London Spinoza Circle next meeting
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square
No booking required
For our next meeting, we are pleased to have Prof. Eric Schliesser, who will present a paper on Spinoza and anti-mathematicism.
3pm - 5pm, Wednesday (please note!) 25th January 2017
"In this presentation, I identify and articulate three different kinds of critical attitudes toward the epistemic status and application of mathematics that were developed in the eighteenth century. Somewhat surprisingly, I suggest that all three of these can be found in the works of Spinoza and, paradoxically, were further developed in light of Spinoza's own reliance on a geometric mode of presentation. In addition to the writings of Spinoza, I pay particular attention to works by Mandeville, Hume, and Buffon."
Contact name:
Herve Lucas
Contact phone:
2076316385