CONTENT OF THE 2007-2008 ACADEMIC YEAR 

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Meeting of the SAGP with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, Friday, December 28, 2007, 2:45-5:45 p.m., Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. 2007/8.1

Chair: A. Preus, Binghamton University

  • Andrew Payne, St. Joseph’s University, “Studying Mathematics for the Sake of the Good”
  • Mary Mulhern, Brookside Institute, “Aristotle’s Analytic Tools”
  • Beverly Hinton, West Virginia University, “On Chance and Spontaneity in Aristotle”

Meeting of the SAGP with the American Philological Association, Friday, January 4, 11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m. in Hyatt Regency Chicago, Columbus Hall CD.  2007/8.1

Chair: Elizabeth Asmis, University of Chicago

  • Christopher Moore, University of Minnesota, “Persuasion and Plato’s Republic”
  • William Wians, Merrimack College, “Is Aristotle’s Account of Sexual Differentiation Inconsistent?”
  • Tom Olshewsky, Drexel University, “Appetites and Actions in Aristotle’s Moral Psychology”

Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy with the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association at the Pasadena Hilton, Thursday, March 20, 6:30-9:30 p.m, 2007/8.2

Chair: Richard McKirahan, Pomona College

  • Martha Woodruff, Middlebury College, “Katharsis Revisited: Aristotle on the Significance of the Tragic Emotions”
  • Allan Bäck, Kutztown University, “Aristotle’s Abstract Ontology”
  • John F Bowin, UC Santa Cruz, “Plato and Aristotle on the Instant of Change — A Dilemma”

The SAGP program with the Central Division, meeting in Chicago Friday April 18, 7-10 p.m. at the Palmer House. Ancient Moral Psychology, 2007/8.2

Chair: Deborah Modrak, University of Rochester

  • Dylan Futter, Fordham University, “Elenchus and belief-formation”
  • Courtney E. Oakes, Saint Louis University, “The Interpersonal Dimensions of the Personal Sphere: The Need for a Supplement to Plato’s Developmental Psychology”
  • Myrna Gabbe, University of Dayton, “Themistius and his Many Intellects”

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