The Aporetic Tradition in Ancient Philosophy
Dublin
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Conference: The Aporetic Tradition in Ancient Philosophy
Plato Center, Trinity College Dublin
28-30 November 2014
Organizers: George Karamanolis (University of Vienna) and Vasilis Politis (Trinity College Dublin)
Program Friday 28 November
10.30: Registration and Coffee
10.50: Welcome
11.00-12.30 JOHN PALMER, University of Florida Dilemmatic arguments: the origins of aporia-based method in the Eleatic and Sophistic traditions
12.30: Lunch
14.00-15.30 JAN SZAIF, University of California at Davis Aporetic dialogue in Plato’s early works
15.30-16.00: Coffee break
16.00-17.30 VASILIS POLITIS, Trinity College Dublin Aporia and scepticism in Plato’s early dialogues
17.30-18.00: Coffee break
18.00-19.30 LESLEY BROWN, Somerville College, Oxford Aporia in the Theaetetus and in the Sophist
19.30: Dinner
Saturday 29 November
9.00-9.30 Coffee
9.30-11.00 VERITY HARTE, Yale University Aporia in the Parmenides
Coffee Break: 11.00-11.30
11.30-13.00 FRIEDEMANN BUDDENSIEK, University of Frankfurt Aporia in Metaphysics Beta
13.00: Lunch
14.00-15.30 JESSICA GELBER, University of Pittsburgh A case study of Aristotle’s use of aporiai in natural science: Generation of Animals
Coffee Break: 15.30-16.00
16.00-17.30 CHRISTOF RAPP, University of Munich Aporia and dialectical method in Aristotle
Coffee Break: 17.30-18.00
18.00-19.30 JAN OPSOMER, University of Leuven The aporetic mode in Plato's school, from the Early to the Hellenistic Academy
19.30: Dinner
Sunday 30 November
9.00-9.30: Coffee
9.30-11.00 JOHN DILLON, Trinity College Dublin, Aporia in Plutarch
11.00-11.30: Coffee Break
11.30-13.00 LUCA CASTAGNOLI, Durham University Aporia and inquiry in ancient Pyrrhonism
13.00: Lunch
14.00-15.30 INNA KUPREEVA, University of Edinburgh Alexander of Aphrodisias: aporia and exegesis
15.30-16.00: Coffee Break
16.00-17.30 GEORGE KARAMANOLIS, University of Vienna The role of aporia in Plotinus
17.30-18.00: Coffee Break
18.00-19.30 DAMIAN CALUORI, Trinity University Aporia and the limits of reason in Damascius
19.30: Farewell Dinner
End of the Conference
There is no attendance fee. For information please contact George Karamanolis ([email protected]) or Vasilis Politis ([email protected])
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