Philosophy

Workshop on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Book III

Department of Philosophy & The Human Project
Central European University, Budapest
11-13 July 2013
Attendance by invitation
Building: Nádor str. 13, Room: 001
1051 Budapest, Hungary

THURSDAY 11 JULY 2013

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Among early philosophers in the Islamic world, none is more notorious than Abu Bakr al-Razi (d.925). An expert doctor, he also put forward philosophical ideas that brought accusations of heresy. It's easy to see why: he supposedly denied the validity of prophecy and postulated four eternal principles other than God, namely soul, matter, time and place.In this presentation I will introduce al-Razi's thought and focus on his innovative cosmology, showing how it draws on sources in Plato's "Timaeus".

I start out from the question of whether there is a fundamental or categorical human-animal difference. Now, there is nothing special about being special. Every biological species differs from all the others, i.e. has some unique characteristics. But this leaves open the possibility that humans possess features that

a)      set us apart ‘categorially’ or ‘essentially’ from all other animals (henceforth simply animals);

b)     are fundamental, in that (all) other relevant differences derive from them;

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Someone asks me what is her name. I feel I know it. As we often say, her name is on the tip of my tongue. I can’t say it now, but I am sure that in a few moments it will come back.

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The Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to the Public Defense of the PhD Dissertation by   Cecilia Lippai on

`Towards a Pluralistic Ontology of Environments A Phenomenological Perspective`

Chair: Hanoch Ben-Yami

Members of the Defense Committee:

David Weberman (Central European University

Dr. Martin Drenthen (Radboud University Nijmegen)

Alan Watt (Central European University)

The defense will be held on Wednesday, 22nd May from 10.00 AM in Zrinyi 14/401