Features of Substantiality in Aristotle

Features of Substantiality in Aristotle

Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon

We are delighted to announce our upcoming conference Features of Substantiality in Aristotle. The aim of the conference is to discuss the different features of substances asthey figure both in Aristotle's ontological works and also in his other (biological,ethical etc.) works, in order to gain a better understanding of them, and their relation to each other.

Date and Venue: 3rd - 5th of July 2024; School of Arts and Humanities (Faculdade de Letras) of the University of Lisbon, Alameda da Universidade, Room Dom Pedro V.

The conference will be entirely on-site. Attendance is free and open to the public. The venue will be accessible for people with physical disabilities.

Programme:

3rd of July 2024

9h-9.15h            Welcome

9.15h-10.55h     Pierre-Marie Morel (University Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne)

                          “Human Nature and Substantiality in Aristotle’s Ethics”

10.55-11.10h      Coffee Break

11.10h-12.50h    António Pedro Mesquita (University of Lisbon)

                           “The Distinctive Property of Substance in the Categories”

12.50h-14.30h    Lunch Break

14.30h-16.10h    Andrea Buongiorno (University of Oxford)

                           “The Definitional Primacy of Substance in Metaphysics Z.4”

16.10h-16.25h    Break

16.25h-18.05h    Silvia Fazzo (University of Eastern Piedmont “Amadeo Avogadro”)

                           “Features of Substance in Metaphysics Z”

4th of July 2024

9.15h-10.55h      Raphael Zillig (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul)

                        “Aristotle’s Debate with the Platonist in Metaphysics Z.15”

10.55-11.10h      Coffee Break

11.10h-12.50h    Mary Louise Gill (Brown University)

                           “Primary Things and their Essence in Aristotle’s Metaphysics Z.6”

12.50h-14.30h    Lunch Break

14.30h-16.10h   Ulysse Chaintreuil (University Paris Nanterre)

                           “Tode, toionde, or both? Features of the Substantial Form”

16.10h-16.25h    Break

16.25h-18.05h   Wolfgang Sattler (University of Lisbon)

                          “On the Dilemma of the Separation of Forms - in Context"

5thof July 2024

9.15h-10.55h      Klaus Corcilius (Eberhard Karls University Tübingen)

                        “Substancehood in Aristotle’s Science of Living Things”

10.55-11.10h      Coffee Break

11.10h-12.50h    David Charles (Yale University)

                        “Some Issues in (and out of) Metaphysics Z.1”

12.50h-14.30h    Lunch Break

14.30h-16.10h    Zoé McConaughey (Lille University)

                        “Logic as the Organon for Scientific Inquiry:

                           Databases for finding Causes and Essences”

Organisers: Wolfgang Sattler, António Pedro Mesquita.

Contact: [email protected]

Acknowledgements: This event is funded by the European Union through the European Research Executive Agency within the project “On the Substantiality of Aristotelian Substances” (project number 101090320, HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships); and by the Portuguese national funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., within the projects “Complete Works of Aristotle: Translation and Commentary” (PTDC/FER-FIL/0305/2021), and UIDB/00310/2020.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.