Dear Colleagues,
This is an email to remind you that the next presentations in the
Work-In-Progress series will be given by Bogdan Mićić and Philipp Quell
this coming Monday. Please see their titles and abstracts below.
"The ontological foundation of Pletho’s virtue ethics" by Bogdan Mićić
The short but dense treatise /Perì aretôn/ 'On Virtues' is not the only
work in which Pletho deals with moral-philosophical topics and
questions, but it is indeed the work in which Pletho presents and
develops his moral philosophy in the most systematic way. There is
surprising amount of literature which has been written and published
since the 1840s about Pletho's life and work. However, only a small part
of the otherwise relatively rich secondary literature is dedicated to
Plethonic ethics and an even smaller part wo the work /Perì aretôn/,
while the largest part is dealing with Pletho’s theology and
metaphysics. One reason (though, probably not the only one) for this is
that Pletho's (moral) philosophy, especially at first glance, hardly has
any originality. Further, it seems to be affected by a profound
eclecticism, which makes Plethon's ethics seem more like a disjointed
piecemeal: Different, sometimes even seemingly incompatible, thoughts of
various thinkers appear. A universal principle which could unify the
scattered thoughts seems to be lacking. In short, Pletho’s ethics, at
first glance, does not seem like a coherent theory. The eclectic
features of Pletho’s moral philosophy has led some researchers to accuse
Pletho of arbitrariness or a lack of critical reflection in advance.
This is wrong. I venture out to show that Pletho’s moral philosophy is
not a more or less arbitrary 'catalogue' of virtues collected without
adhering to an overarching principle and to show that this view is
short-sighted and excessive. To prove this, I will first show that the
Plethonic doctrine of virtue is thoroughly determined by a unifying
principle that underpins the theory. I will then identify this principle
as the ontological-metaphysical requirement for every being to adhere to
the specific ontological hierarchy. From this it will follow that it is
possible to draw conclusions about Pletho's ontology starting from his
doctrine of virtues (since the latter follows from the former). This
will prove that the relative neglect of treatise /Perì aretôn/ by
previous researchers is inappropriate not only in a historical respect
(/Perì aretôn/ was the most distributed and cited work out of Pletho’s
texts in his time), but also in a systematic respect: Because /Perì
aretôn/ provides remarkable insights in Pletho's ontology, Plethon's
doctrine of virtues should also be read and worked on also and
especially by people who are only interested in his theoretical philosophy.
In my talk, I will illustrate this by giving a detailed interpretation
of the first 14 lines of the text (/Peri aret/. A 1, 1.1–16).
"Aristotle’s Systematic Essentialism" by Philipp Quell:
Although many of Aristotle’s scientific findings are revised, for
example the geocentric thesis, his understanding of scientific
structures and the criteria for them to be able to discover truth is
still very similar to our scientific world. My thesis and argumentation
will focus on the Aristotelian system of sciences, mainly elaborated in
his logical writings. Within this argumentation one fundamental
difference will be found, too and I am excited to hear your opinon about
the fundamentality of this difference.
The presentation will take place in Hörsaal 3A (NIG, Universitätsstraße
7, 3.Stock) at 13:30and will last up to sixty minutes. All are invited
to join afterwards for refreshments and snacks before the Writing
Evening begins.
Please let us know (wip.philosophie(a)univie.ac.at
<mailto:wip.philosophie@univie.ac.at>) if you have any questions or if
you would like to present for the Work-in-Progress series yourself. You
can findcalendar and event information
at:https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/phd-program/doctoral-training/wip-series/
<https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/phd-program/doctoral-training/wip-series/>.
Best wishes and we hope to see all of you there!
The organizing team
Liebe Alle, sehr geehrte Kolleg:innen,
das nächste Colloquium findet am Donnerstag, den 23.11. von 18:30-20:00 im HS 3F am Institut für Philosophie statt.
Thema ist die Philosophie des Kinos mit einem Input von Daniel Prem:
24 Gedanken pro Sekunde: Das philosophische Potenzial des Kinos.
Geschichten können seit je her philosophische Ideen beinhalten. Doch was ist mit der Form der Geschichte selbst? Erlauben uns diverse Medienformen neue philosophische Betrachtungen und Überlegungen, oder gar eine andere Art zu denken? Was ist das philosophische Potenzial, das sich zwischen den Schnitten eines Filmes versteckt?
Alle weiteren Informationen findet Ihr auf unserer Homepage: https://www.khora.philo.at/
Wir freuen uns auf euer Kommen und den gemeinsamen Austausch.
Danach ist natürlich wieder im Gagarin reserviert! 🙂
Beste Grüße
das Team von Khôra
Liebe Freund:innen von Khora,
nach kleinen technischen Gebrachen darf ich euch heute ganz herzlich zu
unserem ersten Colloquiumstermin für dieses Semester einladen. Nick
Nagel wird eine Session zu performativer Philosophie halten und bringt
uns einen Text von Rainer Totzke mit. Unten leite ich euch seine
Einladung weiter.
Ich freue mich schon auf Donnerstag und auf Euer Kommen.
Adrian
Die Philosophie als ein Tun und Prozess zu verstehen, die Vermittlung
von Denken und Inhalt in den Fokus zu rücken und die Philosophie wieder
dazu zu bringen, sich als Fach und in ihren Methoden zu hinterfragen;
dies und noch vieles mehr oder aber auch weniger, haben sich
Philosoph_innen zum Ziel gesetzt, welche sich unter dem Sammelbegriff
der _Performativen Philosophie _finden lassen. An diese doch sehr kurze
Vorstellung anschließend, findet Ihr beigefügt den Text „_Alternative
Formen des Philosophierens_" von Rainer Totzke, in welchem dieser, neben
einer kurzen Vorstellung seiner Auffassung von _Performativer
Philosophie_, seine Theorie an zwei beispielhaften Performances
darstellt und zum Schluss schon mit einigen Thesen zum Nach- und
Mitdenken auffordert. Zum kommenden Colloquium freuen wir uns dann
darauf, die bei Euch aufgekommenen Fragen, Gedanken und/oder schon
gemachten Erfahrungen weiter zu diskutieren und weiter zu denken.