This year’s Ancient Philosophy Workshop focuses on methodological questions, particularly those concerning the relationship between ancient and contemporary philosophy. The speakers are united by the breadth of their work: each has engaged with several different areas, periods, or traditions of philosophy. Everyone interested is warmly welcome!
Thursday, 24 September
13.15–14.30 Amber Carpenter (Oxford), “History of Philosophy as Philosophy, and Ancient Philosophy Without Borders: Notes from the Field”
14.45–16.00 Henrik Lagerlund (Stockholm), “Historiographical Nihilism and Methodology in the History of Philosophy”
16.15–17.30 Sukaina Hirji (Pennsylvania), “Degrees of Agency in Aristotle’s Ethics” (online)
17.45–19.00 Simona Aimar (UCL), “Powers as Causes in Aristotle”
Friday, 25 September
10.15–11.30 Aistė Čelkytė (Vilnius), “Hypatia’s School on Emanation”
11.45–13.00 Uku Tooming, Riin Sirkel, Toomas Lott, Roomet Jakapi (Tartu), “Is Aphantasia a Challenge for Aristotle?”
15.00–16.15 José Luis Bermúdez (Texas A&M), “Aristotle, φαντασία, and the Content of Perception”
16.30–17.45 Whitney Schwab (Fordham), “Towards a Methodology for the History of Epistemology” (online)
Brief Introductions to the Speakers
Simona Aimar combines ancient Greek philosophy with contemporary debates in metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of AI.
José Luis Bermúdez is a renowned contemporary philosopher of language and mind who recently published a book on Aristotle’s De Anima (On the Soul).
Amber Carpenter has spoken at our workshop before. She is a fascinating thinker whose expertise extends beyond ancient Greek philosophy to Indian philosophy.
Aistė Čelkytė recently took up a post at Vilnius University. Her research focuses on the Stoics and the history of women philosophers.
Sukaina Hirji is an outstanding philosopher of the younger generation who has published influential articles on Aristotle, contemporary ethics and the ideological dimensions of studying antiquity.
Henrik Lagerlund has also previously spoken in Tartu. His research ranges from ancient, medieval and early modern philosophy to the history of Nordic philosophy and the philosophy of food.
Whitney Schwab is a distinguished scholar of ancient epistemology whose work fruitfully connects Plato, Aristotle and the sceptics with some of the most compelling topics in contemporary epistemology.
The local research group on imagination — Uku Tooming, Riin Sirkel, Toomas Lott and Roomet Jakapi.
