Internasjonalt symposium: Poetry and Philosophy in the Light of Plato´s Apology

Wednesday, June 10th

Chair: Jens Kristian Larsen
11.45 – 12.30 Lunch will be served in room 210 (coffee, tea, sandwiches)
12.30 – 12.45 Welcome
12.45 – 14.45 Keynote lecture by Arlene Saxonhouse: "A Shameless Socrates on Trial in Democratic Athens"
15.00 – 16.15 Oda Elisabeth Tvedt: "Philosophy and Democracy"

Thursday, June 11th

1st session. Chair: Amund Børdahl
09.15 - 10.30 Olof Pettersson: ”Fighting Shadows: On the Language of Politics in Plato’s Apology”
10.45 – 12.00 Vivil Valvik Haraldsen: "The Philosophical Force of Negativity"
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

2nd session. Chair: Elena Irrera
13.00 – 14.15 Paul Woodruff, "Socrates' Mission"
14.30 – 15.45 Atle Ytrehus: ”Rewards and Punishment in the Apology of Socrates”
16.00 – 17.15 Jacob Howland. "Socrates' Daimonic Ethics"
19.00 Dinner

Friday, June 12th

1st session. Chair: Cynthia Freeland
09.15 – 10.30 Gro Rørstadbotten, "Plato's Apologies"
10.45 – 12.00 Hallvard Fossheim: "The Character of Philosophy"
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch / Project meeting

2nd session. Chair: Hayden Ausland
13.30 – 14.45 Kristin Sampson: "The Temporality of Philosophy in the Apology"
15.00 – 16.15 Knut Ågotnes: "Defending philosophy from an outside position: admirable fighting, deplorable thinking"
16.15 – 16.30 Closing remarks