IMMATERIALITY
A joint conference organized by the University of Cambridge – Peking University Immateriality, Thinking and the Self Project (British Academy) and New Directions in the Study of the Mind (Templeton Foundation).
All – embodied or otherwise – Welcome!
Conference Program - Thursday 18th February
| 9:15 |
Conference opens in Junior Parlour, Trinity College |
| 9.30 |
John Marenbon (Trinity College, Cambridge) and Tianyue Wu (Peking University) Introduction: Immateriality in the Philosophy of the Long Middle Ages – a project |
| 10.15 |
Tianyi Zhang (Trinity College, Cambridge): Suhrawardi and the Nature of Illuminationism |
| 11.15 |
Coffee break |
| 11.45 |
Elena Baltuta (Humboldt University, Berlin): What is the Matter with Matter? Concept Transformations in Aquinas and Kilwardby |
| 12.45 |
Lunch Break (There is a sandwich lunch for participants in the Allhusen Room, Trinity College, at 1.00) |
| 2.00 |
Chris Meyns (New Directions in the Study of Mind, University of Cambridge): Extended Souls |
| 3.00 |
Paul Lodge (Mansfield College, Oxford): Leibniz on ‘whether any material being thinks, or no’ |
| 4.00 |
Coffee break |
| 4.30 |
Maria Rosa Antognazza (King’s College London): Immateriality and Primary Matter in Leibniz |
| 5.30 |
Howard Robinson (Central European University): Intellect or sensory consciousness: which is more resistant to materialism? |
| 6.45 |
Tim Crane (University of Cambridge): Conclusion |
| 7.00 |
Conference Ends |
