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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|

III International Plato Spring Seminar The Theaetetus Universidad Carlos III (Madrid) 21-22 May 2018

III International Plato Spring Seminar. The Theaetetus Universidad Carlos III (Madrid) 21-22 May 2018 Participants : Carolina Araujo (Rio de Janeiro) Marcelo Boeri (Santiago de Chile) Michele Curnis (Madrid) Rafael Ferber (Luzern) Franco Ferrari (Salerno) Francisco J. González (Ottawa) Xavier Ibánez (Barcelona) Francisco Lisi (Madrid) Graciela Marcos (Buenos Aires) Claudia Mársico (Buenos Aires) Michel Narcy (Paris) Thomas Robinson (Toronto) Harold Tarrant (Newcastle) Álvaro Vallejo (Granada) Organizer: Beatriz Bossi (beabossi@filos.ucm.es)

Olivier RENAUT2018-03-19T21:23:53+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events|

International Workshop “Plato’s Parmenides in relation to Plato’s other dialogues”

Plato's Parmenides in relation to Plato's other dialogues A workshop organised by the Trinity Department of Philosophy, Trinity Plato Center & Société d'Etudes Platoniciennes Saturday 24 March 2018 (10am-6pm) Evan Rodriguez (Idaho State University) : "More than a reductio : Plato's method in Parmenides and beyond" Wolfgang Mann (Columbia University): "The slogan ouk estin antilegein and the late-learners in Plato's Sophist" David Horan (Trinity Plato Center) : "The One in Plato : Parmenides and Sophist" Vasilis Politis (Trinity College Dublin) : "How, and in what dialogue, does Plato argue for the Parmenides claim that forms are necessary for thought and speech?" Sunday 25 March 2018 (10:30am-3pm) Pauline Sabrier (Sun Yat-Sen University) : "Can Forms have parts and nevertheless remain one ? A comparison between the Sophist and the Parmenides" Jens Kristian Larsen (University of Bergen): "Socrates the Eleatic : on the Eleatic origins of Socrates' art of conversation" All talks will take place in the Trinity Plato Center Seminar room. [...]

Olivier RENAUT2018-03-17T06:23:24+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events|

Workshop : Ta Metaxu – Knowing Where to Draw the Line: Intermediates and Dianoia in Plato

Ta Metaxu - Knowing Where to Draw the Line: Intermediates and Dianoia in Plato Florida Atlantic University Harriet Wilkes Honors College March 9-10 Friday, March 9th Session 1 11-11:50 Henry Mendell (California State University, LA), “Betwixt and Between: Plato on Mathematics” Lunch 12-1 Session 2 1-1:50 Andrew Payne (St. Joseph’s University), “Definition, Scientific Demonstration and Mathematical Intermediates” Session 3 2-2:50, Emily Katz (Michigan State University), “Aristotle on Why Platonists Need Intermediates” Session 4 3-3:50 Sophia Stone (Lynn University), “Monas and Psuchē in the Phaedo” Coffee Break 3:50-4:10 Session 5 4:10-5 Oliver Renaut (Université Paris Nanterre), “In What Sense are Ethical Intermediates Related to Epistemological Intermediates?” Session 6 5:10-6 Lloyd P. Gerson (University of Toronto), “What are the Objects of Dianoia?” Dinner Food Trucks or Dinner Reservations TBD Saturday, March 10th Breakfast 9-10 Session 1 10-10:50 Lee Franklin (Franklin & Marshall College), “Intermediates as Phantasmata” Session 2 11-11:50 [...]

Olivier RENAUT2018-02-21T19:36:32+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events|

Journée d’étude : “Platon et les traditions platoniciennes : traduire, interpréter, commenter” (Aix-en-Provence)

Institut d’histoire de la philosophie, Département de philosophie de l’Université d’Aix-Marseille, Università degli studi di Milano Journées d’étude : « PLATON ET LES TRADITIONS PLATONICIENNES : TRADUIRE, INTERPRÉTER, COMMENTER » Samedi 14 octobre 2017 et dimanche 15 octobre 2017 Samedi 14 octobre 2017 Université d'Aix-Marseille Faculté des Arts, Lettres, Langues et Sciences humaines Bâtiment T1 — Pôle Multimédia - Salle des colloques 1 14.30-14.45, Michele Corradi, AMU – IHP (EA 3276) : Ouverture Présidence : Alonso Tordesillas, AMU – IHP (EA 3276) 14.45-15.15, Mauro Tulli, Università di Pisa : Interpréter le style du dialogue : Platon dans la biographie grecque 15.15-15.45, Alexandra Michalewski, CNRS – Centre Léon Robin (UMR 6081) – Paris : Atticus, Pophyre et Proclus, interprètes de Timée 28 a 6-7 15.45-16.15, José María Zamora Calvo, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid : Proclus, commentateur du récit de l'Atlantide 16.15-16.30, Discussion 16.30-17.00, Pause café Présidence : Mieke de Moor, AMU – IHP (EA 3276) 17.00-17.30, Béatrice Bakhouche, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III – CRISES (EA4424) : Substantia dans le [...]

Olivier RENAUT2017-10-08T10:09:21+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events|

CFP : Panel “New approaches to Plato” for the Celtic Conference in Classics

New Approaches to Plato in Context The last twenty years have witnessed a renewed interest in the study of the Platonic dialogues in their literary, historical, and sociopolitical contexts. From groundbreaking work on the genre of the dialogue, to reassessments of Plato as a political philosopher, and numerous publications on Plato as a theorist of performance and critic of democracy, recent scholarship on Plato in context has often sought to go beyond strict adherence to the methodologies of analytical philosophy, emphasizing instead Plato’s embeddedness within classical Athenian culture. At the same time, this contextualized study of the dialogues has taken advantage of theoretical perspectives drawn from disciplines such as anthropology, comparative literature and literary theory, performance studies, and sociology. On the surface, these innovative approaches to Plato may appear to have little in common with each other; yet, in toto, it might be argued that renewed interest in Plato [...]

Olivier RENAUT2020-05-25T10:27:15+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events, Previous Conferences|

II International Plato Spring Seminar : The Politicus (Madrid)

Date and venue 25 – 26 April 2016, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Complutense de Madrid: http://filosofia.ucm.es/ Participants : Juan Bares (Valencia,UV) ; Dougal Blyth (Auckland, NZ) ; Laura Candiotto (Edimburgh,UK) , Giovanni Casertano (Napoli, IT) ; Elisabetta Cattanei (Cagliari, IT) ; Dimitri El Murr (Paris, FR) ; Giovanni Giorgini (Bologna, IT) ; Anthony Hatzistavrou (Hull, UK) ; Josep Monserrat (Barcelona,UB) ; Anna Motta (Napoli, IT) ; Lidia Palumbo (Napoli, IT) ; Miriam Peixoto (Belo Horizonte, BR) ; Thomas Robinson (Toronto, CA) ; Christopher Rowe (Durham, UK) ; Nuria Sánchez Madrid (Madrid, UCM) ; Gislene Santos (Belo Horizonte, BR) ; José María Zamora (Madrid, UAM). Contact and information : Beatriz Bossi (beabossi@filos.ucm.es)

Olivier RENAUT2016-11-02T22:57:14+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events|

La vérité : Platon et les sophistes // Colloque international de la section méditerranéenne de la société platonicienne internationale

COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL DE LA SECTION MÉDITERRANÉENNE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ PLATONICIENNE INTERNATIONALE CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE LA SECCIÓN MEDITERRANEA DE LA SOCIEDAD INTERNACIONAL DE PLATONISTAS CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE DELLA SEZIONE MEDITERRANEA DELL’ASSOCIAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI PLATONISTI INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLATO SOCIETY LA VÉRITÉ : PLATON ET LES SOPHISTES LA VERDAD : PLATÓN Y LOS SOFISTAS LA VERITÀ : PLATONE E I SOFISTI TRUTH : PLATO AND THE SOPHISTS AIX-EN-PROVENCE (France) 9-11 OCTOBRE 2015 Programme provisoire vendredi 9 octobre matin 09h30 : Accueil des participants 10h30: Allocution d’ouverture par le Monsieur le président de l’Université d’Aix-Marseille 11h15: Conférence : Tomás Calvo (Université Complutense de Madrid) Réfutation socratique et réfutation sophistique chez Platon après-midi 14h: Aldo BRANCACCI (Université de Rome), Significato, verità e metodo in Prodico 14h20: Silvia GASTALDI (Université de Pavie), Platone, i sofisti e una verità antropologica : il dibattito sul diritto del più forte 14h40: Discussion 15h: Piera DE PIANO (Université de Naples), La verità nelle parole di due condannati a [...]

Olivier RENAUT2016-02-01T21:01:04+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events, Regional meetings|

Call for papers : III International Congress of Greek Philosophy (Iberian Society of Greek Philosophy – Lisbon)

The Sociedade Ibérica de Filosofia Grega (SIFG) brings forth the III International Congress of Greek Philosophy in the 20th, 21st and 22nd April 2016, in the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon. We welcome all proposals, which address any theme of the domain of ancient philosophy, namely dealing with one of the following topics: 1) Pre-Socratic thought; 2) Plato; 3) Aristotle; 4) Hellenistic philosophy; 5) Neo-Platonism; 6) projection, influence and reception of ancient philosophy. The meeting is organised in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, the Group of History of Philosophy of the Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon (HPhil) and the Project of the Annotated Translation of the Complete Works of Aristotle (PTDC/MHC-FIL/3672/2012). Submission of proposals Whoever wishes to submit a proposal must send an abstract with the length and features stated below, until [...]

Olivier RENAUT2020-05-25T10:27:45+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events, Previous Conferences|

L’Ame dans la philosophie antique

Michel FATTAL (Université de Grenoble II), organise les 2 et 3 mars 2015, dans le cadre du Groupe de recherche "Philosophie, Pratiques et Langages" et des échanges Internationaux avec les Universités Ca'Foscari de Venise (Italie) et avec l'Université Alberto Hurtado, Santiago (Chili), deux Journées d'Etudes sur : "L'Ame dans la philosophie antique" Programme Lundi 2 mars : Stefano MASO (Université Ca'Foscari de Venise, Italie), 8 h 30, en salle TD 4, ARSH 1 : "L'Ame et la physique d'Epicure". Marcelo D. BOERI (Université Alberto Hurtado, Santiago, Chili), 10 h 15, en salle TD 7, ARSH 1 : "Caring for what belongs to oneself and caring for oneself : A Platonic Theory of the Self, The First and the Third Person Point of View". Mardi 3 mars : Stefano MASO (Université Ca'Foscari de Venise, Italie), 10 h, Amphi 4, Galerie des Amphis : "Animus et mens dans la philosophie de Sénèque". Marcelo [...]

Olivier RENAUT2018-03-17T06:13:22+00:00Categories: Events|