The Metaphysical and Mathematical Discussion of the Status of Infinitesimals in Leibniz’s Time |
| Thursday, March 30th |
| 2:00-2:30 |
CINDY WILLETT, Chair of the Department of Philosophy
Opening of the Conference on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Graduate Studies in Philosophy at Emory
A Short Welcome (with the usual necessary technical explanations) by Ursula Goldenbaum |
| 2:30-3:15 |
HIDÉ ISHIGURO (University of Tokyo)
Infinitesimals and Points: Philosophical Reflections on Some Recent Theories |
| 3:15-4:00 |
O. BRADLEY BASSLER (The University of Georgia, Athens)
Infinitesimals, differentials, and the Leibnizian calculus |
| 4:00-4:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 4:30-5:15 |
EMILY GROSHOLZ (PennState University, University Park)
Leibniz's Calculus: Ambiguous Notation and Metaphysics |
| 5:30-7:00 |
Dinner (Dining Room) |
| 7:00-8:00 |
ROBERT MULVANEY (University of South Carolina, Columbia)
Public Lecture on Leroy Loemker |
| 8:30-10:00 |
Reception |
| Friday, March 31st |
| 9:00-9:45 |
PHILIP BEELEY (Leibniz-Forschungstelle, Münster)
Infinity, Infinitesimals and the Reform of Cavalieri: John Wallis and his Critics |
| 9:45-10:30 |
URSULA GOLDENBAUM (Emory University, Atlanta)
“Indivisibilia vera” in Leibniz’s Early Philosophy of Mind |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11:45 |
EBERHARD KNOBLOCH (Technische Universität Berlin)
Generality and Infinitely Small Quantities in Leibniz's Mathematics: The Case of his ARITHMETICAL QUADRATURE OF CONIC SECTIONS AND RELATED CURVES |
| 11:45-12:30 |
RICHARD ARTHUR (McMaster University, Hamilton)
Leery Bedfellows: Leibniz and Newton on the Status of Infinitesimals |
| 12:30-2:30 |
Lunch (Dining Room) |
| 2:30-3:15 |
MARK KULSTAD (Rice University, Houston)
Leibniz's Discussion of Spinoza's Notion of Infinity |
| 3:15-4:00 |
SAMUEL LEVEY (Dartmouth College, Hanover)
Leibniz on Indivisibles in Motion: Early Foundations |
| 4:00-4:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 4:30-5:15 |
DANIEL GARBER (Princeton University, Princeton)
Infinitesimals and the Physical |
| 7:00-10:00 |
Dinner, Houston Mill House |
| Saturday, April 1st |
| 9:00-9:45 |
DONALD RUTHERFORD (University of California, San Diego)
Leibniz on Infinitesimals and the Reality of Physical Force |
| 9:45-10:30 |
MICHEL FICHANT (Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV))
Infini métaphysique et infini mathématique dans Leibniz |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11:45 |
HERBERT BREGER (Leibniz-Archiv, Hannover)
Leibniz's Calculation with Compendia |
| 11:45-12:30 |
DOUG JESSEPH (North Carolina State University, Raleigh)
Truth in Fiction: Origins and Consequences of Leibniz's Doctrine of Infinitesimal Magnitudes. |
| 12:30-2:30 |
Lunch (Dining Room) |
| 2:30-3:15 |
FRITZ NAGEL (Bernoulli-Edition, Zürich)
Johann I Bernoulli and Jacob Hermann on Infinitesimals |
| 3:15-4:00 |
FINAL DISCUSSION
(Vote about Fictionality vs. Reality) |
| 6:30-8:00 |
Dinner (Dining Room) |
