The Return of Speculative Philosophy | Le Retour de la philosophie spéculative

Colloque | Conference

The Return of Speculative Philosophy

Le Retour de la philosophie spéculative

April 6th, 2013 | 6 avril 2013

University of Ottawa | Université d'Ottawa

Arts Building | Pavillon des Arts

(70 Laurier E.)

Room 509 | Salle 509

Programme

Morning Session/ Matin
10:00-10:15 Opening Remarks/Introduction
10:15-11:15 David Brooke Strucke (University of Guelph)—Tracing a History that Betrays the Present: an examination of Cassirer’s relation to contemporary structural scientific realism 
11:15-12:15 Alexandre Declos (Université d'Ottawa)—“Can’t you see what’s before you? Well, yes and no.” Quelques questions autour de l’irréalisme

12:15-12:30 Coffee Break/Pause café

12:30-13:30 Clayton Shoppa (New School for Social Research)—How to Speculate, Really
13:30-14:30 Lunch Break/Dîner

Afternoon Session/Après-midi
14:30-15:30 Erik Bormanis (Ryerson University)—Substance and its Expression in Spinoza and Hegel
15:30-16:30 Joseph Carew (McGill University)—The Metaphysical Structure of the World in Schelling’s Freedom Essay

16:30-16:45 Coffee Break/Pause café

16:45-17:45 Daniel Griffin (University of Guelph)—The Heterogeneity of Hegel’s Speculative Language
17:45-19:15 Keynote Speaker: Rebecca Comay (University of Toronto)—Speculative Marks: Hegel’s last words

19:15-19:30 Closing Remarks/Fermeture