'Demonstration, Experience, and Science in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy'

Georgetown University
Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies Department of Philosophy, Center for Medieval Philosophy

Demonstration, Experience and Science in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

Baker Scholars Room, Regent's Hall, 5th floor Thursday, April 19th, 2018

Organizers: David Bronstein, Emma Gannagé and Neil Lewis (Georgetown University)

9:30-10:00am Introduction

10:00-10:45 Jean De Groot (The Catholic University of America), "Demonstration and Coherence in Aristotle’s De Caelo" 

11:30-12-15pm Riccardo Strobino (Tufts University),"Definition, Induction, and Composition in Avicenna’s Theory of Science"

2:30-3:15 Jon McGinnis (University of Missouri, Saint-Louis), "Demonstrating Experience: Avicenna's Solution to Meno's Paradox and Its implications for the Sciences"

4:00-4:45 Gloria Frost (University of Saint-Thomas in St. Paul), "Naturalizing Impaired Bodies and Affirming their Goodness: Medieval Aristotelians on Congenital Disabilities"