Friendship and Political Expertise - In Plato and Aristotle
Bergen Ancient Philosophy Symposium 2022
Hovedinnhold
PROGRAM
Thursday 2 June
10.30 - 12.00:
Paul Ludwig (St John’s College)
KEYNOTE: «Aristotle’s Civic Friendship: Is It Compatible with the Political Techniques of Liberal Democracy?»
12.15 - 13.15:
Kristin Sampson (University of Bergen)
«The Politics of Friendship in Plato’s Lysis»
Chair: Oda Tvedt
(Lunch)
14.15 - 16.00:
Kristian Larsen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
«Defining Rhetoric Dialectically in Plato’s Gorgias»
Hallvard Fossheim (University of Bergen)
«Persuasion and Dialogue in Plato’s Laws»
16.15 - 17.15
Hayden Ausland (University of Montana (olim))
«The Platonic-Aristotelian Understanding of Political Community and the Subsequent Tradition»
Chair: Marilù Papandreou
Friday 3 June
11.00 - 11.45:
Catherine Rowett (University of East Anglia)
«Friendship and Political Obligation in Plato’s Crito»
12.00 - 13.00:
Oda Tvedt (University of Bergen)
«What Friendship can Teach us About Trust in Plato’s Political Philosophy»
Chair: Andreas Staurheim Enggrav
(Lunch)
14.00 - 15.00:
Andreas Staurheim Enggrav (University of Bergen)
«Political Institutions and Love in Plato»
15.15 - 16.00:
Ryan Balot (University of Toronto)
«Friendship, Citizenship, and Political Knowledge in Plato’s Magnesia»
Chair: Hayden Ausland
Registration
To participate, please register with Kirsten Bang by 31 May.
