March 5th, 2010

Greetings SAGP members. Just “click here” to download a PDF version of the SAGP Newsletter 2009/10.4. Enjoy!

February 24th, 2010

Philosophy and Mathematics: A memorial conference in honour of Professor John J. Cleary

Trinity College Dublin, 28th – 29th May 2010

On 12 April 2009 Ireland lost a consummate human being – a philosopher of tremendous acumen and a man of great kindness and integrity. Professor John Cleary’s influence touched the lives of colleagues and students all over the world, and not least in his home departments of NUI Maynooth and Boston College. He approached each endeavour with courage, zeal, optimism and fortitude, and all of these qualities were certainly evident as Professor Cleary faced his final days. As a scholar of ancient philosophy, Professor Cleary was interested and well versed in all aspects of the discipline from the Presocratics through to the Neoplatonists, but his two specialties were Aristotle’s theory of mathematics, and Greek education, or the paidea project. In keeping with these themes, the Dublin Centre for the Study of the Platonic Tradition in conjunction with the Trinity College Department of Philosophy is proud to organize the above conference in honour of Professor John Cleary.

Papers submitted to the conference should be suitable for a 30-minute presentation. Each presentation will be followed by a 15-minute discussion period. Papers can be on any topic relating to philosophy and mathematics. Abstracts of not more than 1000 words should be submitted no later than the 1st of April 2010, and should be emailed with no identifying characteristics to larsenp@tcd.ie. Please also send, as a separate attachment, a cover letter with your name, email address and home institution.

January 23rd, 2010

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to apply to our seminar “Aristotle on Truth and Meaning,” a National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminar for university and college teachers, to be held at San Diego State University in San Diego, California, from 21 June until 16 July, 2010. Our seminar will be devoted to the study of Aristotle’s semantic conception of truth and falsehood, both in light of his account of how human language and thought represent the world and in relation to other conceptions of truth and falsehood from those of his predecessors to those of leading contemporary philosophers. In Aristotle’s model of language and thought, linguistic assertions signify beliefs in the minds of language users. These beliefs represent the world and true beliefs represent the world the way it actually is (while false beliefs fail to do so). Aristotle’s theory of linguistic signification, representational thought, and truth are neatly integrated and provide a highly sophisticated account of how we represent the world. In order to understand his theory better, we shall examine relevant texts from his logical works, his physical and biological works, and his psychological works. The objective of our study of Aristotle’s theory of truth is to better understand how, exactly, Aristotle conceived of the relationship between language, thought, and reality. His theory will also be considered in the light of recent research in the related fields of philosophical semantics, metaphysics and the philosophy of mind. We will undertake a careful study of Aristotle’s texts and the most recent scholarship in these fields.

Please click here to download a PDF attachment that contains all of the relevant details. If you can’t open the attachment, or for further information, please contact us at mark.wheeler@sdsu.edu or 619-379-0686.

Best regards,

Deborah K. W. Modrak and Mark Wheeler

January 19th, 2010

“Science and Intellect in Aristotle and the Aristotelian Tradition” – Fifth Annual Marquette Summer Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, June 28-30, 2010.

http://web.mac.com/mistertea/Midwest_Seminar/2010_Summer_Aristotle_Conference.html

Presented by the Midwest Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy and the Aquinas and the Arabs Project with the support of the Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette and the Andrew W. Mellon Fund.

Marquette University
Department of Philosophy
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

This Conference is intended to provide a formal occasion and central location for philosophers and scholars of the Midwest region (and elsewhere) to present and discuss their current work on Aristotle and his interpreters in ancient, medieval and contemporary philosophy.

For the 2009 conference a record number of applications (41) were received for the 15 slots for presentations.  Thematic unity came to play a role in the final selection procedure, as did other considerations.  We regret that we had to decline so many very fine proposals.

Conference Proposal Submission Guidelines Established Scholars: send a title and tentative abstract; Graduate Students: send a title, abstract, CV and a supporting letter from your faculty advisor or dissertation director.

NOTE: Abstracts should be 150 words or fewer. Please send applications to: Richard.Taylor@Marquette.edu.

OPENING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: February 1. The Selection Committee will select presenters on the basis  of quality of proposals (title and abstract) and scholarly record as the primary criteria.

PROGRAM ANNOUNCED: April 1 or earlier if filled.

January 16th, 2010

Greetings SAGP members. Just “click here” to download a PDF version of the SAGP Newsletter 2009/10.3. Enjoy!