Program
18th-Century Philosophy: Intellectual Heroes and Key Themes
MON 13, 20 AND 27 SEP, AND 4 AND 11 OCT – 19:30 TO 21:30
Rene Gabriëls, PhD
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, UM
Enlightenment is seen as the age of reason. The assumption of several philosophers of the time was that the public use of reason could shed light on the darkness that absolutism, supported by religion, had to account for. Enlightenment stands for universal values such as liberty, equality and solidarity. Whether these values are universal is disputed by some philosophers. They also challenge the weight given to the importance of reason. However, isn't the public use of reason of great importance in times of fake news and alternative facts? Shouldn't the values of Enlightenment be defended all the more in view of the great lack of freedom, the inequality and the desolidarisation in the world? These and other topical questions are discussed in this series on the basis of five philosophers.
The individual lectures
1. Reasonableness and Humanity: Voltaire, 1694-1778 (13 Sep)
2. Materialism and Atheism: Diderot, 1713-1784 (20 Sep)
3. Sovereignty and Authenticity: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778 (27 Sep)
4. Passion and Doubts: David Hume, 1711-1776 (4 Oct)
5. The Public Use of Reason: Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804 (11 Oct)
Cost of the whole series
UM students for free
UM employees and students from other schools €12.50
Others €25
Registration for attending online
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/sg
13 September 2021
1. Reasonableness and Humanity: Voltaire, 1694-1778
20 September 2021
2. Materialism and Atheism: Diderot, 1713-1784
27 September 2021
3. Sovereignty and Authenticity: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778
04 October 2021
4. Passion and Doubts: David Hume, 1711-1776
11 October 2021
5. The Public Use of Reason: Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804 (11 Oct)
Online Lecture Series: 18th Century Philosophy
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2021-09-13
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