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CPAS Reading Group
One-Day Workshop
Aristotle's De Anima
Saturday, April 13, 2013
SPEAKERS: Victor Caston (Michigan) on the Unity of the Soul's Faculties
Iakovos Vasiliou (CUNY Grad Center) on the Theoretical Intellect
Ron Polansky and John Fritz (Duquesne) on Accidental Perception
COMMENTS: Sean Kelsey (Notre Dame)
John Buttaci (Pittsburgh)
Rosemary Twomney (CUNY Grad Center)
Free to attend, but registration is required. Please contact Kristen Inglis kai21@pitt.edu to register
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Selected Publications
Being, Nature, and Life In Aristotle
by James G. Lennox (Editor), Robert Bolton (Editor)
This volume of essays explores major connected themes in Aristotle's metaphysics, philosophy of nature, and ethics, especially themes related to essence, definition, teleology, activity, potentiality, and the highest good. The volume is united by the belief that all aspects of Aristotle's work need to be studied together if any one of the areas of thought is to be fully understood. Many of the papers were contributions to a conference at the University of Pittsburgh entitled 'Being, Nature, and Life in Aristotle', to honor Professor Allan Gotthelf's many contributions to the field of ancient philosophy; a few are contributions from those who were invited but could not attend. The contributors, all longstanding friends of Professor Gotthelf, are among the most accomplished scholars in the field of ancient philosophy today.
Inference from Signs: Ancient Debates about the Nature of Evidence
By James Allen
Original and penetrating, this book investigates of the notion of inference from signs, which played a central role in ancient philosophical and scientific method. It examines an important chapter in ancient epistemology: the debates about the nature of evidence and of the inferences based on it—or signs and sign-inferences as they were called in antiquity. Read more.
Program Application
- Students do not apply directly to the CPAS Program
- Instead, students should apply to one of the cooperating departments (Classics, HPS, or Philosophy) and indicate their interest in the program on their application
- Requirements: BA in Classics or equivalent
