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Classical Philosophy Conference - 1-2 December 2007 |
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Princeton University December 1-2, 2007
Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS ON ACTION, RESPONSIBILITY AND VIRTUE
In Memory of Michael Frede, 1940 – 2007
Saturday, December 11:30 – 3:30 Pierre Destrée, Université de Louvain, visiting at University of Maryland, College Park “Aristotle on Responsibility for One’s Own Character”
Commentator: Benjamin Morison, Exeter College, Oxford
3:30 Coffee and Rolls – Tower Room, 1879 Hall
4:00 – 6:00 John Cooper, Princeton University
“Political Community and the Highest Good”
Commentator: Jonathan Beere, Humboldt University of Berlin 7:00 Cocktails followed by Dinner at 8:00 at the Palmer House or Prospect 9:00 Coffee and Rolls – Tower Room, 1879 Hall 10:00 - 12:15 Katja Vogt, Columbia University “Activity, Action, and Assent: On the Life of the Pyrrhonian
Sceptic”
Commentator: Casey Perin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Michael Frede, 1940 - 2007 Memorial Meeting
McCosh Hall, Room 28
6:15 – 7:00 Speakers: John Cooper, Princeton University David Blank, University of California, Los Angeles Wolfgang Mann, Columbia University
Copies of the papers will be available in early November at the Philosophy Website: http://philosophy.princeton.edu/classicalphilconfpapers07.html Note: papers will not be read in full at the sessions, and everyone attending is strongly requested to read the papers in advance.
*For information on the conference, please see our website at: http://philosophy.princeton.edu/classical_philosophy_colloquium_-_1-2_december_2007.html
**On Saturday there will be a dinner at Prospect House on the Princeton Campus. There will be a charge of $40.00 per person for the dinner. There is no charge to Princeton students for the dinner. If you plan to attend, please let Ms. Barton of the Department staff know in advance (609-258-4289; e-mail:
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). All dinners must be paid for in advance, no exceptions please.
Hotel Accommodations
This year we have reserved a block of rooms at the Nassau Inn in central Princeton as we have done in the past for conference participants. Those needing hotel rooms should make their own arrangements. Please be sure to let the hotel know that you are attending a conference at the university, as some of them may have special rates.
Among hotels to be considered are:
Nassau Inn (Princeton Borough) 609-921-0255
Peacocke Inn (Princeton Borough) 609-924-1707
Bed and Breakfast of Princeton (Borough) 609-924-3189
Princeton Hyatt Regency (US Hwy 1) 800-233-1234
609-987-1234
Courtyard by Marriott (US Hwy 1) 800-321-2211
Amerisuites Hotel (US Hwy 1) 800-833-1516
Princeton Marriott (US Hwy 1) 800-228-9290
Days Inn (US Hwy 1) 800-325-2525
Palmer Inn (US Hwy 1) 800-688-0500
Novotel Hotel (US Hwy 1) 609-520-1200
The Conference organizers would like to thank the Departments of Philosophy and Classics and the Council of the Humanities for their generous financial support.
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