Reading Group:
“Science and Perception in Descartes” and “Essay on the Notion of Reading”
Descartes Principles Of Philosophy, 1699 #2 art print by Folger Shakespeare Library.
“Science and Perception in Descartes” and “Essay on the Notion of Reading” with Dr. Francesca Romana Recchia Luciani
Sessions will be 1.5 hours in length, 45 minutes for Dr. Francesca Romana Recchia Luciani to unpack her reading of the text and 45 minutes for general questions, answers, comments, and ideas. These sessions will be held on zoom and are open to all AWS members, so if you or anyone you know is interested in participating, please encourage them to join the AWS. Remember to update your membership for the 2026/7 year in order to attend. The sessions will be recorded, edited, and made available to the public via Youtube.
Please see:
“Chapter 4: Science and Perception in Descartes,” in Formative Writings, 1929-1941, Routledge Revivals, 2009.
And “Essay on the Notion of Reading,” The Journal of Continental Philosophy, Volume 1, Issue 1 (2020) pp. 9–15.
Francesca R. Recchia Luciani, Ph.D. is
Full Professor of History of Philosophy,
DISUM Department of Humanities,
University of Bari “Aldo Moro”.
Her research interests include: Philosophies and Epistemologies of the twentieth and twenty-first century,
Philosophy in Arts and Media, Human Rights, Women and Gender studies.
The thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Peter Winch, Simone Weil, Hannah Arendt,
Günther Anders, Jean-Luc Nancy, Hermeneutics of Totalitarianism and Shoah, Carla
Lonzi and feminist Italian theory, philosophies of gender and sexualities.
Since 2005, alongside with professor Francesco Fistetti, co-editor of «POST
FILOSOFIE. Review of philosophical practices and human sciences» (Caratteri mobili
ed.).