To reflect on the philosophical method is as old as the philosophical practice itself. While well-known methods such as the Socratic elenchus or dialectic have received a lot of attention in the history of philosophy\, there is\, however\, a host of methodological patterns and strategies that have been relatively neglected. In order to explore such neglected tools\, we are organizing The Ancient Philosopher&rsquo\;s Toolkit \;conference\, to be held jointly at the Ruhr Universitä\;t Bochum and the Technische Universitä\;t Dortmund\, on \;November 16-17\, 2023.
\nWe are inviting papers on the uses and role of strategies such as\, but not restricted to\, the following: anecdotes like Thales falling into the well\; analogies such as the comparison between art and nature\; metaphors as in the Pythagorean presentation of hedonists as leaky jars\; etymologies\, like the explanatory derivation of ethics from ethos in Aristotle\; thought patterns based on symmetry\, proportion and other structuring principles such as Heraclitus&rsquo\; use of comparisons of type A is to B as B is to C\; the use of counterexamples or hard-cases\, as the just person that is happy to be seen as unjust in the \;Republic\; the strategy of playing the role of your philosophical opponent\, or strategic presentation of philosophical predecessors\, as we may find it in \;Aristotle&rsquo\;s \;Metaphysics.
\nThe conference will take place \;in person\, one day at the Ruhr Universitä\;t Bochum and one day at the TU Dortmund.
\nFor further inquiries\, send an email to cvb909@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Barbara Michaela Sattler;CN="Philipp Steinkrüger";CN=Ronja Hildebrandt;CN=Anna Pavani;CN=Jeongjoo Lee;CN=Celso de Oliveira Vieira: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR