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Gonzaga University in Florence Organizes Conference on Traditional and Contemporary Philosophy on February 22-23
The Gonzaga University in Florence is organizing a conference on “The Other in Traditional and Contemporary Philosophy.”
The conference will be held on February 22-23, 2008 at the campus of Gonzaga University in Florence, in Via Giorgio la Pira 11, near Piazza San Marco, and is intended to produce discussion and exchange among a small number of internationally recognized scholars.
The planned schedule is for four to six papers each day. Presentations are limited to 45 minutes to allow adequate time for discussion.
The following is the program of the conference:
THE PROBLEM OF THE ‘OTHER’
IN CONTEMPORARY AND TRADITIONAL
PHILOSOPHY
Thursday, February 21, 2008
6:30-7:00 Daemon as Other
Gabriella Horvath, Gonzaga University in Florence, Italy
Reception and Dinner for Conference Participants
Friday, February 22, 2008
9:15-9:30 Welcome
Patrick Burke, Gonzaga University in Florence, Italy
9:30-10:00 The Other of Contemporary Discourse about the Other: Plato’s (not the Platonic) Idea of the Good
Burt Hopkins, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, USA
10:00-10:30 Discussion:
Patrick Burke, Gonzaga University in Florence
Silvia Benso, Siena College, New York, USA
Angelos Mouzakitis, University of Crete and Hellenic Open University, Greece
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:15 The Look of the Other in the Thinking of Merleau-Ponty and Buber
Shlomit Tamari, Sapir Academic College, Israel
11:15-11:45 Discussion:
Patrick Burke, Gonzaga University in Florence
Silvia Benso, Siena College, New York, USA
Angelos Mouzakitis, University of Crete and Hellenic Open University, Greece
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-12:30 Philosophical Hermeneutics and the Other
Donatella Di Cesare, Università “La Sapienza” Roma, Italia
12:30-1:00 Discussion:
Patrick Burke, Gonzaga University in Florence
Silvia Benso, Siena College, New York, USA
Angelos Mouzakitis, University of Crete and Hellenic Open University, Greece
1:00-2:30 Lunch
2:30-3:00 Absolute Otherness in Kierkegaard’s Thought,
Vasiliki Tsakiri, Goldsmith’s College, University of London, UK
3:00-3:30 Discussion:
Patrick Burke, Gonzaga University in Florence
Silvia Benso, Siena College, New York, USA
Angelos Mouzakitis, University of Crete and Hellenic Open University, Greece
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-4:15 Forming a Life with-one-another: Hermeneutics and the Promise of Community
James Risser, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington USA
4:15-4:45 Discussion:
Patrick Burke, Gonzaga University in Florence
Silvia Benso, Siena College, New York, USA
Angelos Mouzakitis, University of Crete and Hellenic Open University, Greece
4:45-5:00 Break
5:00-5:30 Self and Cosmic Forces in G. Bruno and G. Leibniz
Kyriaki Goudeli, University of Patras, Greece
5:30-6:00 Discussion:
Patrick Burke, Gonzaga University in Florence
Silvia Benso, Siena College, New York, USA
Angelos Mouzakitis, University of Crete and Hellenic Open University, Greece
6:00 Reception
Saturday, February 23
10:00-10:30 Heidegger on Curiosity and the Other
Rivca Gordon, Ben-Gurrion University of the Negev, Israel
10:30-11:00 Discussion:
Patrick Burke, Gonzaga University in Florence
Silvia Benso, Siena College, New York, USA
Angelos Mouzakitis, University of Crete and Hellenic Open University, Greece
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-11:45 The Parting of Being: Nancy’s Political Ontology
Walter Brogan, Villanova University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
11:45-12:15 Discussion:
Patrick Burke, Gonzaga University in Florence
Silvia Benso, Siena College, New York, USA
Angelos Mouzakitis, University of Crete and Hellenic Open University, Greece
12:15-2:00 Lunch
2:00-2:30 Sartre on Adventure and the Other
Haim Gordon, Ben-Gurrion University of the Negev, Israel
2:30-3:00 Discussion:
Patrick Burke, Gonzaga University in Florence
Silvia Benso, Siena College, New York, USA
Angelos Mouzakitis, University of Crete and Hellenic Open University, Greece
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-3:45: A Trace of the Eternal Return? Levinas and Neoplatonism
Brian Schroeder, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA,
3:45-4:15 Discussion:
Patrick Burke, Gonzaga University in Florence
Silvia Benso, Siena College, New York, USA
Angelos Mouzakitis, University of Crete and Hellenic Open University, Greece
4:15-4:30 Break
4:30-5:00 Truly Nothing: The Kyoto School and the Absolute Alterity of Art
Jason Wirth, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, USA,
5:00-5:30 Discussion:
Patrick Burke, Gonzaga University in Florence
Silvia Benso, Siena College, New York, USA
Angelos Mouzakitis, University of Crete and Hellenic Open University, Greece
5:30 Reception
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