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Parismus is the international student association of Sorbonne University.

Bringing together 10 institutions that offer studies in literature, medicine, science, engineering, technology and management, our alliance fosters a global approach to teaching and research, promoting access to knowledge for all.

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With an innovative model of the European university, seven large research-intensive universities are working together to respond to the educational and research challenges facing Europe today.

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Hervé de Nédellec au 700e anniversaire de sa mort
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Hervé de Nédellec au 700e anniversaire de sa mort

Ce colloque réunit un groupe d’intervenantes et intervenants internationaux afin d’étudier les aspects épistémologiques, métaphysiques, cosmologiques, psychologiques et éthiques de la pensée d'Hervé de Nédellec.

  • From November 9th to November 10th

  • 09:30 - 17:50
  • Class
  • Sorbonne,
    9 novembre - après-midi et 10 novembre - matin : salle G 073 (escalier E, 3ème étage)
    9 novembre - matin et 10 novembre - après-midi : salle des Actes

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One of the most important early fourteenth-century thinkers is the Dominican Hervaeus Natalis, who died in 1323. While purporting to defend the thought of Thomas Aquinas against his critics such as Durandus of St. Pourçain, he turns out to be a very independent thinker himself, who on core issues follows his master Godfrey of Fontaines rather than Aquinas. Hervaeus has been widely credited as the inventor of the notion of intentionality, which Brentano reintroduced into the philosophical discussion. He was still widely read in the sixteenth and seventeenth century, when many of his works were printed and studied by figures such as Francisco Suarez. Less known than his polemics against Durandus are his works directed against his contemporaries Henry of Ghent, James of Metz, John Duns Scotus, Peter Auriol, and John of Pouilly. Many of Hervaeus’s works are still unedited, while others exist only in unreliable Early Modern prints. While these textual difficulties have kept scholars from studying him systematically, in the last twenty-five years, scholarly attention to his works has increased significantly. Nevertheless, we still have only very approximate knowledge of his views on core issues that were debated in his time. This conference, in occasion of the 700th anniversary of his death, will be the first to be devoted to this thinker. Building on the resurgence of scholarship on Hervaeus, it will host an international group of experts to explore his epistemology, metaphysics, cosmology, moral psychology, and ethics, with a special attention to doctrinal dependencies, divergences, and polemics.

Organisation

  • Fabrizio Amerini, professeur au département des sciences humaines, sociales et des entreprises culturelles, Université de Parme
  • Iacopo Costa, membre de l’axe 3 - Philosophies et théologies antiques, médiévales et modernes du Laboratoire d’études sur les monothéismes (LEM), spécialiste de philosophie morale au Moyen Âge et directeur de recherches au CNRS
  • Tobias Hoffmann, professeur des universités en Histoire de la philosophie médiévale, directeur du Centre Pierre Abélard (UR 3552, Métaphysique : histoires, transformations, actualité)

Intervenantes et intervenants

  • Fabrizio Amerini, professeur au département des sciences humaines, sociales et des entreprises culturelles, Université de Parme
  • Geneviève Barrette, philosophe, Collège Ahuntsic Montréal
  • Francesco Binotto, philosophe, Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies
  • Iacopo Costa, membre de l’axe 3 - Philosophies et théologies antiques, médiévales et modernes du Laboratoire d’études sur les monothéismes (LEM), spécialiste de philosophie morale au Moyen Âge et directeur de recherches au CNRS
  • Bill Duba, Institut d'études médiévales, Université de Fribourg
  • Charles Girard, professeur des universités, Institut de recherches philosophiques de Lyon, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3
  • Tobias Hoffmann, professeur des universités en Histoire de la philosophie médiévale, directeur du Centre Pierre Abélard (UR 3552, Métaphysique : histoires, transformations, actualité)
  • Martin Klein, assistant de recherche, Institut für Philosophie, Universität Würzburg
  • David Piché, professeur au Département de philosophie et au Centre d'études médiévales, Faculté des arts et des sciences, Université de Montréal
  • Christian Rode, maître de conférences, Département de philosophie, Universität Bonn
  • Hamid Taieb, responsable du groupe de recherche DFG Emmy-Noether "A Sensible World", Institut für Philosophie, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Partenaires de l'événement

Cet événement est en collaboration avec le Centre Pierre Abélard (UR 3552, Métaphysique : histoires, transformations, actualité), le CNRS LEM (Laboratoire d’études sur les mono-théismes) et l'Université de Parme.

Jeudi 9 novembre 2023 - matin
salle G 073, escalier E, 3ème étage

Présidence : Anna-Sophie LANGE (Sorbonne Université)

10h30 : Martin KLEIN (Universität Würzburg)
Hervaeus Natalis on Reflexive Consciousness

11h20 : Fabrizio AMERINI (Università di Parma)
Hervaeus Natalis on Angels and the Knowledge of Singulars

Jeudi 9 novembre 2023 - après-midi
salle des Actes

Présidence : Ide LÉVI (Sorbonne Université)

15h00 : Tobias HOFFMANN (Sorbonne Université)
Hervé de Nédellec sur la formation d’un verbe intérieur dans la vision béatifique

15h50 : David PICHÉ (Université de Montréal)
L’épistémologie de la foi d’Hervé de Nédellec : une reconstruction

16h40 : Pause

17h00 : Iacopo COSTA (CNRS LEM)
Hervé de Nédellec, lecteur de la qu. 6 De malo de Thomas d’Aquin


Vendredi 10 novembre 2023 - matin
salle G 073, escalier E, 3ème étage

Présidence : Grégoire GILLIOT (Sorbonne Université)

9h30 : Charles GIRARD (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3)
The Status of the Last Six Categories

10h20 : Francesco BINOTTO (Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies)
Do the Movements of Heavenly Bodies Make Every Sublunary Effect Necessary ?
Hervaeus Natalis on Astral Determinism

11h10 : Pause

11h30 : Geneviève BARRETTE (Collège Ahuntsic Montréal)
Subjective Potency, Objective Potency and the Semantic Distinction between
Essence and Being in Hervaeus Natalis


Vendredi 10 novembre 2023 - après-midi
salle des Actes

Présidence : Anne DE SAXCÈ (Sorbonne Université)

15h00 : Christian RODE (Universität Bonn)
John Duns Scotus and Hervaeus Natalis on Universals: A Comparison

15h50 : Bill DUBA (Université de Fribourg)
The Dominican Master General against a Specific Franciscan Bachelor: Hervaeus’ Reaction to Peter Auriol

16h40 : Pause

17h00 : Hamid TAIEB (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)
Hervaeus Natalis on Intentionality: Open Questions  

17h50 : Fabrizio AMERINI, Iacopo COSTA, Tobias HOFFMANN
Remarques conclusives

Lieu de l'événement

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Métaphysique, histoires, transformations, actualités

Le champ de recherches s’étend de la philosophie de l’Antiquité tardive et du haut Moyen-Âge jusqu’à la période la plus contemporaine, en dehors de tout découpage simplement chronologique. Les travaux portent aussi bien sur les méthodes de l’histoire de la philosophie, la question de sa périodisation, et plus généralement la diversité de ses histoires, dans ses découpes et ses champs disciplinaires.

L’équipe est structurée autour de quatre composantes :

    Centre Pierre Abélard
    Centre d’Études Cartésiennes
    Centre Victor Basch (recherches en esthétique et philosophie de l’art)
    Collège des études juives et de philosophie contemporaine - Centre Emmanuel Levinas

Elle compte trois programmes ANR et un programme transversal.

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Our international study programmes are organised according to the major disciplinary areas of the faculty. They represent the graduate study programmes that are not strictly conducted in French or that could be suitable (in part) for non French-speaking students. They also reflect part of the diversity of the disciplines involved and the bi- and inter-disciplinary aspects of many of the courses we offer.

 

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