Stadt: Paderborn

Beginn: 2017-04-05

Ende: 2017-04-07

URL: https://historyofwomenphilosophers.org/epoque/

Philosophy and Science/Philosophie et Science/Philosophie und Wissenschaft – 1700-1750

International and interdisciplinary conference presented by the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists in Cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für französischsprachige Philosophie e.V.

The conference Époque Émilienne focuses on the multi-faceted interactions in early 18th century philosophy and science. Leibniz’ appointment as a corresponding member of the Académie Royale des Sciences (1700) and Maupertuis’ appointment as president of the Sozietät der Wissenschaften at Berlin (1740) are two striking historical events which underline the lively intellectual exchanges between Paris and Berlin, significantly shaping the early history of the European Enlightenment. During the past few years, the importance of Émilie Du Châtelet as one of the central figures in this context has been increasingly recognized. The conference aims to reconstruct central themes of the Époque Émilienne and to contextualize the philosophical and scientific works of Émilie du Châtelet, their reception, their place in the history of ideas and their biographical and institutional networks.