Physiology and psychology at the time of Auguste Comte, March 27, 2009

Study day

Physiology and psychology in the time of Auguste Comte

March 27, 2009, 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Organized by Laurent Clauzade (Univ. de Caen) and Vincent Guillin (Collège de France)


- A. Devarieux (Univ. de Caen)
"Ce qui touche le moi sans être lui":
la psychologie physiologique de Maine de Biran".

- J.-G. Barbara (CNRS UMR 702 & RESHEIS)
" Les recherches de physiologie cérébrale au temps de Comte ".

- L. Clauzade (University of Caen)
"La théorie cérébrale d'un naturaliste chrétien: H. M. D. de Blainville".

- V. Guillin (Collège de France)
" The role of phrenology in Comtian sociology: the case of gender equality".

- T. Dixon (Queen Mary University, London) "The Science of the Brain and the Religion of Humanity: Comte and Altruism in Victorian Britain".


With the support of the Identity-Subjectivity team (Univ. de Caen), the Maison d'Auguste Comte (Paris), and the Chair of Philosophy of Biological and Medical Sciences (Collège de France).

Venue:

Collège de France
Lecture hall 4
11 Pl. M. Berthelot
75005 Paris

Contact:
vincent.guillin@college-de-france.fr or laurent.clauzade@unicaen.fr