Workshop: Political Knowledge in Plato

Program

9:00–9:15          Arrival & coffee

9:15–10:35        Keynote: Melissa Lane (Princeton): “The archē of nomothesia: contextualizing the      emergence of lawgivers in Plato’s Laws”

10:35–10:50     coffee break

10:50–12:05     Myrthe Bartels (Toronto): “Is the Slave Doctor Right? Rival Conceptions of Legislation in   Plato’s Laws”

12:15–1:30         lunch break

1:30–2:45          John Proios (Chicago): “Learning from Your Environment: Knowledge, Culture, and Social Domination”

2:45–3:00          coffee break

3:00–4:15           Claudia Yau (Michigan): “Using Forms as Models in Plato’s Republic”

4:15–4:45           coffee break

4:45–6:00          Panel led by Diego García R.: Ryan Balot, Rachel Barney, Melissa Lane

Funded by:

The Canada Research Chair in Ancient Philosophy

The Collaborative Specialization in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

Convenors:

Myrthe Bartels (myrthe.bartels@utoronto.ca)

Diego García Rincón (d.garcia@mail.utoronto.ca)