IPS 2021 Mid-Term Proceedings Out in Areté

Proceedings from the IPS' 2021 Mid-Term Meeting are now out in a special issue of Areté (vol. 36: "Koinōnia en la filosofía de Platón"). Table of Contents: Communication and Kinship. On “Koinōnia” and “Syngeneia” in Plato’s Dialogues (Carlo Delle Donne) Common Ground or Double Bind? The Possibility of Dialogue in Plato’s Crito (Sarah Feldman) The Koinon Agathon of Plato’s Charmides (Alan Pichanick) Koinōnia and the Psychology of Possession (Veronika Konrádová) Koinōnia in the Symposium: from community to communion? (Zdenek Lenner) El comercio según Platón: ¿factor de división o de comunidad política? (Etienne Helmer) The Women’s Law (tou gynaikeiou nomos) in the Kallipolis of Plato’s Republic (Gabriele Cornelli, Rosane Maia) Psicología, política y poesía en República IV y X (Lucas Soares) Plato on the Mechanics of Koinōnia Formation (Stephanos Stephanides) La ciencia en sí misma y la ciencia en nosotros: en torno al rol de la epistḗmē en el Fedro (Gabriel García) Koinōnía y Justicia. De la República al Parménides (Raúl Gutiérrez) Three [...]

2022-03-29T18:20:51+00:00Categories: Announcements, Other Announcements|

New Publication: Séparation et relation chez Platon et chez Plotin

Séparation et relation chez Platon et chez Plotin By Michel Fattal. 2022. 100 pp. 12.00 EUR softcover. ISBN: 978-2-343-25507-1. Paris: L'Harmattan. (Ouverture Philosophique) French/Français: L'originalité de la philosophie de Platon et de Plotin est de situer l'origine de toutes choses dans un principe supérieur au monde physique et matériel. Cette décision philosophique, qui ne va pas de soi, visant à placer la cause de toutes choses dans un principe transcendant et immatériel, est concomitante d'un autre choix philosophique consistant à « séparer » la cause de son effet, le haut du bas, l'intelligible du sensible, l'invisible du visible, l'incorporel du corporel. De telles « séparations » poseront à Platon et à Plotin le problème de l'unité du monde et des « relations » que ces deux niveaux différents peuvent ou doivent malgré tout entretenir afin d'éviter toute forme de dérive dualiste et de vision pessimiste du monde. Cet ouvrage propose [...]

2022-02-24T12:12:11+00:00Categories: Just published, Other Announcements|

IPS at the APA 2022

IPS at the American Philosophical Association: Central Division Chicago, Illinois Friday, February 25, 7:00–10:00 P.M. Session jointly sponsored with the International Society for the Study of Socrates Topic: Three New Books on Xenophon’s Socrates Chair: Donald Morrison (Rice University) Speakers: Thomas Pangle (University of Texas at Austin), “Socrates in Xenophon’s Socratic Writings” David Johnson (Southern University of Illinois Carbondale), “Xenophon’s Socratic Works” Commentators: Christopher Moore (The Pennsylvania State University) Emily Baragwanath (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) IPS at the American Philosophical Association: Pacific Division Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Wednesday, April 13, 6:00–9:00 P.M. Chair: J. Clerk Shaw (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Speakers: Sophia M. Connell (Birkbeck College London), “Love as Infectious Disease in the Phaedrus 250c8-252c2” Claudia Luchetti (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen), “On the Non-Aporetic Character of the Socratic ἔλεγχος in the Euthyphro” Marina Marren (University of Nevada, Reno), “Plato’s Philosophical Method: The Second Sailing”

2022-02-24T11:38:54+00:00Categories: Announcements, Other Announcements|

Plato Journal, Volume 22 (2021)

The International Plato Society's journal, Plato Journal, has released its 22nd volume for 2021, available now at impactum-journals.uc.pt/platojournal. (See here for the full PDF.) Introduction by Richard Perry, with dossiers from Michael Augustín, Renato Matoso, Xin Liu, George Rudebusch, Thomas Tuozzo, and Roslyn Weiss, and a book review by Francisco Lisi. Articles by Marco Donato, Jens Kristian Larsen, Rasmus Sevelsted, Jan Szaif, Jonathan Lavilla de Lera, Javier Aguirre Santos, and Stephen Oppong Peprah. Plato Journal is available free access on line and printed on demand by Coimbra University Press. Are you interested in submitting to Plato Journal? Please, see the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Submissions page.

2021-10-26T10:00:54+00:00Categories: Just published, Other Announcements|

The Relation of Master and Disciple in Antiquity (Sept. 6, Madrid)

THE RELATION MASTER AND DISCIPLE IN ANTIQUITY: TRANSMISSION, TRANSFORMATION AND RECEPTION September 6, 2021 This conference is happening both in-person and online. For those interested in registering, send an email to Beatriz Bossi: beabossi@yahoo.es. Location: Facultad de Filosofía, Edificio A, Sala de Juntas (Ground floor on the left)  Session 1: Chair: Patricia Marechal 9.30: Claudia Marsico: Socrates as a teacher and the nature of the Socratic circle 10.00: David Ebrey: Socrates as Model and Guide in the Phaedo 10.30: Jens Kristian Larsen:  The Beauty in the Eye of the Other: Alcibiades 1 on justice, courage, and self-knowledge (online) 11.00: Carlo Cacciatori: A good student, an even better master: Plato on φρόνησις. 11.30: Coffee Break Session 2: Chair: David Ebrey 12.00: Ángel Pascual Martín: Hippocrates brings ‘bad news’ (Prot. 310b4; 310e3) On envy and threats from disciples to teachers 12.30: Jonathan Lavilla de Lera: Aporia in the Laches and the Gorgias (online) 13.00: Patricia [...]

CFA: IPS’ Symposium XIII, on Plato’s Sophist

The International Plato Society’s Symposium XIII at the University of Georgia (USA) July 18-22, 2022 is devoted exclusively to the Sophist.  We will consider abstracts on any aspect of the dialogue and its reception. They should be received by November 29, 2021. At this point, we expect to have an in-person Symposium. However, because some or even many people may not be able to travel, we also plan to have simultaneous Zoom sessions to make remote participation possible. Plato’s Sophist was, arguably, the most important Platonic dialogue for mid-20th century philosophy.  Anglo-American analytic philosophers looked to it to come to understand Plato’s philosophy of language.  Continental philosophers, inspired by Heidegger’s beginning Being and Time with a quotation from the Sophist, looked to the dialogue to wrestle with Plato’s notion of being.  Not surprisingly, each group found a rich field from which to pursue their mostly non-overlapping interests.  Both sides did agree [...]

2021-11-23T21:48:53+00:00Categories: Other Announcements|

IPS Mid-Term Meeting (July 19-22, 2021): Program and Abstracts

IPS Mid-Term Meeting: Koinonia in Plato’s Philosophy (Online – July 19-23, 2021) Conference Program (PDF) Conference Abstracts (PDF) REGISTRATION: https://cef.pucp.edu.pe/inscripciones/ The program schedule corresponds to Lima Time (UTC/GMT-5). All activities will be performed through the Zoom platform. Participants will receive by e-mail the password to enter the sessions.

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