Workshop - Political Knowledge in Plato

This one-day workshop examines the notion of political knowledge in Plato’s Republic, Statesman, and Laws, bringing together scholars to discuss how these works relate to one another and how each conceives the expertise required for political rule.
 

Program

9:00–9:15   
Arrival & coffee

Chair: Jason Singer (Toronto)

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”

12:05–13:30       
lunch break

Chair: Max Morris (Toronto)

13:30–2:45  
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”

4:15–4:30   
coffee break

4:30–6:00   
Panel led by Diego García with Ryan Balot, Rachel Barney, Melissa Lane: “Political Knowledge in Plato’s Statesman and Beyond”.

7:30                
Conference dinner (for speakers and chairs)

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)