Events – International Plato Society

CALL FOR PAPERS: INDETERMINACY IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

CALL FOR PAPERS INDETERMINACY IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY Convenors: Ugo Zilioli (Oxford University) and Refik Güremen (Middle East Technical U., Ankara) Literature on indeterminacy and vagueness has expanded rapidly, especially since the late twentieth century. In recent decades, the debate has intensified, driven by a growing interest in metaphysical and ontic indeterminacy. Philosophers are exploring various models and methods to investigate indeterminacy and vagueness across multiple fields, including the metaphysics of ordinary objects, personal identity, mereology, states of affairs, truth-making, philosophy of physics, and time, alongside traditional sorites paradoxes. The discussion is largely shaped by a trichotomy of semantic, epistemological, and metaphysical approaches (J. Robert G. Williams, Philosophy Compass, 2008), with recent advancements in modality and hyperintensionality also contributing to the discourse. It is reasonable to hope that these contemporary developments will inform, illuminate, and motivate fresh interpretations in the history of philosophy, particularly regarding ancient Greek and Latin thought. Epistemic [...]

aristippus2024-07-19T20:57:37+00:00Categories: Announcements, Call for papers, Events, IPS Newsletter, Just published|

Socrates-Aristophanes-Euripides, Verona

aristippus2024-06-04T15:18:15+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events, Just published|

XIV Symposium Platonicum. Plato’s Theaetetus / Call for papers

Call for papers XIV Symposium Platonicum Plato’s Theaetetus Madrid, May 5th-9th (in person) May 19th-21st (online) 2025 The International Plato Society organizes a symposium on a single Platonic dialogue every three years. We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the XIV Symposium Platonicum: Plato’s Theaetetus. The Symposium will take place in two separate modalities: In Person: May 5–9, 2025, at the Facultad de Filosofía (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) and Online: May 19-21, 2025, from the Facultad de Humanidades (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid). Presentation length: As we want to encourage discussion, speakers will be given double time on this occasion. Papers should be suitable for 40-minute presentations (suggestion: 20 minutes of reading plus 20 minutes of discussion). Authors may be asked to expand their papers to be presented at one of the 1- hour plenary sessions. Abstracts We welcome abstracts from all IPS members, full and associate. If [...]

aristippus2024-07-12T17:02:01+00:00Categories: Announcements, Call for papers, Event Announcements, Events, Just published, Other Announcements [Sticky Posts], Symposium Platonicum|

IPS Mid Term Meeting

The IPS is pleased to announce that the Mid-Term Meeting for the period 2022-2025 will be split into two parts, on close themes, and will be organized by two different teams: Part I will be held in Japan on the occasion of the 4th Asia Regional Meeting, on "Plato and the Gods", 11-13 September 2024, Nagoya University (see attached announcement and call for papers here). Part II will be held in Italy on "Asebeia, Eusebeia. Plato on impiety, piety and religion, 15-17 January 2025, Milan, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. This meeting will take place both in person and online. Presentations and discussion will be in all languages officially accepted by the IPS (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese). The Call for Papers and details will be published in May 2024.

aristippus2024-03-25T17:32:57+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events, Just published, Other Announcements, Regional meetings|

XIVth Symposium Platonicum Pragense on Plato’s Theory of Soul

The Czech Plato Society is pleased to announce the XIVth Symposium Platonicum Pragense on Plato's Theory of Soul. The conference will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 19 to 21 October 2023, both in person and online. The conference programme and the link for online access can be found here: https://www.platonskaspolecnost.cz/en/.

aristippus2023-10-11T15:01:07+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events, IPS Newsletter|

The IPS at the APA

The IPS at the APA The International Plato Society is pleased to sponsor sessions at all three meetings of the American Philosophical Association this academic year. Please come to our sessions if you at these meetings. Eastern APA, Philadelphia Wednesday January 8, 2020. 6:30-9:30PM Republic Chair: Debra Nails (Michigan State) Roslyn Weiss (Lehigh University) "Socrates and Thrasymachus on Perfect and Imperfect Injustice" Mary Townsend (St. John’s University [NY]) “Gymnastic Exercise in Plato’s Republic and Parmenides” Kristian Larsen (University of Bergen, Norway) “Seeing Double: Contemplation, Forms, and Action in Plato’s Republic” Renato Matoso (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro) "Objects, Proportions and Clarity in the Divided Line" Richard Parry (Agnes Scott College) “Republic 9: Pleasure, Pain, Calm and the Philosophical Soul” Central APA Chicago February 27, 2020 9:00AM-12:00PM Socrates Co-organized by the International Society for Socratic Studies (ISSS) Chair: Donald Morrison (Rice University) Nicholas D. Smith (Lewis and Clark College) “Socrates [...]

Olivier RENAUT2020-01-06T23:19:11+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events|

Plato’s Gorgias - XIIth Symposium Platonicum Pragense Prague, Villa Lanna Praha 6, V Sadech 1 - November 13–15, 2019 Wednesday, 13th of November 14:00–15:00 : Kryštof Boháček (Prague) | Ethical or aesthetic criterion in Gorg. 447a-448e and 523a-527e? Two underlying concepts of kosmos 15:15–16:15 : Vladimír Mikeš (Prague) | Is ethically neutral rhetoric (460c-461a) a real option for Plato and if not why? 17:30–19:00 : Public Key Note Lecture: Michael Erler (Würzburg) | Socrates and the weakness of the strong man: The rhetoric of the true politician Thursday, 14th of November 09:30–10:30 : Panos Dimas (Oslo) | Justice, happiness and desire in the Gorgias 10:45–11:45 : Tushar Irani (Middletown) | Socrates’ great speech in the Gorgias 12:00–13:00 : Naly Thaler (Jerusalem) | Socrates and Callicles on pleasure and intrinsic value 15:00–16:00 : Marie-Pierre Noël (Paris) | De l’Amphion d’Euripide au Socrate de Platon: la construction de l’héroïsme philosophique dans [...]

Olivier RENAUT2019-11-13T18:54:25+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events|

April 20th-22th // “Forming the Soul : Plato and his Opponents” – 2nd Asia Regional Meeting of the IPS

The 2nd Asia Regional Meeting of the International Plato Society International Conference “Forming the Soul: Plato and his Opponents” This conference will be the first academic activity of the International Plato Society taking place in Taiwan (and in the Chinese-speaking world). The conference will be hosted in Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan, from 20th to 22nd April 2018. More information and the last version of the program are available at https://sites.google.com/view/ips-asia-2018 There will be three invited speeches: Debra Nails (Michigan State University) : Forms and the Psyche Nickolas Pappas (City College and Graduate Center, CUNY) : What Becomes of a Soul: Hope for a Philosophical City in the Myth of Er Noburu Notomi (Tokyo University; IPS ex-president) : Why Soul Matters: Reconsidering the Philosophical Contexts of Plato’s On Soul And the selected papers contributed by scholars from Asia and other regions: [metaphysics & epistemology] Liliana Carolina [...]

Olivier RENAUT2018-04-14T13:19:23+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events, Regional meetings|

May 31st-June 2nd // Platonic Dialectic – Inquiry Into the Nature of Things (Bergen)

Platonic Dialectic – Inquiring Into the Nature of Things May 31st – June 2nd, 2018 Conference under the DICTUM project, University of Bergen, Norway (To attend the conference, please register with Kirsten.Bang@uib.no no later than May 10th) Thursday, May 31st 10.00-10.15 Welcome 10.15-11.15 Vasilis Politis (Trinity College Dublin), Dialectic versus epistemology in regard to Plato 11.15-11.45 Discussion 11.45-13.00 Lunch 13.00-13.45 Evan Rodriguez (Idaho State University), A Long Lost Relative in the Parmenides? Plato’s Family of Dialectical Methods 13.45-14.15 Discussion 14.15-14.30 Break 14.30-15.15 Vivil Valvik Haraldsen (University of Oslo), What does dialectic tell us about reason in the Republic? 15.15-15.45 Discussion 15.45-16.00 Break 16.00-16.45 Pauline Sabrier (Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai campus), The role of the ti esti question in Plato’s Sophist 16.45-17.15 Discussion Friday, June 1st 9.00-10.00 Walter Mesch (Universität Münster), Between Variety and Unity. How to deal with Plato’s Dialectic? 10.00-10.30 Discussion 10.30-10.45 Break 10.45-11.30 Marilena Vlad (University of Bucharest, Al. Dragomir Institute) Dialectic and Philosophical [...]

Olivier RENAUT2018-04-02T18:09:37+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events|

International Symposium : Emotions in Plato (III) 12-13th April 2018 (Paris-Nanterre)

Emotions in Plato III A concluding international conference is to be held in Paris Nanterre in April 2018. Date : Jeudi 12 et vendredi 13 avril 2018 Horaires : Jeudi 12 avril, de 14h00 à 18h ; Vendredi 13 avril, de 10h00 à 18h. Confirmed speakers : Luc Brisson – Paris, CNRS Pia Campeggiani – EURIAS Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study. Laura Candiotto – Marie Curie Research Fellow – University of Edinburgh. Pierre Destrée – Professeur Université Catholique de Louvain. Rachana Kamtekar – Professor – Cornell University – Sage school of Philosophy Lidia Palumbo – Università Federico II di Napoli, and Anna Motta – Freie Universität Berlin. Simon Scott – University of Birmingham Josh Wilburn – Wayne State University Programme Jeudi 12 Avril 2018 Salle de séminaire, Bâtiment W Max Weber Après-midi 14:00-15:00 Laura Candiotto, Epistemic Wonder: the beginning of the enquiry (Theaet. 155d2-4) 15:00-16:00 Lidia Palumbo & Anna Motta, On the desire for drink in Plato [...]

Olivier RENAUT2018-03-19T21:36:59+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events|