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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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)
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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)