[September 20, 2004 – DRAFT ]

 

 

ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY 22rd ANNUAL MEETING

 

FORDHAM   UNIVERSITY

Presents an

International Conference on

Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, 2004

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 BANQUET5:30-7:00 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”

 

2.d. Plato: Ontology and Methodology

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”

 

2.e. Virtue in Aristotle

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”
 

 

2.g. CHINESE PHILOSOPHY

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:

 

3.a. The Ancient Quarrel, Poetry and Philosophy II

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

 

3.b. Plato: Phaedrus and Theaetetus

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?”

 

3.c. Aristotle’s Politics

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”

 

3.e. Stoicism I

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”

 

3.f. Neoplatonism and God

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”

 

4.e. Stoicism II

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

 

4.f. Neoplatonism and the Soul

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”

 

 

 
5.  Saturday October 23  4:30-6:30    

 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.

 

6.a. Logos and Mythos: Philosophy and Greek Literature

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)”

 

 6.e. JEWISH PHILOSOPHY  - need title, speakers, etc.!!

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.

 

7.a. Socrates II

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?”

 

7.b. Plato’s Republic: The Best City?

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

 

7.c. Aristotle: Biology and Surprise

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

 

7.d. Comparative Studies: Greece and East Asia

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.