:00 Christian Leduc (Montral): "Euler and the Reflexive Origin of the Idea of Space" 20:00 Dinner July 8, 2013 09:45-10:15 Coffee and tea 10:15-11:30 Paola Rumore (Turin): "Euler's Refutation of Materialism" 11:30-13:15 Lunch 13:15-14:30 Erdmann Grg (Bochum): "A Change of Priority: The Connection Between Absolute Space and the Law of Inertia from Newton to Euler" 14:30-15:00 Coffee and tea 15:00-16:30 Brandon Look (Kentucky, Keynote): "Euler's Metaphysics and Physics" Location: Koningstraat 18, Ghent, at the Royal Academy for Dutch Language and Literature (KANTL) Scientific Committee: Iulia Mihai & Eric Schliesser All are welcome. Please rsvp by July 1, 2013 to Eric Schliesser: <eric.schliesser@ugent.be> BOF Research Professor, Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Ghent University, Blandijnberg 2, Ghent, B-9000, Belgium. Phone: (31)-(0)6-15005958