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Issues in Aristotle's modal ontology, logic and moral epistemology

28 Apr 2014
Helsinki, Finland

Issues in Aristotle?s modal ontology, logic, and moral epistemology

A Colloquium at the Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Arts 
Studies, University of Helsinki

Monday, 28 April 2014
Main Building, Auditorium IX


Modalities: theory and practice

9.30?10.45 Kei Chiba (University of Hokkaido), ?Aristotle?s modal ontology ? 
the potentiality, the at-work-ness and the completeness'

11.00?12.15 Mika Perälä (University of Helsinki), ?The capacity for memory and 
its exercise in Aristotle?

Lunch

Logic and dialectic

13.30?14.45 Simo Knuuttila (University of Helsinki), ?Aristotle on predication 
and identity?

15.00?16.15 Marja-Liisa Kakkuri-Knuuttila (University of Helsinki), ?How 
relevant is Aristotle?s dialectic to his methodology of inquiry??

Coffee and tea

Moral epistemology

16.45?18.00 Hasse Hämäläinen (University of Edinburgh), ?From identification to 
insight: Aristotle?s theory of moral perception.?


The colloquium is open to all interested in Aristotle?s philosophy and these 
issues in general. For further information please contact the organizer Mika 
Perälä (mika.perala@helsinki.fi).