BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Department of Philosophy//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://philosophy.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:Department of Philosophy - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220202T2051Z-1643835081.0871-EO-17397-19@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260508T023155Z CREATED:20220202T202429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220224T181048Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220304T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220304T170000 SUMMARY: Colloquia Series: Alison Simmons from Harvard University DESCRIPTION: You are invited to the next Colloquia in our Winter 2022 Serie s on March 4th\, 2022\, with Professor Alison Simmons from Harvard Universi ty. About the Event: “Beyond Dualism: The Case of Anne Conway” Lecture by A lison Simmons\, Professor in Philosophy\, Harvard University. March 4th\, 2 022 3:00-5:00 p.m BUCH A 201 Abstract: Anne Conway rejects dualism […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

You are invited to th e next Colloquia in our Winter 2022 Series on March 4th\, 2022\, with Profe ssor Alison Simmons from Harvard University.

About the Ev ent:

"Beyond Dualism: The Case of Anne Conway"< /strong>

Lecture by Alison Simmons\, Professor in Philosophy\, Harvar d University.

March 4th\, 2022

3:00-5:00 p.m

BUCH A 201

Abstract:

Anne Conway rejects dualism in no unc ertain terms. It’s hard to know what positive label to give her metaphysics . She argues that the natural world is made up of a single kind of stuff an d that the stuff is essentially vital or living. So “vitalist monism” sugge sts itself. She assigns to the vital stuff of nature some properties that d ualists attribute to matter (extension\, divisibility\, impenetrability) an d other properties that they attribute to mind or soul (sense and thought). There is also a striking and pervasive normative dimension to her metaphysics of nature. This paper explores the ways in which Conway's enga gement with two of dualism's traditional motivations shape her metaphysical thinking: (a) the philosophical need to account for the manifest order we find in nature and (b) the traditional theological demand to under write human exceptionalism among nature's creatures. Dualism\, she argues\, is hopeless for accounting for nature's order and fundamentally m isguided about the ways in which human beings are (and are not!) exceptiona l in nature.

About Alison Simmons

Alison Simmo ns received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. The bulk of her teaching is in early modern philosophy\, natural philosophy\, and t heories of mind. She also has teaching interests\, however\, in medieval ph ilosophy\, philosophy of mind\, and philosophy of psychology.

Her res earch interests lie primarily at the intersection of philosophy and psychol ogy. Some of her publications include\, just to name a few of them:

“Causation and Cognition in Descartes\,” in Causation and Cognitio n: Perspectives on Early Modern Philosophy\, ed. Sebastian Bender and Dominik Perler (New York: Routledge\, 2020): 39-60.
“Embedded EthiC S: Integrating Ethics Broadly Across Computer Science Education\,” Comm unications of the ACM 62(8) (2019): 54-61. With Barbara Grosz\, David Gray-Grant\, Kate Vredenburg\, Jeff Behrends\, and Jim Waldo.
“Mind -Body Union and the Limits of Cartesian Metaphysics” Philosophers Impri nt 17 (14) (2017): 1-36.*

*Note: "Due to COVID restrictions\, please note that this event is closed to members of the pub lic."

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