In the year
2006,
on the occasion of
400-year anniversary of the birth of Juan
Caramuel y Lobkowicz (1606-1682), the Institute
of Philosophy
of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
jointly with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hradec Králové organized a
conference dedicated to the work of this outstanding figure. The
conference consisted of two parts: the first scholarly part took place
from Oct.
11 (arrival only) to Oct. 14 at Villa Lanna in Prague. The subsequent part, open to
the
general public, took place from Oct. 15 to Oct. 16 in Hradec
Králové.
Conference proceedings: P. Dvorak, J. Schmutz (eds.), Juan Caramuel: The Last Scholastic Polymath. Filosofia, Praha 2008, ISBN 978-80-7007-283-7
To be ordered at the publishing house Filosofia
J. Schmutz's pages
devoted to
Caramuel research CARAMUEL ELECTRONICUS
OCTOBER 12
SECTION
I - PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS
chair:
R. Blum
9:00-9:20 conference opening:
Dr. Baran, director of Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Msgr. Duka, bishop of Hradec Králové
Prof. Sousedík, professor of Medieval Philosophy, Charles University
Philosophy
9:25-10:00 J. Schmutz
Caramuel on the Naturalistic Fallacy
10:00-10:35 P. Dvorak
Formal Logic in Juan Caramuel
coffee break
10:50-11:25 D. D. Novotný
Ens Rationis in Caramuel
11:25-12:00 M. Stone
Caramuel Lovaniensis
lunch time
Theology
14:00-14:35 J. A. Fleming
Distinctions
Without Practical Effect: Caramuel’s
Apologema and Dialexis de Non-Certitudine on the Standard
Classifications for Probable Opinions.
14:35-15:10 J.-R. Armogathe
Caramuel,
a Cistercian Casuist
coffee break
15:30-16:05 U. G. Leinsle
Probabilismus im Kloster. Caramuels "Theologia
regularis"
16:05-16:40 Y. Schwartz
On Rabbinic Atheism: Caramuel’s Critique
of Cabbala
18:30 Drink and snacks at Strahov Monastery (departure 18:00)
19:30 Strahov Monastery Library excursion
supper time
OCTOBER 13
SECTION
II - MATHEMATICS, ART AND ARCHITECTURE
chair:
Mathematics and science
9:00-9:35 G. Schuppener
Reflexionen über das Zahlensystem
9:35-10:10 J. Smolka
J. Caramuel a J. M. Marci
coffee break
Art
10:30-11:05 D. Sabaino
Shaping a Musical
Encyclopaedia. Caramuel's "Musica" and its Sources.
lunch time
15:00-15:35 F. Dupuigrenet
Desroussilles
Labyrinths of Time : Poetry and Prophecy
in the Metametrica
15:35-16:10 J.
Fernandez-Santos Ortiz-Iribas
Caramuel's
Theoscope: The Symbolism of Fractured and Whole Vision
coffee break
Architecture
16:25-17:00 A. Plattus
The Astronomer’s House: Caramuel and the Problem
of a Scientific Architecture in Early Modern Europe
17:00-17:35 E. Navarro
Architecture
and Rhetoric in Caramuel's "Arquitectura Civil Recta y Oblicua..."
18:30 Residence of
the Archbishop (departure 18:00)
19:00 holy mass
supper time
OCTOBER 14
SECTION
III - HISTORY
chair: I. Čornejová
Architecture and history
9:00-9:35 P. Štěpánek
Jan
Caramuel z Lobkowicz Caramuel jako teoretik a praktik architektury: Caramuel
v Praze mezi teorií a praxí (J. C. as a theoretician
and practicist of architecture: Caramuel in Prague between
theory and praxis)
9:35-10:10 H. Sullivan
The Jews of Prague &
Caramuel's Survey of Medieval Sephardic Literature in the Dominicus
coffee break
10:30-11:05 J. Fernandez-Santos Ortiz-Iribas
Ocular Wittness of War: Caramuel on His Way to
the Empire (1644)
11:05-11:40 H. Kuchařová
Výuka
filosofie a teologie v Praze v době Caramuelova pobytu a jeho kontakty
s pražskými vysokými školami (Teaching of philosophy and
theology in Prague at the time of Caramuel's stay and his contacsts
with Prague tertiary institutions)
lunch time
14:00-14:35 O. Chaline
Obležení
Prahy podle Caramuelových deníků (The siege of Prague
according to Caramuel's diaries)
14:35-15:10 Anne-Marie Azam
Haec quo magis
publica, eo magis sunt
infallibilia: právoplatnost
historických důkazů v
dílech Caramuelových Philippus Prudens a Pax
Licita (...validity of historical proofs
in Caramuel's works...)
15:10 Prague conference closed
16:00 Departure to Hradec
Králové (for those who have applied to the Hradec
conference organizer, Polehla@diecezehk.cz). For the
conference program in Hradec Králové CLICK
HERE.
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