Scottish Philosophy Conferences and Events
The IASP aims to publicize every Scottish Philosophy conference or similar event relevant to an interest in the Scottish philosophical tradition. To have an event listed on this site please contact the International Association for Scottish Philosophy.
Center for the Study of Scottish Philosophy at Princeton
Spring Workshop, 8th-10th March 2013
Scottish Reactions to Mandeville
Plenary Lectures by James Harris, Jacqueline Taylor and Remy Debes, with 18 subsidiary presentations in concurrent sessions.
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Scottish Reactions to Mandeville
Plenary Lectures by James Harris, Jacqueline Taylor and Remy Debes, with 18 subsidiary presentations in concurrent sessions.
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Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Society and International Adam Smith Society
Sorbonne, Paris, July 3-6th 2013
Scotland, Europe and Empire in the Age of Adam Smith and Beyond
Plenary Lectures by Emma Rothschild (Harvard) and Michael Biziou (Nice)
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Scotland, Europe and Empire in the Age of Adam Smith and Beyond
Plenary Lectures by Emma Rothschild (Harvard) and Michael Biziou (Nice)
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Center for the Study of Scottish Philosophy at Princeton
Spring Workshop, 14-16th March 2014
'RELIGION IN THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT'
CALL FOR PAPERS
A common perception of the Enlightenment holds that it played a key intellectual role in initiating a decline in religious belief and adherence across Europe, and Hume’s Dialogues concerning Natural Religion are widely regarded as a seminal text in this connection. Yet Hume was in a minority. Many of the leaders of the Scottish Enlightenment were Christian ministers, and their explorations in philosophy and the ‘science of human nature’ were intended to advance ‘true religion’, a concept that Hume himself employs.
The purpose of this conference is to explore historically and critically the relation between ‘science’ and ‘religion’ in the Scottish Enlightenment, both in general and in relation to the writings of major figures of the period – Hume, Reid, Smith, Ferguson, Kames and Campbell, for example. Its further aim is to relate these issues to contemporary explorations in the philosophical psychology of religion.
Paper proposals are invited. Abstracts of not more than 500 words and should be sent to cssp@ptsem.edu by 1st October 2013. Decisions will be advised by
1st November 2013.
'RELIGION IN THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT'
CALL FOR PAPERS
A common perception of the Enlightenment holds that it played a key intellectual role in initiating a decline in religious belief and adherence across Europe, and Hume’s Dialogues concerning Natural Religion are widely regarded as a seminal text in this connection. Yet Hume was in a minority. Many of the leaders of the Scottish Enlightenment were Christian ministers, and their explorations in philosophy and the ‘science of human nature’ were intended to advance ‘true religion’, a concept that Hume himself employs.
The purpose of this conference is to explore historically and critically the relation between ‘science’ and ‘religion’ in the Scottish Enlightenment, both in general and in relation to the writings of major figures of the period – Hume, Reid, Smith, Ferguson, Kames and Campbell, for example. Its further aim is to relate these issues to contemporary explorations in the philosophical psychology of religion.
Paper proposals are invited. Abstracts of not more than 500 words and should be sent to cssp@ptsem.edu by 1st October 2013. Decisions will be advised by
1st November 2013.
