This is a past event
This conference will explore themes of proportion, ratio, equality, and harmony in Spinoza’s philosophy. On Day 2 there is a special emphasis on Spinoza in relation to architecture and housing (papers by Frichot, Rawes, Kodalak, and White).
This conference is part of the AHRC Equalities of Wellbeing in Philosophy and Architecture project. More information about the project can be found on our website and project blog.
All are welcome to attend. Attendance is free, but advance registration is required at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/spinoza-and-proportion-conference-tickets-15501670915?ref=ebtnebregn
Information about travelling to Aberdeen (Old Aberdeen campus) and campus maps can be found here.
Please contact Beth Lord <s.b.lord@abdn.ac.uk> if you have any questions.
Provisional programme
Tuesday 5 May
9:30 Welcome and introduction
9:35-10:45 Simon Duffy (Yale-NUS College, Singapore), “Proportion as a barometer of the affective life in Spinoza”
10:45-11:55 Valtteri Viljanen (University of Turku), “Spinoza’s ontology geometrically illustrated: a reading of Ethics 2P8S”
12:00-1:00 Lunch: the Hub (Not provided)
1:00-2:10 Anthony Uhlmann (University of Western Sydney), “‘The eyes of the mind': ratio and art in Spinoza and Swift”
2:10-3:20 Timothy Yenter (University of Mississippi), “Harmony in Spinoza and his critics”
3:20-3:40 Coffee Break
3:40-4:50 Beth Lord (University of Aberdeen), “Spinoza’s ratios and relational autonomy”
4:50-5:00 Walk to Skype facility
5:00-6:10 Heidi Ravven (Hamilton College) (by Skype), “Ratio and activity: Spinoza’s biologizing of the mind in an Aristotelian key”
7:30 Conference Dinner: The Stage Door Restaurant, North Silver Street, Aberdeen (Speakers and advanced bookings only, at a cost of £40 per person – see Registration page for details.)
Wednesday 6 May
9:30-10:40 Mike LeBuffe (University of Otago ) (by Skype), “The place of body in Spinoza’s metaphysics”
10:40-10:50 Walk to NK3
10:50-12:00 Helene Frichot (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm), “Slownesses and Speeds, Latitudes and Longitudes: In the Vicinity of Beatitude”
12:00-1:00 Lunch: the Hub (Not provided; speakers should keep receipts for reimbursement)
1:00-2:10 Gokhan Kodalak (Cornell University), “Spinoza, affective architecture, and proportionate power”
2:10-3:20 Peg Rawes (Bartlett UCL), Dissimiliarity: Spinoza's geometric ratios and housing crises
3:20-3:40 Coffee Break
3:40-4:50 Stefan White (Manchester Metropolitan University), “The greater part: how intuition makes a better world”
5:00 Finish
- Venue
- New King's room NK3