Among classical philosophers since Descartes, the influence of the thought of David Hume (1711-1776) on contemporary analytic philosophy is unmatched. In the fields of causation, personal identity, epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion and moral theory, Hume’s ideas have shaped philosophical debate and conditioned the perspectives not only of his admirers but of his adversaries. In the 20th century alone, Hume’s empiricism and scepticism were recognized as formative and even dominant influences by (among many others) Bertrand Russell, the Vienna Circle, A.J. Ayer, Richard Hare, and J.L. Mackie. In this tricentennial year of his birth, the Philosophy Faculty of the Institut Catholique de Paris is bringing together Hume specialists from universities in both France and the U.K. for a conference which will attempt to evaluate the continuing relevance and importance of Hume’s thought in these key areas of contemporary philosophy.
September 13th & 14th, 2011
Faculté de Philosophie, Institut Catholique de Paris,
21 rue d’Assas
75006 Paris FRANCE
English/French conference
Tel. (+33) 1 44 39 52 64 - www.icp.fr/philosophie
Faculté de Philosophie, Institut Catholique de Paris,
21 rue d’Assas
75006 Paris FRANCE
English/French conference
Tel. (+33) 1 44 39 52 64 - www.icp.fr/philosophie
September, 13
9h00
Introduction
9h15
Paul Clavier (ENS): « Might anything arise without a cause ? »
10h15
Helen Beebee (Birmingham): « Hume on Causation and Humean Causation »
11h15 : Break
11h45
Frédéric Nef (EHESS): « Hume and the mosaic of experience: Hume’s theory of connexions and the thesis of Humean supervenience »
Lunch
14h15
David Oderberg (Reading): « Hume, the Occult, and the Substance of the School »
15h15
Peter Kail (Oxford): « The Humean Person »
16h15 : Break
16h45
Eléonore le Jallé (Lille 3 / UMR STL) : « L’identité personnelle : Hume, Parfit et John Perry »
Septembre 14
9h15
Yann Schmitt (ICP/EHESS) : « L’essai ‘‘Of Miracles’’ est-il incroyable ? »
10h15
Michel Malherbe (Nantes) : « Hume versus Swinburne : l’argument du dessein a-t-il encore du sens aujourd’hui ? »
11h15 : Break
11h45
Catherine Larrère (Paris I): « Hume’s Legacy in Environmental Ethics »
Lunch
14h15
Thomas Pink (King’s College, Londres): « Normativity without reason »
15h15
Anna Zielinska (Grenoble II): « How to understand the is/ought distinction today »
16h15 : Break
16h45
Ronan Sharkey (ICP): « Reconnecting Reason and Desire »
17h45 : Final Discussion
18h00 : End