‘Liber logicus’ (‘Stromata VIII’) by Clement of Alexandria: Proof, inquiry, scepticism, causation in an early Christian text
An international workshop
Prague, Villa Lanna, April 20-22, 2017
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy
Participants
Michele Alessandrelli (Rome) Jonathan Barnes (Paris) István Bodnár (Budapest) Luca Castagnoli (Oxford)
Riccardo Chiaradonna (Rome) Sean Coughlin (Berlin)
Robert J. Hankinson (Austin, TX) Matyáš Havrda (Prague)
Katerina Ierodiakonou (Athens/Geneva) George Karamanolis (Vienna)
Colin G. King (Providence, RI) Vladimír Mikeš (Prague) Teun Tieleman (Utrecht) Máté Veres (Hamburg)
Programme
Thursday 20 10:00 ‘Liber logicus’: Introduction (Havrda)
1. Demonstration defined 10:45-11:45: Strom. VIII 3, 1-5, 1 (Hankinson) 12:00-13:00: Strom. VIII 5, 2-6, 6 (Hankinson) 14:30-15:30: Strom. VIII 6, 7-8, 3 (Ierodiakonou) 2. Problems for demonstration
15:45-16:45: Strom. VIII 8, 4-9, 5; 14, 1-15, 1 (Tieleman) 17:00-18:00: Strom. VIII 9, 6-13, 8 (King)
Friday 21
3. Division and definition
9:30-10:30: Strom. VIII 17, 1-18, 1 (Barnes) 10:45-11:45: Strom. VIII 18, 2-19, 1 (Barnes) 12:00-13:00: Strom. VIII 19, 2-20, 2 (Chiaradonna) 14:30-15:30: Strom. VIII 20, 3-21, 6 (Bodnár)
4. Categories 15:45-17:15: Strom. VIII 23, 1-24, 9 (Karamanolis)
Saturday 22
5. Suspension of judgement
9:30-10:30: Strom. VIII 15, 2-16, 3 (Castagnoli) 10:30-11:00: Strom. VIII 22, 1-4 (Veres)
6. Causes 11:30-13:00: Strom. VIII 25, 1-4; 32, 7-33, 9 (Coughlin) 14:30-16:00: Strom. VIII 26, 1-5 (Alessandrelli)