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International Symposium of Philosophy

The Modernity of Spinoza

Moscow : 15-16 November 2007

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Russian Academy of Sciences - Institute of Philosophy

15 November 2007

10h00: Lorenzo Vinciguerra, Andrei Maidansky

Opening of the Symposium

10h15: Presentation of the review Logos dedicated to Spinoza with Valeri Anashvili director of the review.

10h30: Nikolay Birjukov (Moscow State Institute of Forign Affairs)

Varieties of Determinism: Spinozist Meditations

11h30: Vittorio Morfino (University Bicocca of Milan)

Leibniz vs Spinoza. A contemporary alternative

12h15: Discussion

12h30: Lunch

Chairman:Serguei Mareev (Modern Academy of Humanities, Moscow)

14h30: Mogens Laerke (University of Chicago)

Sketch of a metaphysics of absolute exteriority: some reflections on the theory of causality and the ontology of power in Spinoza

15h30: François Flahault (CNRS/EHESS, Paris)

About Spinoza and wisdom

16h30: Coffee break

17h00: Boris Rudj (National University of Kiev)

The problem of libertas philosophandi in Spinoza

18h00: Discussion

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High School of Economics of Moscow, Maly Gnezdnikovsky 4/2

16 November 2007

Chairman: Anna Yampolskaya (Russian University of Humanities, RGGU, Moscow)

10h30: Andrei Maidansky (Institute of Economics and Management, Taganrog)

The polemics on res cogitans, or how to improve Spinoza’s theory of mind

11h30: Chantal Jaquet (Université de Paris I - Sorbonne)

La référence à la conception spinoziste des rapports du corps et de l’esprit dans l’ouvrage de Paul Ricœur et Jean-Pierre Changeux: «Ce qui nous fait penser. La nature et la règle»

12h15: Discussion

12h30: Lunch

Chairman: Alexei Rutkevich (High School of Economics, Philosophy Department, Moscow)

14h30: Serguei Mareev (Modern Academy of Humanities, Moscow)

Two traditions in Soviet studies on Spinoza

15h30: Lorenzo Vinciguerra (University of Reims)

Aesthetica sive ethica. A Spinozistic approach to the problem of the essence of art

16h30: Coffee break

17h00: Table ronde with Vitali Kurennoy, Valeri Anashvili, Alexandre Surmava

18h00: Final discussion

18h30: Cocktail

Directed by Lorenzo VINCIGUERRA (University of Reims, France) and Andrei MAIDANSKY (Institute of Economy and Management, Taganrog, Russia), supported by the Centre franco-russe des recherches en sciences humaines et sociales de Moscou.

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