Conference Announcement "In the Age of al-Farabi: Islamic Thought in the 4th/10th Century" International Conference Institute of Philosophy, Warburg Institute, Institute of Classical Studies, and the Centre for Philosophical Studies, University of London London (UK) 15-17 June 2006
June 15 to be held at the Institute of Classical Studies June 16, 17 to be held at the Warburg Institute Conference fee: £30 or £10 per day; for students £15 or £5 per day For further information please contact Dr Peter Adamson <[email protected]>. DAY ONE Thursday, June 15: Adab, Neoplatonism and Isma'ilism 9:30-10:30 Registration and Welcome 10:30-11:30 Gerhard Endress (Chair: Dimitri Gutas) Keynote Address: "Philosophy and Literature" 12:00-12:45 Hans Hinrich Biesterfeldt(Chair: Dimitri Gutas) "Ibn Farighun and al-'Amiri on Knowledge and Communication" 2:30-3:15 Elvira Wakelnig(Chair: James Montgomery) "Philosophical fragments of al-'Amiri preserved in al-Tawhidi and Miskawayh" 3:15-4:00 Peter Adamson (Chair: James Montgomery) "Miskawayh's Psychology" 4:30-5:15 Antonella Straface (Chair: Alnoor Dhanani) "A 10th Century Isma'ili Treatise: Kitab Shajarat al-Yaqin" 5:15-6:00 Daniel De Smet (Chair: Alnoor Dhanani) "Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani's Theory of Intellect and Soul. A critical re-examination of its supposed Farabian background" DAY TWO Friday, June 16: The Baghdad Peripatetic School 10-10:45 Franz Schupp (Chair: Richard C. Taylor) "Al-Farabi's Construct of the Stages of Intellectual History" 10:45-11:30 Deborah Black (Chair: Richard C. Taylor) "Al-Farabi on Meno's Paradox" 12:00-12:45 David Reisman (Chair: Richard C. Taylor) "Al-Farabi's Eisagoge: A 10th Century Philosophical World-view" 2:30-3:15 Marwan Rashed (Chair: Stephen Menn) "Al-Farabi's Lost Treatise On Variable Beings" 3:15-4:00 Elias Giannakis (Chair: Stephen Menn) "Anaxagoras in the Baghdad Physics" 4:30-5:15 Carl Ehrig-Eggert (Chair: Thérèse-Anne Druart) "Yahya ibn 'Adi and His Views on the Intellect" 5:15-6:00 Dominique Urvoy (Chair: Thérèse-Anne Druart) "Al-Razi and Yahya ibn 'Adi" DAY THREE Saturday, June 17: The Ikhwan, Kalam and Medicine 10-10:45 Carmela Baffioni (Chair: Farhad Daftary) "The Light Verse in Ikhwan al-Safa'" 10:45-11:30 Godefroid de Callatay (Chair: Farhad Daftary) "World Cycles and Geological Changes According to the Ikhwan al-Safa'" 12:00-12:45 Paul Heck (Chair: Farhad Daftary) "The Brethren of Purity in the Face of Skepticism" 2:30-3:15 Paul Fenton (Chair: Charles Burnett) "Early Jewish Philosophers of Baghdad" 3:15-4:00 Devin Stewart (Chair: Charles Burnett) "Mu'tazili Authors of the 10th Century in Theology and Legal Theory" 4:30-5:15 Lutz Richter-Bernburg (Chair: Vivian Nutton) "Falsafa on Medicine: 'Art' or 'Science'?" 5:15-6:00 Peter Pormann (Chair: Vivian Nutton) "Questions of Medical Epistemology in 10th Century Baghdad Hospital Practice" _________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org/ Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://agd.polylog.org/cal/
