Ancient philosophers, through their incessant debates and discussions, produced a vast array of highly complex competing conceptions about the nature of reality, and its fundamental constituents. These debates, and the metaphysical theories which were formulated in the course of these exchanges, are highly interesting in their own right, but also in the way they set the frame for later discussions, and provide the starting points of competing conceptual frameworks for later developments. In our International Summer Undergraduate Conference we invite participants to explore this fascinating field: ancient metaphysical theories, and the dynamic exchanges of ancient philosophers on these topics, as well as the impact of ancient metaphysical discussions and theories on modern and contemporary metaphysical debates.
The conference will be held in Budapest from August 27 to August 29, 2015. The conference intends to provide a forum for students pursuing their BA and MA studies at a recognized institution of higher education, interested in ancient and contemporary metaphysics, and their interrelationship.
Language of the conference is English. Participants at the conference will have 30 minutes to present their papers (the full text of the papers may be made available on the internet for the participants of the conference). This will be followed by comments given by invited readers in 10 minutes, and by another 20-25 minutes of discussion.
Ancient Metaphysics and its Modern Appropriations email address:
AncMetModApp@ceu.edu
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27/08/2015 Thursday |
28/08/2015 Friday |
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9.30-10.30 |
Howard Robinson (CEU): Problems with attempts to revive Aristotle's theory of substance Opening Keynote Lecture |
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10.30-11.30 |
Ondrej Cerny (Oxford): From Thales to Plato, to Descartes, and back: the Soul's Odyssey in Nature Commentator: Máté Herner |
Amanda Karlsson (Cambridge): The Greatest Difficulty: Knowledge and Forms in Plato’s Parmenides 33A-34C Commentator: Máté Herner |
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11.30 -11.50 |
Coffee break |
Coffee break |
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11.50-12.50 |
İlter Coşkun (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul): Source of the Soul’s Being in Plato’s Philosophy Commentator: István Bárány |
Gaetano Longo (University of Salerno): Some Remarks about the first two Deductions in the Second Part of Plato's Parmenides Commentator: István Bodnár |
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12.50-13.50 |
Petra Batthyanyová (BISLA, Bratislava): Symposium - Erotic aspect of the beauty itself Commentator: Mariapaola Bergomi |
Zoe McConaughey (Université de Lille3): Can we get rid of non-contradiction? Commentator: Hanoch Ben-Yami |
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13.50-15.00 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
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15.00-16.00 |
Kris McLain (Utah Valley University): Immortal Identity: Platonic Dualism and Consciousness Transferal Commentator: Gábor Betegh |
Rosamaria Romanelli (University of Florence): The ontological status of mathematical entities in the Academic and Modern debate Commentator: András Máté |
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16.00-16.20 |
Coffee Break |
Coffee break |
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16.20-17.20 |
Flavia Felletti (Universitat de Barcelona): Time and Change in Ancient and Contemporary Metaphysics Commentator: Attila Hangai |
Alesia Preite (Università di Pavia/LMU): Aristotle versus Lowe on Ontological Independence Commentator: Philip Goff |
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17.20-18.20 |
Davood Bahjat Fumani (University of Tehran): Ignorance and Intentional Action Commentator: Anna Réz |
Hanoch Ben-Yami (CEU): Descartes and the Possibility of Idealism Closing Keynote Lecture |