Reasoning and Inquiry in Ancient Philosophy: A Graduate Workshop

University of Chicago
May 19-20, 2016
Rosenwald 215 (Thursday) and Rosenwald 301 (Friday)

Thursday 19 May, Rosenwald 215

9:30-11:00: Emily Kress (Yale), “Causation in Aristotle’s Account of Chance

11:15-12:45: Arnold Brooks (Chicago), “What is a Primary Time

-Lunch-

14:00-15:30: Joshua Mendelsohn (Chicago), “Epagôgê as a way of Grasping a syllogism

-Coffee break-

16:00-17:30: Justin Vlasits (Berkeley), “Aristotle on the (Ab)use of Platonic Division in the Analytics.”

Friday 20 May, Rosenwald 301

9:30-11:00: Katy Meadows (Stanford), “The Unity of Aristotle’s Inquiry Into Substance

11:15-12:45: Evan Rodriguez (Yale), “Pushing Through’ a Well-Motivated Aporia in the Sophist.”

-Lunch-

Keynote:

14:00-15:30: Gavin Lawrence (UCLA), “Reason, Virtue and Value: An Essay on NE 6.12-13”

-Coffee break-

16:00-17:30: Dhananjay Jagannathan (Chicago), “Method and Metaphysics in Aristotle’s Ethical Theory

We are committed to making our events accessible; please contact Emilio Comay del Junco, ecdj@uchicago.edu with questions, requests or concerns.