Organized by Steffen Ducheyne(Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science)
- 9.30-10.00: Welcome and Coffee
- 10.00-10.35: Iulia Mihai (Ghent University), ‘D’Alembert and Euler on the Wave Equation’
- 10.35-11.10: Jip van Besouw (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), ’s Gravesande on scientific methodology: Calvinist-Leibnizian Metaphysics in Defence of Newtonian Physics?
- 11.10-11.30: Coffee Break
- 11.30-12.05: Marco Storni (École normale supérieure), ‘Maupertuis’ Argument for Newtonianism: Between Logic and Rhetoric’
- 12.05-12.40: Yannick Van den Abbeel (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), ‘Maupertuis and The Principle of Least Action’
- 12.40-14.00: Lunch
- 14.00-14.45: Anne-Lise Rey (Université de Lille I), ‘La démonstration a posteriori du principe de conservation des forces vives par W. J. ’s Gravesande: Une conversion à la métaphysique leibnizienne des corps?’*14.45-15.30 a.m.*: Steffen Ducheyne (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), ‘Peter van Musschenbroek’s ‘Newtonianism’ Reconsidered’
- 15.30-16.00: break
- 16.00-16.45: Marij van Strien (Max Planck Institute for History of Science), ‘The Law of Continuity, Determinateness, and the Mathematizability of Nature: Boscovich and his Contemporaries’
Attendance is free, but registration is REQUIRED, on a first come, first served basis. To register send an email to steffen.ducheyne@vub.ac.be@vub.ac.be.