Call for Abstracts: Jean Cavaillès and his Intellectual Milieu (KU Leuven, 20-21 January 2023)
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From: Massimiliano Simons <massimili...@GMAIL.COM>
Call for Abstracts
Jean Cavaillès and His Intellectual Milieu
Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven
20-21 January 2023
The last decade has witnessed a renewed interest in the work of Jean Cavaillès (1903-1944). Cavaillès specialized in philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science, though his oeuvre was cut short due to his death in the French Resistance. Nonetheless, his work proved to be very influential in France, impacting the work of, among others, Gaston Bachelard, Georges Canguilhem, Jean-Toussaint Desanti, Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, Jules Vuillemin, Gilles-Gaston Granger and Jacques Bouveressse.
Hence, this interest goes hand in hand with a revival of studies on ‘French epistemology’ or historical epistemology. In the case of Cavaillès, the new focus is not only on his philosophy of mathematics but also on his broader program for a theory of science based on a conceptual dynamics. In this process of rediscovery the intellectual milieu of French philosophy and history of science between 1920 and 1950 plays its role and gets its share. The exchanges between Cavaillès and Albert Lautman, the connection with Gaston and Suzanne Bachelard, the Dialectica movement around Ferdinand Gonseth, the relations with the founders of Bourbaki, the formation of the new generation of students (Granger, Vuillemin, Desanti), the friendship with Georges Canguilhem, etc. all deserve to be highlighted.
Confirmed speakers:
- Paul Cortois (KU Leuven)
- Gerhard Heinzmann (Université de Lorraine)
- Marjolein Holvoet (KU Leuven/ Ghent University)
- Jacques Lautman (University of Aix-Marseille-I)
- Baptiste Mélès (CNRS)
- Elisabeth Schwartz (Université Clermont Auvergne)
- Hourya Benis Sinaceur (Université Paris Sorbonne-Paris IV)
- Jean-Jacques Szczeciniarz (University Paris Diderot Paris 7)
- Massimiliano Simons (Maastricht University)
- Paul Tiensuu (University of Helsinki)
- Mark van Atten (CNRS)
- Maarten Van Dyck (Ghent University)
Submission
As part of this conference, there are still a number of open slots for presentations. We encourage PhD students and early career researchers, as well as other interested scholars to submit an abstract. Papers can be presented both in English and in French. This abstract (max 300 words) has to be sent anonymized to Massimili...@kuleuven.be
Deadline: 1 November 2022
Scientific committee: Roland Breeur (KU Leuven), Paul Cortois (KU Leuven), Florence Caeymaex (University of Liège), Marjolein Holvoet (KU Leuven/Ghent University), Massimiliano Simons (Maastricht University), Stéphane Symons (KU Leuven), Maarten Van Dyck (Ghent University), David Webb (Staffordshire University)
For more information, see our website:
https://hiw.kuleuven.be/clps/events/cavailles/index.html
Massimiliano Simons
Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Technology (Maastricht University)
Working Group on Philosophy of Technology (KU Leuven)