Advertisement
Department of Philosophy’s Research Seminars series resumes on Thursday 13 February Title: Panpsychism in Renaissance Philosophy
Speaker: Prof. Tomáš Nejeschleba (Palacký University Olomouc)
Date: Thursday 13 March 2025
Time: 17:30
Location: CHBO-417
Abstract :
Panpsychism as the doctrine of the omnipresence of mind/soul/spirit in the world has been undergoing its renaissance again since the 1970s. Contemporary panpsychism is not only related to the ideas of ancient thinkers or the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, but also – at least in name, to philosophy in the Renaissance. The lecture examines the panpsychic ideas of three Renaissance thinkers, Marsilio Ficino, Giordano Bruno and Francesco Patrizi, and notes the function of panpsychism in their philosophies, which differs from contemporary panpsychism, seeking a solution to the problem of the mind-body relation. At the same time, however, it attempts to identify moments of Renaissance panpsychism that might be useful for contemporary discourse.
Bionote:
Tomáš Nejeschleba is a professor at the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, Palacký University in Olomouc (Czech Republic), and is currently the head of the department and the Centre for Renaissance Texts, which he founded at the Faculty of Arts. His research interest lies between medieval philosophy (the early Franciscan school) and Renaissance and early modern philosophy, where he focuses on the influence of Renaissance philosophy on thinkers in the Czech lands in the 16th and 17th centuries.
For further information please contact the Department’s Research Seminars series convenor, Prof. Jean-Paul De Lucca on [email protected]
Advertisement
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
University of Malta, Tal-Qroqq, MSD2080 Msida, Malta, University of Malta, Msida, MSD, Malta,Msida
