Event Description
Virtual workshop organized by the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Thought (University of Groningen) and Cluj Centre for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (Babes-Bolyai University).
What makes us appear the way we are? Which factors determine our moral, our cognitive, and physiological features? Lurking in the background of philosophical models are medical or physiological assumptions whose exposition often sheds new light on ancient, medieval and modern debates. “Climate” is a central term that figures at the intersection of many philosophical and medical discussions. This notion impacted not only doctrines about the earth, but also about its inhabitants. This way, long-lasting ideas about human and non-human life were often connected with racist and sexist implications. Focusing on the historical notion of climate, this workshop aims at approaching these debate.
Susi Ferrarello (California) Solastalgia: Climatic Anxiety An Emotional Geography to Find Our Way Out
Oded Horezky (Cologne) Climate Theory and Medieval Jewish Philosophy: Judah Halevi, Maimonides, and Gersonides on Astrology, Human Perfection, and the Holy Land
Corrado la Martire (Cologne) “Drinking iced water at the 66th parallel north”: Avempace on the Inhabitable Regions of the Earth
Gabriella Zuccolin (Pavia) A Heavenly Climate? Theological Discussions on the Place of the Terrestrial Paradise in Relation to Human Complexion
Thursday 29 October 2020, 9:00–13:00 CET
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