Vitalism & Materialism

The MTA BTK Lendület Morals and Science Research Group cordially invites You to its conference

Vitalism & Materialism

Date of the event: 3rd October 2017, 10:00
Venue of the event: 1097 Budapest, 4. Tóth Kálmán st., Trapéz room

Programme of the conference:

10:00-11:00 - Stefan Heßbrüggen: Rewriting the History of 'Life' in the Early Modern Period

11:00-12:00 - Charles Wolfe: From Empiricist 'Epistemology' to Materialist 'Ontology': Priestley's Lockean Problems

12:00-13:30 - Lunch

13:30-14:30 - Falk Wunderlich: Priestley on Materialism and the Essence of God

14:30-15:30 - Gábor Zemplén: Goethe's Bildungstrieb: between Form and Matter

15:30-16:00 - Coffee break

16:00-17:00 - Natália Borza: Traces of Vitalism in Adam Smith's History of Astronomy