03 Apr 2012 Lecture series on the universalist thought of the open II In continuation of the lecture series on universalism after Peirce and Kant and a modern conception of speculative thought, this Thursday and Saturday via video-conference: Thursday, April 5 (11.00 – 14.00): Seminar 6: The Continuous and the Contingent – The labyrinth of the Universal and geometry of the Absolute (a summary on the synthetic environment of the Universal) – Systematic navigation and inferring topoi of knowledge Saturday, April 7: Seminar 7: Accelerate Out of This World – Mathesis of acceleration (Aristotle, Ibn al-Haytham, Oresme, Ch?�telet, Zalamea) – Perception of acceleration, neurobiological underpinnings (Gould, Berthoz, Longo) – Acceleration as a full-fledged epistemological program (Magnani) – Culture of acceleration, an epistemological vanishing point – Transmodern navigation and global synthesis of intensities – The universe of “creativity without brake” Transcription of the whole universalism series will be available at some point. Address: PERFORMING ARTS FORUM 15, rue haute 02820 St Erme Outre et Ramecourt France janritsema@mac.com