ARISTOTLE’S PSYCHOLOGY AS NATURAL PHILOSOPHY A workshop at the Department of Philosophy, History, Culture, and Arts Studies University of Helsinki University Main Building, Auditorium X, Unioninkatu 34 25-26 June 2015 Topic Aristotle introduces his study of the soul as part of natural philosophy, as distinct from mathematics and ‘first philosophy’. The workshop examines the way in which he explains natural, psyche-involving phenomena such as nutrition, perception, memory, and emotions in terms of form and matter, acting and being acted upon, capacity and activity, terms which he sees fit to explain movement and change that are distinctive of natural phenomena. The aim of the workshop is to clarify and assess Aristotle’s approach to the study of the soul as natural philosophy. Programme Thursday 25th June 9.30–11.15 Michail Peramatzis (Worcester College, Oxford) What is a form in Aristotle’s hylomorphism? 11.30–13.15 Jason Carter (Lincoln College, Oxford) Aristotle’s method in De Anima I Lunch break 14.15–16.00 Thomas Johansen (Brasenose College, Oxford) The invention of the nutritive soul: Aristotle vs. Plato on what keeps us alive 16.15–18.00 David Charles (Yale University) TBC Friday 26th June 9.30–11.15 Lucas Angioni (University of Campinas) Posterior Analytics II.11: final causation and its syllogistic expression 11.30–13.15 Pierre-Marie Morel (Université Paris 1) Aristotle’s physiology of emotions and the causality of ‘forms’ Lunch break 14.15–16.00 Mika Perälä (University of Helsinki) Aristotle’s method in the De Memoria
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Organization and funding The workshop is open to all interested in Aristotle’s philosophy. It is organized as part of Mika Perälä’s postdoctoral research project entitled ‘Aristotle on memory’, and funded by the Academy of Finland in association with the Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Arts Studies, University of Helsinki. For further information please contact Mika Perälä
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