Department of Philosophy
24th Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (hosted by FSU)
The Workshops in Ancient Philosophy, originally founded by Professor Alexander P.D. Mourelatos of the University of Texas - Austin, are intended for presentation and discussion of works in progress.
April 6-8, 2001
Program
Friday, April 6th
Morning Session:
9:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Speaker: Daniel Graham (Brigham Young University), "The Moon's Light in Early Greek Thought"
Speaker: Patricia Curd (Purdue University), "Separation, Mixture, and Participation: Anaxagoras and Plato"
Speaker: Alexander P.D. Mourelatos (University of Texas - Austin), "Pre-History of the Universal: Some Pre-Platonic Approaches"
Afternoon Session:
1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Speaker: Glenn Lesses (College of Charleston), "Stoicizing Plato: A Puzzle About Antiochus and the Emotions"
Speaker: Timothy O'Keefe (University of Minnesota - Morris), "The Cyrenaics on Pleasure, Happiness, and Future-Concern"
Keynote Speaker: Gisela Striker (Harvard University), "Moral Progress and Moral Health in Seneca"
Saturday, April 7th
Morning Session:
9:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Speaker: Greg Bayer (St. John's College), "Substance and Definition in Aristotle's Metaphysics Z"
Speaker: Daniel Devereux (University of Virginia), "The Relationship Between Books Zeta and Eta of Aristotle's Metaphysics"
Speaker: Robin Smith (Texas A&M University), "Aristotle's Theory of Science and Greek Mathematics"
Afternoon Session:
1:30 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
Speaker: Ellen Wagner (University of North Florida), "The Function of the Affinity Argument in the Phaedo"
Speaker: Blake Hestir (Texas Christian University), "A Conception of Truth in Plato's Sophist"
Speaker: Svetla Slaveva-Griffin (University of Tennessee), "Ennead VI.6: A Neoplatonic Interpretation of the Four Primary Kinds in Plato's Philebus"
Sunday, April 8th
Morning Session:
9:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Speaker: Elizabeth Sperry (William Jewell College), "Plato, the Passions, Particularity, and Postmodernism"
Speaker: Thomas Olshewsky (University of Kentucky), "The Starting-Points of Knowledge"
Speaker: Stephen White (University of Texas - Austin), "Early Hellenistic Analysis of Aristotelian Eudaimonia"
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