Francesc Xavier Llorens i Barba
Francesc Xavier Llorens i Barba (Vilafranca del Penedès, 1820 - Barcelona, 1872) was a professor at the University of Barcelona and is considered one of the founders of the Barcelona School of Philosophy. Llorens i Barba accompanied his teacher Ramon Martí de Eixalà (1807-1857) in the introduction of the Scottish empiricist philosophy of the 18th century in Catalonia. He was also one of the first to spread the thought of Kant and Hegel in our country. The intellectual mastery of Llorens i Barba was recognised by figures such as Torras i Bages, Manuel Milà i Fontanals, Marcelino Menéndez i Pelayo, Francisco Giner de los Ríos, José Letamendi, Rubió i Lluch, Jaume Serra Húnter and Tomás and Joaquim Carreras i Artau.
Programme
THOUGHT AND LEGACY OF FRANCESC XAVIER LLORENS I BARBA
Vilafranca del Penedès, 25th and 26th of November 2015
(Click here to see the complete programme)
Wednesday, November 25th
- Opening of the Symposium, Joan Vergés Gifra, Director of the Ferrater Mora Chair, Josep Monserrat Molas, Dean of the Universitat de Barcelona and Raimon Gusi, Councillor of Culture of the City Council of Vilafranca del Penedès
- Rellegir Francesc Xavier Llorens i Barba, by Joan Cuscó (Philosopher)
- Francesc Xavier Llorens i la filosofia de Catalunya, by Ignasi Roviró (Universitat Ramon Llull)
- La posteritat de Xavier Llorens i Barba, by Xavier Serra (Writer)
- Presentation of the book “Realitat i veritat en Francesc Pujols” (“Noms de la Filosofia Catalana collection)”, (Capella de Sant Pelegrí/VINSEUM, Plaça de Jaume I, Vilafranca del Penedès)
Thursday, November 26th
- Llorens i Barba: influència del seu mestratge i adopció del nacionalisme herderià a la Renaixença, by Fèlix Villagrasa (Universitat de Barcelona)
- Llorens i Barba, en context, by Norbert Bilbeny (Universitat de Barcelona)
- La recepció noucentista del pensament de Llorens Barba: vers una pedagogia de la consciència, by Conrad Vilanou (Universitat de Barcelona)
- William Hamilton en la filosofia de Francesc Xavier Llorens i Barba, by Misericòrdia Anglès (Universitat de Barcelona)
- Un kantiano a medias, by Nazzareno Fioraso (Università di Verona)
Publication
In 2017 the Symposium’s proceedings were published, which are the 13th volume of the collection “Noms de la filosofia catalana”. See here more information about the publication.
See Eva Vàzquez’s article “Continuïtat del pensar”, published in El Punt Avui on April 17, 2018.
Press releases
Click here to read the press summary of the Llorens i Barba Symposium.
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