An important letter from the American Philosophical Association opposing cuts to Exeter’s philosophy faculty: cdn.ymaws.com/.../resmgr/b.... #defendexeteruni #defendexeterphilosophy #philosophy #apaphilosophy #saveourjobs #philosophymatters

New special issue on indignation, edited by Simone Guidi and Francesco Toto, in the Rivista di storia della filosofia - see below www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Somm...

Huge discount on the hardcover book René Descartes's Natural Philosophy and Particular Bodies - #Descartes #Cartesianism #histphilo #histsci link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

René Descartes’s Natural Philosophy and Particular Bodies

René Descartes’s Philosophy of Nature sheds new light on his detailed study of minerals, plants, and animals.

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Read the recently published Philosophy of Mathematics from Descartes to Kant by Emily Carson - open access for a few days cup.org/4apNV11 #Descartes #Cartesianism #mathematics #17thcentury #histphilo #histsci 🧮

Philosophy of Mathematics from Descartes to Kant

Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Philosophy of Mathematics from Descartes to Kant

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📢the poster for the 3rd series of #DescartesLab seminar is available - with a lot on #music,🎶 #mind,🧠 cartesianism, and a fascinating book on #Mersenne! Events are online - to attend, contact us or follow the link in the poster⤵️ Join us! #Descartes #Cartesianism #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury

2026-2027 #DescartesLab seminar is under construction -⤵️ 4 meetings with book presentation are in preparation, discussing D's music, D's biography, D's philosophy of mind, and discussing Marin Mersenne. The poster will be available soon. Info: fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/home/researc...

There is some #Descartes here too - forthcoming volume by Simonutti and Evangelista for @brepols.net with several amazing contributions on #JohnLocke #histphilo #histsci #Science #botany and more www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

A largely unexplored aspect of Descartes's thought - politics. Now discussing it #DescartesLab #Descartes #histphilo #17thcentury

DescartesLab@descarteslab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

On May 22nd (5pm Italy time/11 am New York time) #DescartesLab on a volume on Descartes and politics - Descartes was not Hobbes (but they corresponded) and some fascinating things arose in #Descartes #histphilo #17thcent Discussants will be M.G. Sestito and T.J. Thomas - in English

This Thursday, May 21, 2026, Carla Rita Palmerino will discuss a paper on #Gassendi and #Descartes on #error at the Seminario Cartesiano di Villa Mirafiori #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury The event is blended - all info in the poster below⤵️

On May 22nd (5pm Italy time/11 am New York time) #DescartesLab on a volume on Descartes and politics - Descartes was not Hobbes (but they corresponded) and some fascinating things arose in #Descartes #histphilo #17thcent Discussants will be M.G. Sestito and T.J. Thomas - in English

DescartesLab@descarteslab.bsky.social · last yr.

Next season of #DescartesLab is now available⤵️ The first meeting is on Nov.11, 2025 - with Steve Nadler's book on La Forge. Then, we'll discuss Cartesian ontology, Cartesian linguistic and Descartes' politics - a broad array of topics, ranging from science to philosophy and social life #17thcentury

Next week in Milan and online - Simone Guidi discussing Jesuit philosophy #histphilo #17thcentury #Jesuit #Cartesianism Follow the poster for all info

A forthcoming publication on #Descartes #Cartesianism #TheAgeofDescartes #histphilo #causality #17thcentury @brepols.net

it is out in the lastest issue of @HOPOS_Society journal a book review of Melissa Lo's Skepticism Pictures written by Delphine Bellis - in which she reports some of the ideas discussed in last year's #DescartesLab #descartes #histphilo ⤵️ www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Sergio #Landucci has recently died. He has been professor of history of philosophy at the University of Firenze - having published on Hegel, Kant, Spinoza and Descartes, he is an intellectual reference for many historians and philosophers #histphilo #Descartes #Spinoza

Today seminar on #Descartes Regulae ad directionem ingenii: 18:00 – Iacopo Chiaravalli (SNS-IISG): Regula XIV 18:40 – Q/A 19:00 – David Rabouin (SPHERE - Paris): Regula XV-XVI 19:40 – Q/A #histphilo #Regulae #17thcentury More info here: www.sns.it/it/evento/re...

Cartesio in Villa - The Cartesian Seminar at Villa Mirafiori continues with Simone Guidi's tali -- see below On Thursday 9th, at 4 pm (Italy time) #Descartes #Cartesianism #17thcentury #histphilo

is-ih.com/the-inaugura... The Inaugural Gaukroger Lecture: Prof. Sorana Corneanu on May 26th.

Next Cartesio in Villa seminar - on Thursday 2nd April with Antonella Del Prete presenting a paper on dualism #Descartes #Cartesianism #dualism #histphilo #17thcentury

fascinating blog on conversation and discussion, and the uses of books in early modern philosophy - with an important exploration of #Descartes #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury #books

Martin Lenz@goingloopy.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Misguided expectations in reading: texts as arguments

This is today, March 26th, at Università La Sapienza: Cartesio in Villa! Brunello Lotti will speak about dualism in Berkeley. at 4 pm (Italy time) #Descartes #17thcentury #earlymodern

📣Next meeting - #DescartesLab March 27, 2026 - at 3.00 pm (Italy time) / 10.00 am (NY city) Discussion of Elodie Cassan's Le langage de la raison (Vrin, 2023) #histphilo #17thcentury #ageofreason #Descartes #cartesianism - attendance is free fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/m...

As it happens, we made a small mistake about the time schedule, which is: 3 pm (Rome/Paris/Berlin time), 2 pm (London time), 🕙10 am (Ny city time), 9 am (Chicago time) --- please, note the change Sorry for the inconvenience #descartes #descarteslab #earlymodern #17thcentury #histphilo

DescartesLab@descarteslab.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📣Next meeting - #DescartesLab March 27, 2026 - at 3.00 pm (Italy time) / 9.00 am (NY city) Discussion of Elodie Cassan's Le langage de la raison (Vrin, 2023) - the meeting is in English and online #histphilo #17thcentury #ageofreason #Descartes #cartesianism - attendance is free

seminar: bodies, minds, and dualisms at the Seminario cartesiano di Villa Mirafiori - #Cartesnism #Descartes #dualism #17thcentury #hisfphilo all info in the poster

📣Next meeting - #DescartesLab March 27, 2026 - at 3.00 pm (Italy time) / 9.00 am (NY city) Discussion of Elodie Cassan's Le langage de la raison (Vrin, 2023) - the meeting is in English and online #histphilo #17thcentury #ageofreason #Descartes #cartesianism - attendance is free

📣a Cartesian meeting at @sns.it #Descartes #Cartesianism with Simone D'Agostino! #histphilo #17thcentury

works.hcommons.org/records/k0qp... on animals and automata in Descartes

Animals - 6.1 Automata and animal bodies

Despite the efficacy of Descartes's animal-machine analogy, a crucial issue affects his mechanization of animal bodies. This reduction works for the animal in general, that is an abstract representati...

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📣a publication by Igor Agostini (Director of the Cartesian Centre in Lecce) on René Descartes' pjhilosophy - in Italian #descartes #17thcentury #Cartesianstudies #histphilo www.morcelliana.net/collane-scho...

Today event CANCELLED Unfortunately, due to personal reasons, today's seminar will no take place. Sorry!

DescartesLab@descarteslab.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is next week, Tuesday 27th January - discussing ontology in Clauberg and the 17th century with Alice Ragni, Lucia Oliveri and Andrea Strazzoni (in English) #DescartesLab #17thcentury #histphilo #Cartesianism

A nice seminar organized in Venice/online - it remains difficult to discuss about mechanization and mechanical philosophy in the early modern period, and perhaps it is no more possible to do it with Descartes/Cartesian philo, but this is a great lineup of scholars #17thcentury #histsci #histphilo

This is next week, Tuesday 27th January - discussing ontology in Clauberg and the 17th century with Alice Ragni, Lucia Oliveri and Andrea Strazzoni (in English) #DescartesLab #17thcentury #histphilo #Cartesianism

DescartesLab@descarteslab.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Jan. 27: DescartesLab (online) Event with the presentation and discussion of Alice Ragni's book on ontology in the seventeenth century - with Andrea Strazzoni, Lucia Oliveri, Marco Lamanna fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/j...