Perception, Reason & Desire in Ancient & Medieval Philosophy
A twofold event in three days at Uppsala University
September 29–October 1, 2016
Venue
English Park Campus, Uppsala University
Programme
- Day 1, Thursday, September 29, 2016
Nordic Network for The History of Philosophy Workshop
- Day 2, Friday, September 30
Uppsala Graduate Conference in History of Philosophy, part 1
- Day 3, Saturday, October 1
Uppsala Graduate Conference in History of Philosophy, part 2
Day 1, Thursday, September 29, 2016
Nordic Network for The History of Philosophy Workshop
Location: the whole day in Eng2-K1023
- 10:15–10:30 Welcome
Tomas Ekenberg and Pauliina Remes (Uppsala)
- 10:30–11:30 “Aristotle's Enkratic Person Fails Exclusively Emotionally”
Gösta Grönroos (Stockholm)
- 11:30–12:30 “Aristotle on Memory”
Mika Perälä (Helsinki)
LUNCH
- 14:00–15:00 “Evaluation and Appetite in Early Medieval Ethics”
Tomas Ekenberg (Uppsala)
- 15:00–16:00 “Medieval Augustinian Desire”
José Filipe Pereira da Silva (Helsinki)
COFFEE
- 16:15–17:15 “Morality and Happiness in the 13th Century”
Mikko Yrjönsuuri (Jyväskylä)
- 17:15–18:00 “The Role of Passions in Cartesian Psychology”
Ruidan She (Paris)
18:30 DINNER
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Day 2, Friday, September 30
Uppsala Graduate Conference in History of Philosophy, part 1
Location before lunch: Eng2-K1028
- 10:00–11:00 “Aristotle on the Perception of Pleasure and Pain in De Anima III.7”
Harry Alanen (Oxford)
Commentator: Charlotta Weigelt (Södertörn)
- 11:00–12:00 “Aristotle on Phantasia and Desire in Animal Locomotion”
Cecilia Li (Western Ontario)
Commentator: Gösta Grönroos (Stockholm)
LUNCH
Location after lunch: Eng2-K1024
- 13:00–14:30 ANCIENT KEYNOTE "Craft and Desire in Plato and Aristotle"
Thomas Kjeller Johansen (Oslo)
- 14:45–15:45 “Perceptual Judgments in Plato’s Republic”
Saldaña Eduardo (Geneva)
Commentator: Pauliina Remes (Uppsala)
- 15:45–16:45
“Epicurus’ Theory of Perception and the Problem of Conflicting Appearances”
Cristóbal Zarzar (Cambridge)
Commentator: Erik Eliasson (Helsinki)
COFFEE
- 17:00–18:00 “Is John Buridan an Epistemic Fallibilist?”
Philip Choi (Boulder)
Commentator: Erik Åkerlund (Newman)
19:00 RECEPTION
Day 3, Saturday, October 1
Uppsala Graduate Conference in History of Philosophy, part 2
Location: the whole day in Eng2-1077
- 9:30–10:30 “Memory in Michael of Ephesus”
Daphne Argyri (Athens)
Commentator: Mika Perälä (Helsinki)
COFFEE
- 10:45–12:15 MEDIEVAL KEYNOTE "Thomas Aquinas on the Subject of Thought and the Status of the Human Soul"
Cecilia Trifogli (Oxford)
LUNCH
- 13:15–14:15 “Thomas Aquinas on Self-knowledge of Habitus”
Enrico Donato (Pisa)
Commentator: Tomas Ekenberg (Uppsala)
Organizers & Contact
Contact
For more information, please contact: tomas.ekenberg@filosofi.uu.se or gradchp@gmail.com
Sponsors
- The Wenner-Gren Foundation
- The Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University
- The Hultengren's Foundation for Philosophy
- The Helge Ax:son Johnson's Foundation