Conference in Ancient Philosophy

Conference on Plato's Moral Psychology

On MARCH 14 , 2007, Northwestern university organizes a conference on

Plato's Moral Psychology

PROGRAM

All papers will be delivered in Harris Hall 108.

Friday, March 14, 2008

09:00 to 10:30

Eros in Plato's Symposium

“Aim-Inhibited Erôs and Plato’s Symposium”
Debra Nails, Michigan State University

Commentator: Constance Meinwald, University of Illinois at Chicago

11:00 to 12:30

“Plato on the Beautiful, the Philosophical, and the Genital”
David Reeve, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Commentator: Constance Meinwald, University of Illinois at Chicago

03:00 to 04:30

Plato on the Soul

“What kind of theory is the theory of the tripartite soul?”
Rachel Barney, University of Toronto

Commentator: Hendrik Lorenz, Princeton University

05:00 to 06:30

“The Powers of Plato's Psychology”
Rachana Kamtekar, University of Arizona

Commentator: Hendrik Lorenz, Princeton University

Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, Department of Classics, and the Classical Traditions Initiative, Northwestern University. All non-culinary events are free and open to the public. Please address questions to rkraut1@northwestern.edu.

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