2014 Symposium with Prof. Gail Fine
Townsend Center Working Group in Ancient Philosophy
Saturday, October 11
8:00-10:00
Continental breakfast
10:00-12:00
The Paradox of the Meno
G. Fine, The Possibility of Inquiry, Oxford: OUP, 2014, chapters 3-5.
*D. Scott, Plato’s Meno, Cambridge: CUP, 2006, pp. 69-126.
—Presented by Daniel Esses
12:00-2:00
Lunch
2:00-4:00
Session 2: Aristotle and Meno’s Paradox
Fine, PI, chapter 6.
* D. Bronstein, “Meno’s Paradox in Posterior Analytics 1.1”, Oxford
Studies in Ancient Philosophy 38, 2010, 115-141.
* D. Bronstein, “The Origin and Aim of Posterior Analytics II.19”,
Phronesis 57, 2012, 29-62.
* D. Charles, “The Paradox in the Meno and Aristotle’s Attempts to
Resolve it”, in D. Charles (ed) Definition in Greek Philosophy, Oxford:
OUP, 2010, 115-150.
—Presented by Michael Arsenault.
Sunday, October 12
8:00-10:00
Continental breakfast
10:00-12:00
Session 3: Sextus and Meno’s Paradox
Fine, PI, chapters 10-11.
*F. Grgic, “Sextus Empiricus on the Possibility of Inquiry”, Pacific
Philosophical Quarterly 89, 2008, 436-459.
—Presented by Justin Vlasits
*Optional readings to be presented during the session.