Philosophical Psychology, Morality and Politics Research Unit

History of Philosophy Research Seminar

Research seminar on Ancient to Early Modern philosophy arranged by the members of the ”Philosophical Psychology, Morality and Politics” Centre of Excellence Research Programme. It is open for researchers and students interested in the area, but does not give students credits.

If not mentioned otherwise our sessions are on Tuesdays 14-16 in Porthania 344.

The participants are expected to read the papers in advance. The papers are distributed through HPRS mailing list. If you wish to present or join the mailing list, please contact juhana.lemetti@helsinki.fi.

24.1.2012: Jani Hakkarainen (Tampere), “Why Hume Cannot Be a Realist”

10.2.2012 (Friday, 10-12, Porthania 617): Donald Rutherford (San Diego), “Hobbes and the Language of the Laws of Nature”

21.2.2012: Mikä Perälä (Jyväskylä), "Aristotle's Direct Realism"

28.2.2012: Markku Roinila (Helsinki), “Leibniz, Electress of Sophie and disinterested love”

14.3.2012 (Wednesday, 14-16, Mainbuilding lh. 11): Michael Gill (Arizona), ”Moral pluralism in Hume and Smith”

10.4.2012: Juhana Lemetti (Helsinki), “The distinction of natural and artificial in Hobbes and Pufendorf”

17.4.2012: Heikki Haara (Helsinki), “Psychological and Sociological Implications on Samuel Pufendorf´s Concept of Sociability"

15.5.2012: Eero Salmenkivi (Helsinki), “The Geometrical Example of Hypothetical Method in Plato’s Meno (86e-87b)”

Friday, 18.5.2012 (P617): Valtteri Viljanen (Turku), “Spinoza on virtue and eternity”
NB! Different date and place

29.5.2012: Pauliina Remes (Uppsala), “How exactly is perception active? Two platonic suggestions in antiquity”

Past seminars and events