Conceptions of Epistêmê in Greek Philosophy

May 7, 2026 - May 8, 2026
Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva

Rue Jean-Daniel Colladon 2
Genève
Switzerland

Speakers:

University College London
University of Toronto, St. George
University of Oxford
University Tübingen
Tel Aviv University
(unaffiliated)
University of Hamburg
University of Geneva

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University of Hamburg
University of Geneva

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DAY 1: Thursday, May 7, 2026

14:15–14:30

Welcome & Introduction

14:30–15:45

Rachel Barney: “Knowledge, Technê, and the Rule of the Guardians in Plato’s Republic

16:15–17:30

Guus Eelink: “Plato’s Conception of Epistêmê as Rationally Stable Cognition”

17:45–19:00

Máté Veres: “Knowledge and Expertise in Early Stoicism”

DAY 2: Friday, May 8, 2026

9:30–10:45

Simona Aimar: “Particulars and Scientific Knowledge in Aristotle”

11:00–12:15

Pieter Sjoerd Hasper: “Aristotle on Epistêmê and its Object”

14:00–15:15

Alexander Bown: “Epistemology without Epistêmê: Epicureans on Evidence as the Foundation of Knowledge”

15:45–16:30

Orna Harari: “The Commentators and the Euclidean Project”

16:45–18:00

Sara Magrin: “Plotinus on the Epistemic Role of Memory”

Discussants: Gábor Betegh, Tad Brennan, Maria di Palma, Emily Hulme, Katerina Ierodiakonou, Samuel Meister, François Nolle, Christof Rapp, Miira Tuominen.

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May 6, 2026, 11:00pm CET

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