PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Introducing the notion of response as a historiographical category, RENEW18 seeks to account for the full spectrum of philosophical responses to the challenge posed by the MEP, responses that ranged from emulation and appropriation to various types of accommodation to qualified or unqualified resistance.

More specifically, RENEW18 studies the direct and indirect effects of the MEP on philosophers who drew from Aristotelian, Cartesian, Leibnizian, and Wolffian sources. It covers the period between 1700 and 1800, treats developments in the Dutch Republic, England, France, and Germany, and foregrounds the impact of non-canonical authors and movements on canonical authors and the other way around. RENEW18’s inclusive and innovative historiography thus counteracts the reductive account of the impact of Newton on 18th-century philosophy that prevails in contemporary scholarship.

RENEW18 is a four-year research project funded by the Belgian research councils FWO and F.R.S.-FNRS (EOS) and will be carried out by a consortium consisting of three principal investigators and seven junior researchers.

Principal Investigators

ducheyne-steffen
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
de-boer-karen
KU Leuven
pelletier-arnaud
Université Libre de Bruxelles

Postdocs and PhD Students

Zellini Pic
KU Leuven
Postdocs and PhD Students
CasperDewit
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Postdocs and PhD Students
henny-blomme
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Postdocs and PhD Students
olivier-claude
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Postdocs and PhD Students
marco-storni
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Postdocs and PhD Students
ovidiu-babes
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Postdocs and PhD Students

Affliliated Researchers

luis-fellipe-garcia
KU Leuven
Affiliated Researcher
jip-van-besouw_2023
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Affiliated Researcher
guillaume-coissard
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Affiliated Researcher

Advisory Board

janiak-andrew
Duke University
Affiliated Researcher
leduc-christian
Université de Montréal
Affiliated Researcher
stan-marius
Boston College
Affiliated Researcher
domski-mary
University of New Mexico
Affiliated Researcher
mogens_laerke
Maison Française d'Oxford
Affiliated Researcher
feingold-mordechai
California Institute of Technology
Affiliated Researcher