By IPM Monthly team
Browse through our section and find out what is going on in the field of medieval philosophy and related branches of philosophical research. This month we include many fascinating conferences, workshops, and summer schools that are going to take place in June and July 2023.
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By IPM Monthly team
Navigate the raging seas of the academy through updates and insights about posts, training, and call for papers. This month, we feature some opportunities for research, interesting calls for papers, and much more.
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By Rodrigo Ballon Villanueva
There is a long-standing ‘fracture’ among the philosophical community, divided into the so-called ‘analytical’ and the so-called ‘continental’ camps. One dimension along which the two groups are perceived and perceive themselves as different concerns their relation to the history of philosophy. Continentals have often accused analytics to be ‘ahistorical’ or, even worse, ‘anti-historical’. On their part, analytics consider continental scholarship as mere doxography in opposition to ‘proper’ (i.e., analytic) philosophy. It seems like upcoming philosophers have no alternative but to pick a side. Is it so? In this interview, Anna Marmodoro will address this question on the occasion of her recent research stay at the University of Notre Dame.
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By Mário João Correia
In June, our monthly list of recently published books on philosophy, history, and the Middle Ages features many monographs and volumes able satisfy different methodological and historical tastes. Take a look to find out the latest trend in our field.
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By Rodrigo Ballon Villanueva
This month we highlight the work of Suf Amichay. Suf is now finishing her PhD in Medieval Philosophy at the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Cambridge (UK), supervised by Prof. John Marenbon. Her research focuses on big metaphysical systems in the Middle Ages, especially looking at the compatibility of Aristotle with Abrahamic religions. To examine this, Suf traces the development of concepts of modality and their place in medieval thought. Further, Suf approaches medieval natural philosophy as a history of science, using the tools and methodology often reserved for early modern science to examine earlier periods. She hopes her work can present medieval science in a new, more charitable way, and help redefine its place in the history of science.
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By Eduarda Machado
This month the Coffee Break section invites everyone to explore the vast world of urban painting. We interview Mariana PTKS – pseudonym Mariana Patacas – an urban and visual artist from Porto, Portugal. She started painting while still at school. She experimented with materials and techniques and discovered the possibilities of the dimension of mural art. Mariana lives and expresses the deep questions of philosophy and science through art, colour and form. Her path of inspiration is made by moments of contemplation of nature, the internal and the external, if it is possible a distinction in her artistic-conceptual conception. Her artistic activity gravitates around themes such as cosmos and its origin as well as its infinite possibilities, the composition is mostly constituted by vibrant colour palettes and harmonious shapes. Her work presents both internal coherence and an exponential expressive evolution, from realistic representations of satellite images of the cosmos on unconventional canvases, to the minimalism of geometric form that gives space to the expression of the vibrancy of colour, revealing dreamlike and intense landscapes. In his works he is also aware of the social, political and environmental impact and how he can take advantage of this to contribute to a better society.
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