CSAMP Proseminar: Simone Luigi Migliaro
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Title: "The Origins of Propositional Logic: Theophrastus on Hypothetical Syllogisms" Abstract: Theophrastus, Aristotle’s pupil and eventual successor as head of the Peripatos, developed a theory of hypothetical syllogisms in which he sought to reduce various modes of propositional reasoning to categorical syllogisms. Jonathan Barnes has argued that Theophrastus' attempted reduction of propositional to categorical logic […]
title: "Why Socrates Cheats"
The program for the Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy is now live on the Philosophy Department’s website: https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/annual-toronto-workshop-in-ancient-philosophy-2026-ancient-political-thought/. Theme: Ancient Political Thought Speakers: Cinzia Arruzza (Boston U) Eric Brown (Wash U. St Louis) Richard Kraut (Northwestern) Cecilia Li (Western) Jean-Marc Narbonne (Laval) James Warren (Cambridge)