by Andrew Janiak
Get to know Émilie du Châtelet, a key philosopher of the French Enlightenment.
SERIES
Châtelet
MEET YOUR LECTURER
Andrew Janiak
Janiak is Professor of Philosophy, Chair of the Department, the co-leader of Project Vox, and former chair of the Bass Society of Fellows at Duke. He and Professor Karen Detlefsen (Penn) were awarded an ACLS Collaborative Research Grant to begin their new multi-year project on Émilie Du Châtelet and 18th century Newtonian thought in France. They are currently writing the first English-language monograph on Châtelet’s philosophy.
Episodes
EPISODE ONE
Part 1
In this first of two videos, Andrew Janiak (Duke) introduces Émilie du Châtelet, a French philosopher, and her contribution to the debate about the principle of sufficient reason. This video is a part of a series of videos coming from Project Vox (Duke), a project recovering the lost voices of women philosophers.
EPISODE TWO
Part 2
In part 2, Andrew Janiak (Duke) further introduces Émilie du Châtelet, a French philosopher, and her contribution to the debate about the principle of sufficient reason. This video is a part of a series of videos coming from Project Vox (Duke), a project recovering the lost voices of women philosophers.
