Craft, Nature, and the Good Life: Stoics and Academics on Technê

2.05.–3.05.2025

Venue: Université de Genève, Colladon

 

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    2.05.2025

    9:30

    Welcome

    10.00-11.00

    Antonio Ferro (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)

    Technê as a Socratic Heirloom: Aristotle and the Stoics

    Chair: Samuel Meister (Université de Genève)


    11.15-12.15

    Simon Shogry (Brasenose College, Oxford)

    What Kind of Art is the Stoic Art of Living?

    Chair: Katerina Ierodiakonou (Université de Genève / National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)


    13.45-14.45

    Arianna Piazzalunga (KU Leuven)

    Physis and Technê: An Insight in Stoic Teleology

    Chair: Gábor Betegh (Christ's College, Cambridge)


    15.00-16.00

    Peter Osorio (University of Maryland, College Park)

    Expertise and Morality in Carneades’ Division of Ends

    Chair: Caterina Pellò (Université de Genève)


    3.05.2025

    10.00-11.00

    Rachel Barney (University of Toronto)

    ‘Epictetus on the Power that Uses All the Others’

    Chair: David Machek (Université catholique de Louvain)


    11.30-12.30

    Tue Søvsø (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)

    Stoics and Academics on Technê, Embeddedness, and Uncommitted Action

    Chair: Jacob Klein (Colgate University)