Philosophies in the Mediterranean - Yesterday and Today 2018: Aristotle's Metaphysics - Yesterday and Today
Summer School 3-6/9/2018 Castello di Falconara (Sicily)
Aristotle's Metaphysics in the Mediterranean - Yesterday
Chair: Enrico Berti, Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Padua Monday morning 3.9.2018
Aristotle's Metaphysics: State of The Art
Christof Rapp, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich Monday afternoon 3.9.2018
Aristotle's Metaphysics in Medieval Jewish Philosophy
Yossef Schwartz, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Tel Aviv University
Tuesday morning 4.9.2018
Aristotle's Metaphysics in Medieval Islamic Philosophy
Nadja Germann, Professor of Philosophy, Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg Tuesday afternoon 4.9.2018
Aristotle's Metaphysics in Medieval Christian philosophy
Pasquale Porro, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Sorbonne, Paris
Aristotle's Metaphysics - Today
Chair: Kevin Mulligan, Professor of Philosophy, University of Italian Switzerland Wednesday morning 5.9.2018
Hylomorphism
Anna Marmodoro, Professor of Metaphysics, Durham University and University of Oxford Wednesday afternoon 5.9.2018
Categories
Peter Simons, Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin Evening Lecture
Aristotelianism and the Austrian tradition
Laurent Cesalli, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, University of Geneva
Thursday morning 6.9.2018 Essentialism
Gyula Klima, Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University, New York
International Conference 7-8/9/2018:
Aristotle's Metaphysics - Yesterday and Today (Palermo) Friday morning, 7.9.2018
Palazzo Lanza Tomasi 9.00-9.15 Welcome
Leonardo Samonà, Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, University of Palermo 9.15-10.00 The music of the heavens. Aristotle against Plato and the Pythagoreans Patrizia Laspia, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Palermo
10.00-10.45 The Reception of Aristotelian Philosophy in Early Islam Dimitri Gutas, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Yale University 11.15-12.00 The Unique Path of Late Medieval Jewish Metaphysics
Yossef Schwartz, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Tel Aviv University
12.00-12.45 Homonymy, Synonymy and Analogy between Aristotle and his Latin Reception Pasquale Porro, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Sorbonne, Paris
15.00-15.45 Philosophy of Language vs/& Metaphysics?
Manuel García-Carpintero, Professor of Philosophy, University of Barcelona 16.00-16.45 Anti-Metaphysics – between Schlick and Carnap
Mélika Ouelbani, Professor of Philosophy, University of Tunis Friday Evening 21.00 Spasimo Church Palermo
Introduction: Giovanni Ventimiglia, Professor of Philosophy, University of Lucerne
Public Lecture: Greek into Arabic into Latin (Sicily's Historical Languages). Translation and Civilization in the Middle Ages
Dimitri Gutas, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Yale University
Saturday morning 8.9.2018 Palazzo Sant’Elia 9.00-9.45 The Mediterranean Today
Gilles Kepel, Political Scientist and Orientalist, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, and University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano
10.00-11.30 Chair: Kevin Mulligan, Professor of Philosophy, University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano Roundtable: How to create a Mediterranean Centre of Philosophy
Manuel García-Carpintero (University of Barcelona), Mélika Ouelbani (University of Tunis), Leonardo Samonà (University of Palermo), Yossef Schwartz (University of Tel Aviv).
11.30-12.00 Conclusions
Giovanni Ventimiglia, Professor of Philosophy, University of Lucerne
Organisation: Giovanni Ventimiglia, Kevin Mulligan, Philipp Blum.
Institutional relations and event management - Sicily: Maria Stella Wirz.
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