TUDOMANYFILOZOFIA SZEMINARIUM, G y. M a r k u s

ELTE TTK Tudomanytortenet es Tudomanyfilozofia Tanszek Budapest, Pazmany P. setany 1/A TUDOMANYFILOZOFIA SZEMINARIUM (http://hps.elte.hu/seminar) ________________________________________________ Marcius 12. 16:00 6. em. 6.54 G y o r g y M a r k u s CEU, Budapest, Philosophy Program University of Sydney Condorcet: Communication/Science/Democracy Condorcet is usually regarded as the last footnote to the history of French Enlightenment.The paper - an attempt at his "rehabilitation" - tries to disclose the conceptual connectionsbetween his philosophy of history, his views of science as simultaneously an epistemic andsocial formation, and his political philosophy. His ideas not only prefigure some more contemporary theories - his dispute with Rousseau represents the first great confrontationbetween the two great cultural trends of modernity, between (the broadly understood)"Enlightenment" and "Romanticism". A szeminarium szervezoje: E. Szabo Laszlo -- Laszlo E. Szabo Department of Theoretical Physics Department of History and Philosophy of Science Eotvos University, Budapest H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924 Home: (36-1) 200-7318 Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172 http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo