Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy

Volume XVI (2000)
2000. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-90-04-12203-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 472 g

Reihe: Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy

This volume reflects some of the activities of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy (BACAP) from the academic year 1999-2000. It contains seven colloquia which were hosted by different universities within the greater Boston area. The participants discuss important philosophical problems raised by the works of Plato and Aristotle, while also considering some relevant issues in modern philosophy of mind. With regard to Plato, one colloquium gives a detailed analysis of his argument for recollection in the Phaedo, while another considers the metaphysical basis for justice in the Republic, and another takes a general look at the role of techne in Platonic philosophy. Similarly, with reference to Aristotle, two colloquia provide a detailed analysis of the argument that Nous is not compounded with the body, as well as the relevance of his doctrine of Nous for modern conceptions of mind. In addition, there is a colloquium that provides a general account of the concept of law in Aristotle’s Politics, as well as a colloquium that draws interesting parallels between Aristotle and Freud.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Cleary, John J

Gurtler, Gary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

John J. Cleary, Ph.D. is Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and Senior Lecturer at NUI Maynooth (Ireland). He received his B.A. and M.A. from University College Dublin, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Boston University in 1982. He was the director of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy from 1984 to 1988, and is the founding general editor for this series of Proceedings. He has published widely on ancient philosophy, including Aristotle on the Many Senses of Priority (Carbondale (IL), 1987) and Aristotle and Mathematics (Brill, 1995). Currently he is researching the role of mathematics in the theology of Proclus, as well as analysing Aristotle’s Metaphysics M & N for Project Archelogos.
Gary M. Gurtler, S.J., Ph.D. is Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He was educated at St. John Fisher College, at Fordham University, and the Weston School of Theology. He has published extensively on ancient philosophy, with special attention to Neoplatonism, including a book on Plotinus: The Experience of Unity (Lang, 1988). Currently, he is concluding research on the psychology of Plotinus.