Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers

The University of Chicago, The University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University
present
Philosophy and Religion in Ancient Greece

November 3-4, 2006

Friday November 3
Northwestern University, Harris Hall, Room 108, 1881 Sheridan Road, Evanston

2:00-3:45
Divinity, Intelligibility, and Human Understanding in Presocratic Thought
Patricia Curd, Purdue University
Comments: Brad Inwood, University of Toronto

4:00-5:45
Physics and Religion in Heraclitus
Stephen Menn, McGill University
Comments: Victor Caston, University of Michigan

Saturday, November 4
Morning session at: University of Illinois at Chicago, Humanities Institute,
Stevenson Hall (lower level), 701 South Morgan Street

9:00-10:45
Platonic Immortality
David Sedley, Christ’s College, Cambridge University
Comments: Sean Kelsey, UCLA

11:00-12:45
Tale, Theology, and Teleology in the Phaedo
Gabor Betegh, Central European University, Budapest
Comments: Tad Brennan, Northwestern University

Afternoon session at: University of Chicago
Classics 10, 1010 East 59th Street

2:00-3:45
Sophoclean Conflicts: Between Religion and Philosophy
Alasdair MacIntyre, University of Notre Dame
Comments: Jonathan Lear, University of Chicago

4:00-5:45
Descent and Reminiscence in the Timaeus-Critias
Sarah Broadie, University of St. Andrew’s
Comments: Barbara Sattler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

5:45-6:15
Closing Remarks: Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago

For further information about attending the conference, or to attend the dinner Friday or Saturday evening, please contact Richard Kraut, rkraut1@northwestern.edu