Conference Program
Aristotle, Ethics, and Science: A Conference and Graduate Student Workshop
Saturday, October 4
11:00-12:00 Lunch
12:00-1:15 John Cooper: "Aristotle and Philosophy as a Way of Life"
1:20- 2:00 Brandon Olsen: “Hunting for Good Will in the Nicomachean Ethics: A Defense of
John Cooper’s Characterization of Aristotelian Philia”
2:05-2:45 Christiana Olfert: “What Does it Mean to Act From an Unchanging Disposition?”
2:50 – 3:00 Coffee Break
3:00-4:15 Jean Roberts: “Is Patriotism an Aristotelian Virtue?”
4:20 – 5:00 Robert Leib: “On Location, Off the Mark: Finding a Way Past Morison’s Account
of Topos”
5:05 – 5:50 Karen Zwier: “Aristotle on Spontaneous Generation”
7:00pm Conference Dinner – Aldar’s Bistro in Bala Cynwyd
Sunday, October 5
11:00-12:15 Cass Weller: "Eudaimonia and the Focal Character of the Good"
12:20 – 1:00 Hammad Hussain: “’More Familiar to Us’ vs. ‘More Familiar Simpliciter’”
1:05 – 1:45 Rosemary Twomey: “Is De Anima III.2 Really Concerned With Awareness?”
1:45 Closing Reception
Saturday, October 4
11:00-12:00 Lunch
12:00-1:15 John Cooper: "Aristotle and Philosophy as a Way of Life"
1:20- 2:00 Brandon Olsen: “Hunting for Good Will in the Nicomachean Ethics: A Defense of
John Cooper’s Characterization of Aristotelian Philia”
2:05-2:45 Christiana Olfert: “What Does it Mean to Act From an Unchanging Disposition?”
2:50 – 3:00 Coffee Break
3:00-4:15 Jean Roberts: “Is Patriotism an Aristotelian Virtue?”
4:20 – 5:00 Robert Leib: “On Location, Off the Mark: Finding a Way Past Morison’s Account
of Topos”
5:05 – 5:50 Karen Zwier: “Aristotle on Spontaneous Generation”
7:00pm Conference Dinner – Aldar’s Bistro in Bala Cynwyd
Sunday, October 5
11:00-12:15 Cass Weller: "Eudaimonia and the Focal Character of the Good"
12:20 – 1:00 Hammad Hussain: “’More Familiar to Us’ vs. ‘More Familiar Simpliciter’”
1:05 – 1:45 Rosemary Twomey: “Is De Anima III.2 Really Concerned With Awareness?”
1:45 Closing Reception