While the Menexenus has received scholarly attention, it nevertheless remains deeply understudied. This is especially so given the rich and provocative nature of the text. At once ironic and interventionist, the Menexenus teasingly intersects with a broad range of Platonic concerns and other dialogues, making it an ideal topic for the 2014 Penn Ancient Workshop.
PENN ANCIENT WORKSHOP
January 18, 2014
Please contact Karen Detlefsen if you plan to attend.
Please join us for
Women in the History of Philosophy
A Workshop presented by the University of Pennsylvania
and Villanova University in the Greater Philadelphia
Philosophy Consortium’s conference series
12-13 September 2014
University of Pennsylvania
Cohen Hall 402
Friday, 12 September, 2014
Rohan Sud (Michigan) will be joining us to discuss his current work on a forward looking decision rule for imprecise credences. Contact Daniel Singer (singerd@phil.upenn.edu) for more information.
Title: A Forward Looking Decision Rule for Imprecise Credences
Prof. Branden Fitelson (Rutgers) will be hosting a special session of PHIL 532. All Penn students and faculty are welcome. Contact Prof. Daniel Singer (singerd@phil.upenn.edu) for more information.
8:30-9 AM
Breakfast in the Lounge
SESSION 1
9:00-9:45 AM
Bill Beck (UPenn Classics): Provocative Contradictions - Plato’s Mythic Refamiliarization
Respondent: Robert Leib (Villanova Philosophy)
9:50-10:35 AM
Jeffrey Ulrich (UPenn Classics): Protagoras' muthos: Rewriting Hesiod
Respondent: Dan Issler (UPenn Philosophy)
SESSION 2
10:45-11:30 AM
Schedule for the 37th Annual Ancient Philosophy Workshop
FRIDAY APRIL 4, 2014
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY CENTER CITY (Room 320, 1515 Market Street, Philadelphia)
8:30-9:15 Coffee and refreshments
9:15-10:45 "'Preserving' Reason: Courage and the Spirited Part of the Soul in Plato's Republic"
Department of Philosophy