We are glad to give notice of the conference Conceptions of Nature in Classical Germal Philosophy, which will be held at the University of Stuttgart on July, 5th-7th, 2023.

The conference is organized by Christian Martin (University of Stuttgart).

The flyer of the conference is available at this link.

***

Conference program.

Wednesday, July 5th.

9:00-9:30 – Christian Martin (University of Stuttgart): Introduction
9:30-11:00 –  Kristina Engelhard (University of Trier): Nature and Natures in Kant
11:00-11:30 – Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 – Stephen Engstrom (University of Pittsburgh): The Legislation for Nature
13:00-14:30 – Lunch Break + Coffee
14:30-16:00 – Mathis Koschel (University of Southern California): Three Conceptions of Nature in Kant
16:00-16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 – Daniel Warren (UC, Berkeley): Kant’s Conception of the Nature of Matter

Thursday, July 6th.

9:30-11:00 – Johannes Haag (University of Potsdam): Beautiful Art and Nature in Kant’s Critique of Judgment
11:00-11:30 – Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 – Florian Ganzinger (University of Stuttgart): Categorical Indeterminacy and Purposiveness of Nature: Kant on the Formation of Empirical Concepts
13:00-14:30 – Lunch Break + Coffee
14:30-16:00 – Luca Illetterati (University of Padova): Hegel’s Ontology of Nature
16:00-16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 Sebastian Ostritsch (University of Stuttgart): Why Does Nature exist? Hegelian Necessity vs. Creation

Friday, July 7th.

9:30-11:00 –  Christian Martin (University of Stuttgart): Pure Thought of Nature. A Reconstruction of the Very First Steps of Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature
11:00-11:30 – Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 – Jennifer Bates (Duquesne University): Can Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature be Used to Argue for a Non-AnthropocentricTheory of Sustainability?
13:00-14:30 – Lunch Break + Coffee
14:30-16:00 – Eli Friedlander (Tel Aviv University): „From the Pagan Context of Nature … into the Jewish Context of History”