Workshop-ul "Francis Bacon and the Early Modern Reconfiguration of Natural History"

In perioada 4-5 martie 2011 va avea loc la New Europe College cea de-a doua editie a Workshop-ului Francis Bacon and the Early Modern Reconfiguration of Natural History.

Workshop-ul face parte din activitatile grantului de cercetare ERC Starting Grant "Medicine of the Mind and the Reconfiguration of Natural Philosophy: A New Interpretation of Francis Bacon finantat de European Research Council", desfasurat prin Warburg Institute si New Europe College.

Obiectivul principal al workshop-ului este de a explora si a cartografia teritoriul istoriei naturale inainte de Bacon si de a evalua masura in care istoria naturala a acestuia a reconfigurat formele actuale ale cercetarii in acest domeniu.

Vor fi abordate probleme cum ar fi relatia posibila intre filosofia naturala stoica si conturarea genului modern timpuriu al istoriei naturale; conceptul evaziv si multifatetat de istorie naturala in secolele al XVI-lea si al XVII-lea; ipoteza conform careia Bacon a configurat genul intr-un mod cu totul nou si daca este justificat sa se afirme ca a schimbat sensul si scopul istoriei naturale; locul filosofiei lui Seneca si al modelului sau de istorie naturala in discutiile moderne timpurii despre filosofia naturala.

Vor sustine prezentari in cadrul workshop-ului urmatorii invitati:

Peter Anstey, The development of Bacon’s conception  of natural history

Benedino Gemelli, The History of Life and Death: a ‘spiritual’ history from invisible matter to prolongation of life

Guido Giglioni, Francis Bacon and the Natural History of Philosophy

Dana Jalobeanu, Stoic natural histories of the Renaissance

Daniel Andersson, A Natural and Religious Therapy: Histories and symptoms in Abernethy

Ian Stewart, Res, veluti per machinas, conficiatur": Francis Bacon’s ‘Mechanical’ Reform of Natural Philosophy

James Lancaster, Natural Knowledge as a Propaedeutic to Self-Betterment: Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Natural History

Doina Cristina Rusu, Francis Bacon: Building Natural Histories of the Invisible

Madalina Giurgea, Laura Georgescu, Redefining the Role of Experiment in Bacon’s Natural History or How Baconian was Descartes Before Emerging From His Cocoon?

Workshop-ul Francis Bacon and the Early Modern Reconfiguration of Natural History se va desfasura in Sala de conferinte a Colegiului Noua Europa (str. Plantelor, nr. 21).

Sursa: Unibuc