Philosophies in the Mediterranean - Yesterday and Today 2018: Aristotle's Metaphysics - Yesterday and Today

Summer School 3-6/9/2018 Castello di Falconara (Sicily)

Aristotle's Metaphysics in the Mediterranean - Yesterday Chair: Enrico Berti, Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Padua

Monday morning 3.9.2018Aristotle's Metaphysics: State of The ArtChristof Rapp, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich

Monday afternoon 3.9.2018Aristotle's Metaphysics in Medieval Jewish PhilosophyYossef Schwartz, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Tel Aviv University

Tuesday morning 4.9.2018Aristotle's Metaphysics in Medieval Islamic PhilosophyNadja Germann, Professor of Philosophy, Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg

Tuesday afternoon 4.9.2018Aristotle's Metaphysics in Medieval Christian philosophy Pasquale Porro, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Sorbonne, Paris

Aristotle's Metaphysics - Today Chair: Kevin Mulligan, Professor of Philosophy, Università della Svizzera italiana

Wednesday morning 5.9.2018HylomorphismAnna Marmodoro, Professor of Metaphysics, Durham University and University of Oxford

Wednesday afternoon 5.9.2018CategoriesPeter Simons, Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin

Evening LectureAristotelianism and the Austrian traditionLaurent Cesalli, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, University of Geneva

Thursday morning 6.9.2018EssentialismGyula Klima, Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University, New York

International Conference 7-8/9/2018:Aristotle's Metaphysics - Yesterday and Today (Palermo)

Friday morning, 7.9.2018Palazzo Lanza Tomasi

9.00-9.15 Welcome Leonardo Samonà, Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, University of Palermo

9.15-10.00 The music of the heavens. Aristotle against Plato and the PythagoreansPatrizia Laspia, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Palermo

10.00-10.45 The Reception of Aristotelian Philosophy in Early IslamDimitri Gutas, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Yale University 11.15-12.00 The Unique Path of Late Medieval Jewish MetaphysicsYossef Schwartz, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Tel Aviv University

12.00-12.45 Homonymy, Synonymy and Analogy between Aristotle and his Latin ReceptionPasquale Porro, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Sorbonne, Paris

15.00-15.45 Philosophy of Language vs/& Metaphysics?Manuel García-Carpintero, Professor of Philosophy, University of Barcelona

16.00-16.45 Anti-Metaphysics – between Schlick and CarnapMélika Ouelbani, Professor of Philosophy, University of Tunis

Friday Evening 21.00 Spasimo Church PalermoIntroduction: Giovanni Ventimiglia, Professor of Philosophy, University of LucernePublic Lecture: Greek into Arabic into Latin (Sicily's Historical Languages). Translation and Civilization in the Middle AgesDimitri Gutas, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Yale University

Saturday morning 8.9.2018Palazzo Sant’Elia

9.00-9.45 The Mediterranean TodayGilles Kepel, Political Scientist and Orientalist, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, and Università della Svizzera italiana

10.00-11.30 Chair: Kevin Mulligan, Professor of Philosophy, Università della Svizzera italianaRoundtable: How to create a Mediterranean Centre of PhilosophyManuel García-Carpintero (University of Barcelona), Mélika Ouelbani (University of Tunis), Leonardo Samonà (University of Palermo), Yossef Schwartz (University of Tel Aviv).

11.30-12.00 Conclusions Giovanni Ventimiglia, Professor of Philosophy, University of Lucerne

Organisation: Giovanni Ventimiglia, Kevin Mulligan, Philipp Blum. Institutional relations and event management - Sicily: Maria Stella Wirz.Contact philipp.blum@philosophie.ch for all inquiries.