Amy Schmitter, University of Alberta

Research

philosophy early modern emotion passion sentiment power conatus representation

Latest funding

Passions, power and representation in early modern philosophy
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$175,125
Passion and representation in early modern philosophy
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$51,400
Representation in Early Modern philosophy: the 17th century
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$62,540

Passions, power and representation in early modern philosophy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Schmitter, Amy M.

Keywords: philosophy; early modern; emotion; passion; sentiment; power; conatus; representation; mind; idea; intentionality; Descartes; Hobbes; Princess Elisabeth; Malebranche; Poullain de la Barre; Spinoza; Leibniz; Astell; Shaftesbury; Hutcheson; Hume; Smith

$175,125

Passion and representation in early modern philosophy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Schmitter, Amy M.

Keywords: philosophy; emotion; representation; passion; sentiment; Descartes; Hobbes; Malebranche; Spinoza; Shaftesbury; Hutcheson; Hume; power

$51,400

Representation in Early Modern philosophy: the 17th century

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Schmitter, Amy M.

Keywords: Early Modern philosophy; Descartes; Hobbes; Leibniz; metaphysics; philosophy of mind; causation; perception; emotions; representation; history of mathematics; political philosophy; power; sign; ideas; language

$62,540

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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