[September 20, 2004 – DRAFT ]
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY 22rd ANNUAL MEETING
Presents an
International Conference on
October 22- 24, 2004
An international gathering of scholars presenting work on the ancient and medieval traditions of philosophy from Greece and Rome, the Middle East, Europe, India, and Asia
Incorporating the 22nd annual meetings of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy
(SAGP), the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science (SSIPS), and the annual meetings of other scholarly societies such as the
Association of Chinese Philosophers in America (ACPA)
Fordham University – Lincoln Center Campus
113 West 60th Street, at the corner of Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10023
FRIDAY OCT 22. 2004
REGISTRATION: 4-7:00 p.m. in the Lobby Atrium (at the 60th St. and Columbus Ave. entrance)
CONFERENCE BANQUET: 5:30-7:00 in the 12th Floor Lounge
1. PLENARY PANEL I: GREEK PHILOSOPHY (sponsored by SAGP): 7:00 p.m.,
12th Floor Lounge
INTRODUCTIONS
Parviz Morewedge, Conference Coordinator, Fordham University and Rutgers University
Anthony Preus, Secretary, SAGP, Binghamton University
Joseph Koterski, S.J., Chair, Department of Philosophy, Fordham University
Fordham Administrator, TBA
PANEL
Panel Chair: Daryl Tress, Conference Coordinator, Fordham University
John Anton, University of South Florida, Tampa, “Paideia-Politike: Globalizing the Polis”
Gary Gurtler, S.J., Boston College, Fordham University (Fall 2004), “Plotinus on the Soul's Omnipresence in Body (in VI 4[22])”
Richard Sorabji, Oxford University, CUNY Graduate Center (Fall 2004), “Aristotle’s Commentators and the Transmission of Greek Philosophy to Islam”
SATURDAY OCT.23 PANELS
2. 9-11:00 a.m. Saturday, Oct 23:
2.a. The Ancient Quarrel: Poetry and Philosophy I
Chair: Bernard Freydberg, Slippery Rock University
Eric Sanday, Vanderbilt University, “Hesiod and Heraclitus on Poetry”
Michael Naas, De Paul University, “Rave: Plato on Ecstasy and the Power of Poetry”
John Kress, St. John’s College, Annapolis, “Not in their Right Minds: Plato vs. the Poets”
2.b. Philosophy in the Hippocratic Texts
Chair: TBA
George Boger, Canisius College, “The Protagorean Epistemology of Some Early Hippocratic Treatises”
Joel E. Mann, University of Texas, Austin, “Sophists Without Borders: The Philosophical Significance of the pseudo-Hippocratic Peri Technes”
John Sisko, College of New Jersey, “Cognitive Circuitry in Plato’s Timaeus and the Pseudo-Hippocratic De Victu”
2.c. Socrates I
Chair: Gonzalez?
Gaelle Jeanmart, Universite de Liege (Belgique), “Socrates and the Courage of Truth”
Francisco Gonzalez, Skidmore College, “Socrates’ Impious Piety in Plato’s Apology”
Ryan Drake, Pennsylvania State University, “Promethean Limits: Another Look at the Socratic Calculation of Pleasures”
Chair: TBA
David Wolfsdorf, Temple University, “The Relation of Forms and their Participants in Hippias Major 301b2 ff.”
Miriam Byrd, Western Michigan University, “The Ontology of the Soul: Plato’s Use of Hypothesis in the Phaedo”
Gary Scott, Loyola College in Maryland, “Plato’s Multifarious Devices”
Chair: TBA
Gerol Petruzella, University at Buffalo, “Eudaimonia and Makaria: On the Role of External Goods in Aristotle’s Conception of the Virtuous Life”
Roopen Majithia, Mount Allison University, “Love and Virtue in Aristotle’s Ethics” requests Saturday
Hope May, Central Michigan University, “Emotional Intelligence, Character Education, and the Nicomachean Ethics”
2.f. Averroes, Aquinas, and Avicenna
Organized by Richard C. Taylor, Marquette University: the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science
Chair: Richard C. Taylor, Marquette University
Richard C. Taylor Marquette University., “Averroes on Agent Intellect as ‘ultimately form for us’”
Francisco Romero Marquette University., “Averroes’ Retrograde Correction of Avicenna’s Doctrine of Intentionality”
Max Herrera, Marquette University, “Avicenna
and the Thomistic Doctrine of Intelligible Species”
Organized by the Association of Chinese Philosophers in America
Chair: Yihong Liu, Harvard University and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Yong Huang, Kutztown University
Richard Stichler, Alvernia College
Hyun Hochsmann, New Jersey City University
Peimin Ni, Grand Valley State College
3. 11:15-1:15 .p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23:
Chair, Bernard Freydberg, Slippery Rock University
Sara Brill, Fairfield University, “Tragedy, Tyranny and the Corruption of the Decent”
David Roochnik, Boston University, “Stories in Plato’s Republic”
P. Christopher Smith, University. of Massachusetts, Lowell, “Reflections on Pindar’s Epainos and Archilochus’ Psogos in Plato’s Symposium”
Chair: TBA
Geoffrey Batchelder, Catholic University, “Moral Ascent in Socrates’ Phaedran Palinode”
Aron Reppmann, Trinity Christian College, “The Character of Phaedrus and the Unity of the Phaedrus”
Andrea Tschemplik, American University, “Is Theaetetus Beautiful?”
Chair: John Mulhern, University of Pennsylvania
John Mulhern, University of Pennsylvania, “The Ariste Politeia and Aristotle’s Intended Audience”
Elizabeth Donaghue, University of Colorado, Boulder, “Aristotle’s ‘Political Animals’ and Perfectionism”
Thanassis Samaras, Center for Hellenic Studies & George Washington University., “Aristotle’s Politics: The City of Book Seven and the Question of Ideology”
3.d. Aristotle’s Theory of Mind
Chair: TBA
Paul Schollmeier, University of Nevada Las Vegas, “Aristotelian Theoretical Wisdom”
J. Noel Hubler, Lebanon Valley Community College, “Self-awareness in Aristotle and his Commentators”
Dana Miller, Fordham University, “Aristotle on why rhetorical enthymemes are effective”
Chair: TBA
Glenn Lesses, College of Charleston, “The Reception of Stoic Psychology in Middle Platonism”
Deborah Modrak, University of Rochester, “The Stoics on Intentionality”
Gregory Recco, Skidmore College, “Stoics on Logic as a Therapy”
Chair: TBA
Sarah Klitenic Wear, Trinity College Dublin, “The Place of Zacharias of Gaza’s de Opificio Mundi in the Platonic Tradition”
Tim Mahoney, Providence College, “Plotinus’ Analysis of Platonic Assimilation to God”
Diane Williamson, Vanderbilt University, “Is the One a Transcendental Principle? (Plotinus)”
3.g. Ibn-Sina
Organized by the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science (Panel II)
Chair: TBA
:John Wallach, Hunter College, “Platonic Laws, Kadi-Justice, and the Rule of Law”
Shalhudin Kafrawi, Moravian Brothers College, “Fakhr ad-Razi and ibn Sina on Necessary Existent”
Parviz Morewedge, Rutgers University and Fordham University, “Phenomenology of Praxis in Tusi’s Reading of ibn Sina’s Cosmogony”
3.h. INDIC – need title and another speaker!!
Chair: TBA
Nandlal Jotwani, Global Harmony (New Delhi, India), “The Relevance of Indic Concept of ‘vasudhaiv kutumbakam’ for Promotion of Culture of Peace and Global Citizenship”
Neal Delmonico (SSIPS)
LUNCH 1:15-2:30 p.m. (“Box-style” lunch included in the registration fee)
4. 2:30-4:20 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23
4.a. Plato: Euthyphro and Meno
Chair: TBA
Jason Giannetti, Framingham State College, “The Piety of Plato’s Euthyphro”
Lee Franklin, University at Albany, “Recollection as Learning (Meno)”
Mostafa Younesie, Tarbiat Modares University, “The Problem of Gender in the Meno”
4.b. Plato: Poetry and Myth
Chair: Martha Beck, Lyon College
Martha Beck, Lyon College, “Plato on Homer in the Republic”
Max Latona, Saint Anselm College, “Competing Myths of the Afterlife: Plato and the Poets”
Chad Trainer, Phoenixville PA, “Treasons to Truth: The Myths of Plato”
4.c. Aristotle’s Logic and Metaphysics
Chair: Mary Mulhern, Brookside Institute
Keith McPartland, College at Brockport, “Aristotle’s Conception of the pros ti”
Anna Zhyrkov, Tel Aviv University, “The Categorical Status of Differentiae”
Evan Keeling, University of Virginia, “Unity in Aristotle’s Metaphysics H.6”
4.d. Aristotle and the Aristotelian Tradition, Ethics and Politics
Chair: TBA
Geert Van Cleemput, Vlaams Blok Study Center, Belgium, “Aristotle on the Philosophical and Political Life”
Thornton C. Lockwood, Assumption College, “Political Justice and Ethical Justice (EN V.6-11)”
Christopher C. Kirby, and Philip S. Bishop, University of South Florida, “Eudaimonia and Growth: Human Flourishing in Aristotle and Dewey”
Chair: TBA
Mark A. Holowchak, Kutztown University., “Carrying One’s Goods from City to City: Seneca on Friendship, Self-Sufficiency, and Disdain of Fortune”
Hal Thorsrud, New Mexico State University,., “Cicero’s Modification to Stoic Psychotherapy in the Tusculan Disputations”
Amber Carpenter, Franklin & Marshall College, “Cicero De Officiis”
Chair: TBA
Jean-Marc Narbonne, University of Laval, Belgium, “The Descent of the Individual Soul: Plotinus vs. Proclus”
Deepa Majumdar, Purdue University North Central, “The Role of Intellect in Plotinus’ Mysticism”
John Hendrix, Roger Williams University, “The Intellectual Principle of Plotinus and Hegelian Self-Consciousness”
4.g. St. Thomas Aquinas
Medieval Christian session organized by Joseph Koterski, S.J., Fordham University
Chair: TBA
Christopher Martin, University of St. Thomas, “Aristotle and Aquinas on Teleological Arguments”
William Murnion, Philosophy Works, “Aquinas’ Theory of Love”
Martin J. Henn, University of St. Mary in Leavenworth Kansas, “The Genesis of Thomistic
Dialectic in the Middle Periods”
4.h. Islamic-Western Perspectives on Theory and Practice
Organized by the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science
Chair: TBA
Peter S. Groff, Bucknell U., “Leaving The Garden: Al-Razi and Nietzsche as Wayward Epicureans”
Laury Silvers, Skidmore College, “Abu Bakr al-Wasiti on Theory and Praxis”
PLENARY SESSION II – Global Philosophical Traditions
Round Table Symposium : “The Concept of the Self”
Chair: Tony Preus, Binghamton University
Speaker: Richard Sorabji, Oxford University and CUNY Graduate Center (Fall ’04)
With Invited Panelists
SUNDAY OCT 24 PANELS
6. Sunday 9-11:00 a.m.
Chair: William Wians, Merrimack College
Mitch Miller, Vassar, “Arriving at esti: ambiguities in Parmenides’ Poem”
Rose Cherubin, George Mason University, “Metaphysics and Ethics of Order in the Eumenides”
William Wians, Merrimack College, “Tragic Knowledge in the Agamemnon”
6.b. Plato: Diotima, Eryximachus, Thrasymachus
Chair: TBA
Sara Anne Brill, Fairfield University, “Eryximachus Revisited: Medical Moderation in Plato’s Symposium”
Glenn Rawson, Brown University, “Aristophanes and Diotima on Fulfilling Innate Desires in Plato’s Symposium”
Daniel Moseley, University of Virginia, “Thrasymachean Ethics”
6.c. Pathways of the Soul: Problems in Aristotle’s Ethics
Chair: TBA
Benjamin Grazzini, New School University,“Aisthesis, Logos, Nous: Toward an Aristotelian Conception of Experience”
Russel Winslow, New School University,“On the Nature of Logos in Aristotle”
Matthew S. Linck, New School University,“Arche Anthropos”
6.d. Platonic Dialogue
Chair: TBA
Elizabeth Hoppe, Lewis University, “The Critias: All’s Well That Ends Well”
Anne-Marie Bowery, Baylor University, “Who Listens to Socrates? The Role and
Function of Socrates’ Narrative Audiences”
William Welton, Loyola College in Maryland, “Thrasymachus vs. Socrates on the Problem of What Counts as a Good Answer (Rep. 336B-339B)”
Organizer: Oliver Leaman, University. of Kentucky
TBA
6.f. TIBETAN BUDDHIST: - need title, speakers, etc.!!
Organizer and Chair: Marie Friquegnon, William Paterson University
TBA
7. Sunday October 24 11:15-1:15 p.m.
Chair: Khan?
Carrie-Ann Khan, John Jay College, “Socrates an Exemplar Model of Education”
Marina McCoy, Boston College, “Performative Aspects of Socratic Questioning”
William Evans, St. Peter’s College, “Is the ‘Socratic Internet’ an Oxymoron?”
Chair: John Partridge, Wheaton College
Gene Fendt, U of Nebraska, “Socrates’ Best Kind of City is not Built in the Republic”
Rachel Singpurwalla, Southern Illinois U., “Goodness and Unity in Plato’s Republic”
Mark Moes, Grand Valley State U., “Rules, Virtues, and the Common Good in
Republic 423d-427a”
Catherine McKeen, College at Brockport, “Women, Occupational Specialization and Social Justice in Plato’s Republic”
Chair: TBA
Michael Russo, U. of Maryland, “Animation and Automation in Aristotle’s Philosophy of Action”
Mark Shiffman, Villanova, “Shaping the Language of Wonder: Aristotle’s Transformation of the Meanings of Thaumazein”
Chair: TBA
Aphrodite Alexandrakis, Barry University, “The Role of Music and Dance in Ancient Greek and Chinese Rituals: Form vs. Content”
Chris Gowans, Fordham, “Stoic Spiritual Exercises and the Buddhist Path.”
Lenore Wright, Baylor U., “Plato’s Socrates and Soseki’s Sensei: Living the Sovereign Life”
7.e. Major Figures and Reasoning in Islamic Philosophy
Organized by the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science (SSIPS)
Chair: TBC:
Allan Bäck, Kutztown University, “Islamic Supposition Theory”
Coeli Fitzpatrick, Grand Valley State U. “Muhammad al Jabri, ‘The Future Can Only Be Averroist’”
Fouad Kalouche, Reading U., paper on Ibn Khaldun, no title or abstract
LUNCH 1:15-2:15 p.m.
8. Sunday 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Afternoon Sessions – – only as needed.
Section Organizers
Greek: Anthony Preus, Binghamton University (apreus@binghamton.edu); Medieval Christian: Joseph Koterski, S.J., Fordham University (koterski@fordham.edu), Jewish: Oliver Leaman, University. of Kentucky, (oleaman@uky.edu); Indic: Neal Delmonico, SSIPS (ndelmonico@cableone.net); Chinese: Li He, Philosophy Institute, CASS, People’s Republic of China) and Yihong Liu, Harvard University and Philosophy Institute, CASS, People’s Republic of Chhina (yihongliuca@yahoo.com); Roman Philosophy: Anthony Preus (apreus@binghamton.edu), Tibetan Buddhist: Marie Friquegnon, William Paterson University (friquegnonM@wpunj.edu). Islamic and Other Non-Western Philosophies: Parviz Morewedge (Fordham University and Rutgers University) (pmorewed@gsp-online.org )
*Other Philosophical Areas: contact Daryl Tress (tress@fordham.edu) for distribution to the proper section organizer
Registration
The registration fee is $50 for all participants which includes dinner at the banquet on Friday night, a light lunch on Saturday, and the Conference program and Abstracts booklet. Please mail your registration fee in advance to: “Global Scholarly Publications, Madison Avenue, Suite 11G, New York, NY 10016.; make the check to “Global Scholarly Publications.” Meals and programs may be purchased separately. Members of academic institutions are invited to attend panels on Saturday and Sunday without charge. Lunch may be
General Conference Information
For more information, contact: Anthony Preus Binghamton University (apreus@binghamton.edu; Parviz Morewedge (Fordham and Rutgers University (pmorewed@gsp-online.org ), or Daryl Tress(tress@fordham.edu)
Papers not yet scheduled:
David Bradshaw, U. of Kentucky, dbradsh@uky.edu , “Why Was There No
Voluntarism among the Greek Fathers?” abstract present
William Cornwell, United States Military Academy, William.Cornwell@usma.edu, “Some Problems with Peter Abelard’s Moral Theory” abstract?
Mehmet Karabela, McGill U., “Peripheralization through Historical Periodization: The Debate over the Decline of Islamic Theology” mkarab@po-box.mcgill.ca Parviz has abstract
Martin Laramee ramus@videotron.ca U. de Sherbrooke, Quebec, “Meister Eckhart
on Modern and Contemporary Philosophy” no abstract not on jane’s list
medieval schedule
Mariele Nientied, Johns Hopkins, “Names of God and Their Theoretical Implications” (medieval) mnienti1@jhu.edu (I don’t have an abstract)
We also have a couple of late adds:
Timothy Bridgman, Trinity College Dublin, todroichead@hotmail.com,
“Heraclides Ponticus and the Hyperboreans” late add
Clinton Corcoran, High Point University, ccorcora@highpoint.edu, “Dramatic
Reversals in Plato” abstract present (late add)
Joseph A. Novak, University of Waterloo, jnovak@watarts@uwaterloo.ca, "The Meno, Recollection, and the Role of Hypothesis"
Bradshaw, Cornwell, Laramee, and Nientied are medieval; I assume that they should be scheduled by Koterski. If necessary they could all be put on one panel.
Karabela is a Parviz person. He could easily be added to panel 4h, which has only two people right now.