5th-6th April 2019, Conference: ‘Irish Philosophy in the Age of Berkeley’ (Trinity College Dublin)
The papers presented at this conference were collected into a volume, Irish Philosophy in the Age of Berkeley, published with Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements. More information is available here.
Panel 1: Education and Gender
| 9:10-10:00 | What the Dublin Women of the ‘Triumfeminate’ did with John Locke Christine Gerrard, Professor of English Literature and Tutorial Fellow, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, UK |
| 10:10-11:00 | From Hypatia to Serena: John Toland’s Women Ian Leask, Lecturer in Philosophy, Dublin City University, Ireland |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee/Tea |
| 11:30-12:20 | Berkeley and Previous Bishops of Cloyne on Education as Means of Conversion Marta Szymańska-Lewoszewska, independent scholar, Poland |
| 12:20-13:20 | Lunch |
Book Exhibition
| 13:30-14:30 | Henry Jones Room, Old Library |
A selection of relevant works from TCD’s Early Printed Books collection will be on display.
Panel 2: Francis Hutcheson
| 15:00-15:50 | Berkeley’s Main Criticism of Shaftesbury and Hutcheson Samuel Rickless, Professor of Philosophy, University of California San Diego, USA |
| 15:50-16:10 | Coffee/Tea |
| 16:10-17:00 | Francis Hutcheson on Liberty and Self-Mastery Ruth Boeker, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University College Dublin, Ireland |
| 17:10-18:00 | ‘Plainly of Considerable Moment in Human Society’: Francis Hutcheson and Eighteenth-Century Philosophies of Laughter Kate Davison, Lecturer in Long Eighteenth-Century History, University of Sheffield, UK |
Reception
| 18:30-20:30 | Trinity City Hotel (light refreshments provided) |
Saturday 6 April
Panel 3: Knowledge and Perception
| 9:00-9:50 | Peter Browne on the Metaphysics of Knowledge Kenneth Pearce, Ussher Assistant Professor in Berkeley Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
| 10:00-10:50 | John Austin SJ (1717-84), the First Irish Catholic Cartesian? Jacob Schmutz, Maître de Conferénces en Philosophie, Université Paris-Sorbonne, France |
| 10:50-11:30 | Coffee/Tea |
| 11:30-12:20 | The Irish Context of Berkeley’s ‘Resemblance Thesis’ Manuel Fasko, Doktorand in Geschichte der Philosophie, Universität Zürich, Switzerland Peter West, Phd Candidate and Adjunct Lecturer in Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
12:20-14:30 | Lunch |
Panel 4: Natural and Social Sciences
| 14:30-15:20 | Poverty and Prosperity: The Irish School of Political Economics Marc Hight, Elliot Professor of Philosophy, Hampden-Sydney College, USA |
| 15:20-16:00 | Coffee/Tea |
| 16:00-16:50 | The Wilson-Garber Debate on Berkeley on Corpuscles Reconsidered in Light of Toland and Clarke on the Role of God’s Order in Science Eric Schliesser, Professor of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 17:00-17:50 | Boyle’s Powers Lisa Downing, Professor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, USA |