Ancient Philosophy Society

The Research Project on Greek Classical Philosophy: Plato, Aristotle, and their Influence in Antiquity announces three (3) postdoctoral positions at the Philosophy Department, University of São Paulo, in the following areas:

• Plato’s Philosophy (1 Fellowship)
• Aristotle’s Philosophy (1 Fellowship)
• Hellenistic or Plotinus’ Philosophy (1 Fellowship)

The fellowships will be appointed to a two-year term, renewable for an additional term, beginning in March 2011. Each fellowship carries a departmental application and the responsibility of joining in the research activities of the Research Project (research seminars, conferences, meetings). These fellowships correspond to a research position, with no teaching responsibilities attached.

The fellowships are sponsored by FAPESP. Chosen candidates will earn R$ 5,028.00 (Brazilian currency) per month, tax free.

Applicants may apply to more than one position.

They should have completed the PhD in Philosophy or Classics, preferably no earlier than 2006. For each position, the applicant must include :

• an updated Curriculum Vitae;
• a statement of proposed research (no more than 4 pages, plus 1 separate page for bibliography), specifying the topic(s) to be studied, including a research schedule for the first two years and a list of expected publications;
• a writing sample (dissertation chapter or other paper);
• one sealed letter of recommendation, to be sent directly by the person making the recommendation to the address below.

All documents should be submitted in printed form; please note that the materials will not be returned. Candidates will be notified by e-mail once their dossier has been processed (please provide an e-mail address in the application).

All dossier materials and the selection committee’s evaluations remain confidential. The committee is not able to provide feedback on individual applications.

Closing date for all applications: November 13th 2010.

Applications (in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese) should be submitted (as print materials) to:

Prof. Marco Zingano
Philosophy Department
FFLCH – USP
Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 315
05508-900 São Paulo, SP
Brazil

More information can be obtained in these sites:

Research Project: http://www.bv.fapesp.br/en/projetos-tematicos/7226/greek-classical- philosophy-plato-aristotle/
USP Department of Philosophy (www.fflch.usp.br/df)
Journal of Ancient Philosophy (www.filosofiaantiga.com)
FAPESP (www.fapesp.br)

For information not available in these sites, please contact Prof. Marco Zingano at mzingano@usp.br .

Digital Dialogue 34
Originally uploaded by Christopher Long

Rob Metcalf, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Denver and graduate of the Pennsylvania State University’s Department of Philosophy, joins Christopher Long for episode 34 of the Digital Dialogue.

Rob’s work focuses on ancient philosophy, phenomenology, ethics, philosophy of religion and the history of philosophy.

We recorded this episode at Michigan State where we were attending the annual meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society. Our discussion focused on his and Mark Tanzer’s recent translation of Heidegger’s 1924 lecture course entitled Basic Concepts of Aristotelian Philosophy.

Digital Dialogue 34: Metcalf on Heidegger’s reading of Aristotle

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Gerard Kuperus suggested that it might be a good idea to link to this review of the volume Gary Alan Scott edited entitled, Philosophy in Dialogue: Plato’s Many Devices. The review is by Rebecca Benson Cain.  In it she speaks very well of the work as a whole, which includes articles from a number of members of the Ancient Philosophy Society.

Check out Cain’s full review, which appears in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2009.04.71.

Here is a link to the book, available from Amazon.com.

Jill Gordon, Sara Brill and I gathered after the keynote address given by Catherine Zuckert at this year’s Ancient Philosophy Society meeting at Michigan State to discuss the lecture entitled, “Two Paradigms of Philosophy: Socrates and Timeaus.”

Catherine Zuckert has recently published an extensive study of the dialogues entitled Plato’s Philosophers: The Coherence of the Dialogues with the University of Chicago Press.  In that text, she offers a reading of the dialogues in accordance with the chronological order of the drama they articulate.

We also talked about the Ancient Philosophy Society in general and continued our ongoing discussion of the meaning and nature of Plato’s writing.

Digital Dialogue 33: Brill, Gordon and Long on Zuckert’s Keynote at APS 2010

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Episode 32 of the Digital Dialogue is a recording of the paper entitled “The Crisis of Community: The Topology of Socratic Politics” I delivered at the 10th annual APS meeting at MSU in April.

The recording includes my reading of the paper, Anne-Marie Bowery’s commentary and the questions and discussion from those gathered at the APS meeting at MSU.  This is the first of a series of Digital Dialogues recorded at the MSU meeting of the APS.  I will post others here too as they are released.

Digital Dialogue 32: Christopher Long at APS 2010: The Topology of Socratic Politics

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The Society wants to call its members attention to the NEH Summer Seminar on Truth and Meaning in Aristotle by Mark Wheeler and Deborah Modrak. We encourage all our members to visit the website for the seminar at http://aristotle.sdsu.edu for more information.

The description reads in part:

Our seminar will be devoted to the study of Aristotle’s semantic conception of truth and falsehood, both in light of his account of how human language and thought represent the world and in relation to other conceptions of truth and falsehood from those of his predecessors to those of leading contemporary philosophers.

The seminar will be held at San Diego State University from June 21-July 16, 2010.  Sixteen successful applicants will be awarded a $3,300 stipend.  For the first time, graduate students in this field may also apply.  Application deadline is March 2, 2010.  If you have any further questions by contacting me at sarias2@earthlink.net.

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Rose Cherubin of George Mason University joined APS members Jill Gordon, Sara Brill and Christopher Long for a special APS at SPEP edition of the Digital Dialogue to discuss the paper she gave entitled Parmenides, Another Way.

On the podcast, we take up once again the poem of Parmenides, but now from a perspective, as Rose suggests, that takes the dramatic and dialogical dimensions of the poem seriously.  Rose’s paper challenges traditional approaches to Parmenides that seek to identify the doctrine of Parmenides with the words spoken by the Goddess in the poem itself.  Rather, whatever teaching can be discerned in the poem must take the dramatic elements of the poem seriously.

Listen to Digital Dialogue episode 17 with Rose Cherubin, Sara Brill and Jill Gordon: Parmenides

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Long time APS member, Holly Moore, defended her dissertation on Plato’s Analogical Thought at DePaul University in October.

Dr. Moore joined Christopher Long for episode 15 of the Digital Dialogue in which she discussed her dissertation.  Holly traces the manner in which Plato uses the structure of analogies to reflect on the nature of philosophical images.

As Holly puts it in one of her comments:

So, analogy, then, is the most philosophical of images, insofar as it acts like a reflection upon the very structure of imaging and as a reflection upon philosophical reflection.

To read more about Holly’s work, visit the blog post for Digital Dialogue episode 15, where she responds to comments and questions from students in Marina McCoy course on rhetoric at Boston College.

Listen to Digital Dialogue episode 15 with Holly Moore: Plato’s Analogical Thinking

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Sara Brill joined Christopher Long for episode 13 of the Digital Dialogue podcast in which they discuss the relationship between the Platonic conception of the soul and the political dimensions of the Phaedo, in particular.

Digital Dialogue 13 with Sara Brill: Psychology and Politics

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Jill Gordon joined Christopher Long on episode 9 of the Digital Dialogue to discuss the erotic dimension of Socratic politics. Jill’s recent work, as many members of the Society know, focuses on the erotic dimensions of Plato’s world. Chris and Jill also focused on passages from Plato’s Phaedo to highlight courage and openness as excellences of dialogue.

Digital Dialogue 9 with Jill Gordon: Erotic Politics

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