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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So it starts our 1st event of this series of #DescartesLab - we dedicate this season to the memory of Antonella Del Prete #histmusic #histphilo #histsci #compendiummusicae

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Fabrizio Baldassarri @fabribald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

shs.cairn.info/revue-intern... 📣 a very recent journal issue edited by @arnpelletier.bsky.social and Gabriel Meyer-Bish on Descartes's early physics of Le Monde #Descartes #Cartesianism #17thcentury #histphilo #histsci - usually read through the lens of the Principia, i.e., through the metaphysics,

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Revue internationale de philosophie 2026/3 (Vol. 317)

Le Monde de Descartes

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

this is tomorrow - discussing some intersections between philosophy, science, mathematics and music through the lens of this nice volume on Descartes #DescartesLab #17thcentury #histphilo #histisci #histmucis attendance is free

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

📣Next #DescartesLab event is scheduled on September 29 - 4.30 pm (Italy time) with this beautiful volume on Descartes and music #histsci #histmusic #Descartes #17thcentury #histphilo the event is in English with 2 amazing scholars (Domenica Romagni and Jonathan Regier) 🎶 Attendance is free

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

classiques-garnier.com/export/html/... A French-language anthology of Women Philosophers, with a lot of early-modern figures edited by Anne-Lise Rey #mustread #histphilo #women

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

An important letter from the American Philosophical Association opposing cuts to Exeter’s philosophy faculty: cdn.ymaws.com/.../resmgr/b.... #defendexeteruni #defendexeterphilosophy #philosophy #apaphilosophy #saveourjobs #philosophymatters

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

New special issue on indignation, edited by Simone Guidi and Francesco Toto, in the Rivista di storia della filosofia - see below www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Somm...

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

📢the poster for the 3rd series of #DescartesLab seminar is available - with a lot on #music,🎶 #mind,🧠 cartesianism, and a fascinating book on #Mersenne! Events are online - to attend, contact us or follow the link in the poster⤵️ Join us! #Descartes #Cartesianism #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

2026-2027 #DescartesLab seminar is under construction -⤵️ 4 meetings with book presentation are in preparation, discussing D's music, D's biography, D's philosophy of mind, and discussing Marin Mersenne. The poster will be available soon. Info: fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/home/researc...

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

There is some #Descartes here too - forthcoming volume by Simonutti and Evangelista for @brepols.net with several amazing contributions on #JohnLocke #histphilo #histsci #Science #botany and more www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A largely unexplored aspect of Descartes's thought - politics. Now discussing it #DescartesLab #Descartes #histphilo #17thcentury

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This Thursday, May 21, 2026, Carla Rita Palmerino will discuss a paper on #Gassendi and #Descartes on #error at the Seminario Cartesiano di Villa Mirafiori #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury The event is blended - all info in the poster below⤵️

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

On May 22nd (5pm Italy time/11 am New York time) #DescartesLab on a volume on Descartes and politics - Descartes was not Hobbes (but they corresponded) and some fascinating things arose in #Descartes #histphilo #17thcent Discussants will be M.G. Sestito and T.J. Thomas - in English

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Next week in Milan and online - Simone Guidi discussing Jesuit philosophy #histphilo #17thcentury #Jesuit #Cartesianism Follow the poster for all info

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

it is out in the lastest issue of @HOPOS_Society journal a book review of Melissa Lo's Skepticism Pictures written by Delphine Bellis - in which she reports some of the ideas discussed in last year's #DescartesLab #descartes #histphilo ⤵️ www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Sergio #Landucci has recently died. He has been professor of history of philosophy at the University of Firenze - having published on Hegel, Kant, Spinoza and Descartes, he is an intellectual reference for many historians and philosophers #histphilo #Descartes #Spinoza

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Today seminar on #Descartes Regulae ad directionem ingenii: 18:00 – Iacopo Chiaravalli (SNS-IISG): Regula XIV 18:40 – Q/A 19:00 – David Rabouin (SPHERE - Paris): Regula XV-XVI 19:40 – Q/A #histphilo #Regulae #17thcentury More info here: www.sns.it/it/evento/re...

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Cartesio in Villa - The Cartesian Seminar at Villa Mirafiori continues with Simone Guidi's tali -- see below On Thursday 9th, at 4 pm (Italy time) #Descartes #Cartesianism #17thcentury #histphilo

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Next Cartesio in Villa seminar - on Thursday 2nd April with Antonella Del Prete presenting a paper on dualism #Descartes #Cartesianism #dualism #histphilo #17thcentury

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

fascinating blog on conversation and discussion, and the uses of books in early modern philosophy - with an important exploration of #Descartes #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury #books

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

This is today, March 26th, at Università La Sapienza: Cartesio in Villa! Brunello Lotti will speak about dualism in Berkeley. at 4 pm (Italy time) #Descartes #17thcentury #earlymodern

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

📣Next meeting - #DescartesLab March 27, 2026 - at 3.00 pm (Italy time) / 10.00 am (NY city) Discussion of Elodie Cassan's Le langage de la raison (Vrin, 2023) #histphilo #17thcentury #ageofreason #Descartes #cartesianism - attendance is free fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/m...

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

As it happens, we made a small mistake about the time schedule, which is: 3 pm (Rome/Paris/Berlin time), 2 pm (London time), 🕙10 am (Ny city time), 9 am (Chicago time) --- please, note the change Sorry for the inconvenience #descartes #descarteslab #earlymodern #17thcentury #histphilo

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

seminar: bodies, minds, and dualisms at the Seminario cartesiano di Villa Mirafiori - #Cartesnism #Descartes #dualism #17thcentury #hisfphilo all info in the poster

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

📣Next meeting - #DescartesLab March 27, 2026 - at 3.00 pm (Italy time) / 9.00 am (NY city) Discussion of Elodie Cassan's Le langage de la raison (Vrin, 2023) - the meeting is in English and online #histphilo #17thcentury #ageofreason #Descartes #cartesianism - attendance is free

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

📣a publication by Igor Agostini (Director of the Cartesian Centre in Lecce) on René Descartes' pjhilosophy - in Italian #descartes #17thcentury #Cartesianstudies #histphilo www.morcelliana.net/collane-scho...

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Today event CANCELLED Unfortunately, due to personal reasons, today's seminar will no take place. Sorry!

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

A nice seminar organized in Venice/online - it remains difficult to discuss about mechanization and mechanical philosophy in the early modern period, and perhaps it is no more possible to do it with Descartes/Cartesian philo, but this is a great lineup of scholars #17thcentury #histsci #histphilo

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

This is next week, Tuesday 27th January - discussing ontology in Clauberg and the 17th century with Alice Ragni, Lucia Oliveri and Andrea Strazzoni (in English) #DescartesLab #17thcentury #histphilo #Cartesianism

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

apply to this conference on Francis Bacon quartercentenary 1626-2026 - The conference is organized by Dana Jalobeanu and Rodolfo Garau at the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN). #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury #Bacon docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Francis Bacon 1626–2026: Four Centuries of Thought, New Horizons for Research University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN), 12–13 June 2026

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Fabrizio Baldassarri @fabribald.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

a great discussion of Raphaele Andrault's book Le fer ou le feu (2024) - it's a great focus on pain as a crucial element to convey a philosophical investigation. #histsci #histmedicine are important in #histphilo #descartes we presented it in @descarteslab.bsky.social #DescartesLab

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

in the lastest isuee of Studia Neoaristotelica, there are 2 nice articles on Descartes - the one on laughter, the second on Mercer's interpretation of Descartes's relationship with Teresa d'Avila. #Descartes #17thcentury #histphilo #cartesianism

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

📢Nov.19 - Method, science and truth in Descartes' Regulae ad directionem ingenii #Descartes #HistPhilo #histsci The event is blended - in Pisa at scuolanormale SSN and online #17thcentury #method #induction 🌈 Contact the organizers if interested! Here the programme

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

#PrincetonBucharestSeminar in Early Modern Philosophy, the 25th edition. This time, focus will be devoted to errors, falsehood and forgeries. Apply until January 15. #earlymodern #histsci #histphilo #17thcentury #errors organizers are @rodolfogarau.bsky.social Dana Jalobeanu and Dan Garber!

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Fabrizio Baldassarri @fabribald.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Happy for this book review of my "René Descartes's Natural Philosophy and Particular bodies" written by Andrea Strazzoni In the latest issue of the Rivista di filosofia #descartes #17thcentury #histsci #histphilo #physics the review is here: www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1413/...

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

It's today! #DescartesJanuary26 in Italy starts with this pre-event in Venice on the #Regulae #Descartes Then: Jan12: online event on Rules 4 & 5 of the Regulae Jan19: in Pisa & online on Rules 7, 8 & 9 Jan21-23: in Torino, #DescarteForum Jan27: #DescartesLab on ontology 🐻 with us #histphilo

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

📣 #bluestorians the next meeting of the #DescartesLab is on Jan.27, 2026, at 3.00 pm (CET time) - we discuss ontology in the seventeenth century with the lastest book of Alice Ragni! The meeting is in English! #17thcentury #histsci #histphilo #ontology #Descartes #Cartesianis email us for contact

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

the poster for the next #ForumDescartes is ready See you in Turin, January 21-23 for this great event on #Descartes and #seventeenthcentury #histphilo #histsci #Cartesianism with several leading scholars and very good graduate students! Let us #revive #Descartesphilo #Descartesscience

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

another fascinating podcast on #premodern #atomism ... the interaction between corpuscular philosophy and living nature still remains a huge point in seventeenth-century understanding of nature #seventeenthcentury #Democritus

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

a #Cartesianevent #Descartes - a series on the Regulae, organized by Igor Agostini, Iacopo Chiaravalli and Alberto Ferrarin #histsci #histphilo #17thcentury The event is online - programme here: www.sns.it/it/evento/re...

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

#DescartesLab December 19, 2025 - book presentation and discussion of Descartes' Regulae ad directionem ingenii, an early manuscript version Venue: Venice Time: 3.30 pm (Italy, CET time) The event is blended See here: www.unive.it/data/agenda/... #17thcentury #histphilo #method #Descartes

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Descartes’ Regulae ad Directionem Ingenii. An early manuscript version - Unive

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

#Cartesian event in Venice, organized with the #DescartesLab collaboration, on the recent edition of #Descartes's Regulae ad directionem ingenii. The event is blended. #histphilo #histsci #earlymodernbooks #17thcentury #epistemology We are pleased to support #DescartesAge #DescartesLaboratory

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