CNY Ancient Philosophy Working Group Spring 2024

Soul and Cosmos in the Platonic Tradition

Colgate University

Gifford Classics Center, 112-114 Lawrence Hall

Saturday, April 13, 2024

 

Session I: 10:00-11:30 a.m.

Nathan Powers (SUNY Albany): "Aristotelian Void"

 

Session II: 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.

Alessandro Peiris Pattiyage (Cornell): "Kinds of Causation in the Phaedo".

 

Lunch: 1:15-2:15 p.m.

Session III: 2:15-3:45 p.m.

Krisanna Scheiter (Union College): "Aristotle on Why Understanding is not like Perceiving"

 

Session IV: 4:00-5:30 p.m.

Jay Elliot (Bard): "Conditions of Virtuous Activity in Aristotle"

Dinner: 5:45 p.m. at Hamilton Inn

This event is sponsored by the Central New York Humanities Corridor, from an award by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.