Plato's Statesman

Plato’s Statesman

November 20-22, 2014

Boston College

Conference sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, Department of Classical Studies, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, and Institute for the Liberal Arts

                All sessions take place in McGuinn Hall, Rm. 521

                Thursday, November 20

                10:00-11:00   Drew Hyland, “Stranger Than the Stranger: Axiothea”

                11:10-12:10   Günter Figal, “Finding the Right Concepts: On Dialectical Method in Plato’s Statesman”

                12:20-1:20     Noburu Notomi, “Reconsidering the Relations between the Sophist, the Statesman, and the Philosopher”

                2:45-3:45       Eric Sanday, “Care and the Intelligibility of Τ? Πρ?γματα in Plato’s Statesman”

                3:55-4:55       Gary Gurtler, “Transformations: Platonic Mythos and Plotinian Logos”

                5:00-6:30      Reception (McGuinn Hall, Rm. 226a)

                Friday, November 21

                10:00-11:00   Walter Brogan, “The Time of Politics: The Relation between Sovereignty and Law in Plato’s Statesman”

                11:10-12:10   Robert Bartlett, “Political Science and the Problem of Law in Plato’s Statesman”

                12:20-1:20      Shane Ewegen, “Where Have All the Shepherds Gone? Socratic Withdrawal in Plato’s Statesman”

                2:45-3:45        Burt Hopkins, “The Philosophers in Plato’s Trilogy”

                3:55-4:55        Nickolas Pappas, “The Movement toward Greek Philosophy in Plato’s Statesman”

                Saturday, November 22

                10:00-11:00   James Risser, “The Art of Example in Plato’s Statesman”

                11:10-12:10   Michael Naas, “From Spontaneity to Automaticity: Polar (Opposite) Reversal at Statesman 269c-274d”

2:00-3:00        Robert Metcalf, “Syngrammatology in Plato’s Statesman”

                3:10-4:30        Mitch Miller, “Intuition and Logos in the Eleatic Trilogy, with a Focus on the Visitor’s Joke at

                                          Statesman 266a”

                4:30-6:00        Reception  (McGuinn Hall, Rm. 334)

One can reach the main (Chestnut Hill) campus of Boston College from Boston by the "B" branch of the MBTA Green Line. Information on parking at Boston College is available here" http://www.bc.edu/offices/transportation/visitor.html

Contact: Miles Rind ([email protected])