Thurday morning, Historical contruction of the category of «mechanical philosophy»
- Daniel Garber (Princeton University), «Notes on the pre-history of the mechanical philosophy»
- Guido Giglioni (Warburg Institute), «How Francis Bacon became Baconian. Hagiography in the Early History of the Mechanical Philosophy »
- Sophie Roux (université de Grenoble II), «L'empire de
la philosophie mécanique en partage : anciens et nouveaux philosophes
(1660-1690)»
Thurday afternoon, Mechanical philosophy and theories of matter
-Victor Navarro (Universitat de València), «Matter and Form in Sixteenth Century Spain: Case Studies»
- Craig Martin (Harvard University), «Matter, Form, and Motion in Late Aristotelian Meteorology»
- Christoph Luethy (Radboud University Nijmegen), «The Intense
Flirt of Matter Theory with Mechanical Philosophy»
Friday morning, Mechanical philosophy and mechanics
- W. Roy Laird (University of Carleton, Ottawa), «Hero of Alexandria in the Renaissance»
- Frédéric de Buzon (université de Strasbourg II), «Le physico-mathématique chez Beeckman et Descartes »
- Carla Rita Palmerino (Radboud University Nijmegen), «Isomorphism
of Space, Time and Matter in Early Modern Natural Philosophy. Some Case-studies»
Friday afternoon, Mechanical philosophy, mathematics and experience
- Ofer Gal (university of Sidney), «Baroque Science: the Invention of the Universal Constant»
- Elzbietta Jung-Palczewska (university of Lodz), «A Transmission of Ideas from Galileo to Newton. Walter Charleton on Mechanics»
- Antoni Malet (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), «MathematicalMechanics
versus Mechanical Philosophy in the Hydrostatics of John Wallis and James
Gregorie»
Saturday morning, Limits of mechanical explanations
- Antonio Clericuzzio (Università di Cassino), «Atomism and Generation in Italy in the seventeenth century»
- Rémi Fanckowiak (université de Lille III), «Du Clos critique de Boyle»
- Susana Gomez-Lopez (Universitat de Madrid), «The Mechanization
of Light in Galilean Science»
Saturday afternoon, Mechanical philosophy and some big shots
- Alan Gabbey (Barnard College, New York), «Spinoza and Mechanical Philosophy»
- Michel Fichant (université de Paris IV), «Leibniz et
la philosophie mécanique»