This Friday 16th August James Ley of the University of Sydney will be giving the Philosophy Department's Seminar 1-3 in W6A 127, Macquarie University.
All welcome. *Meno, memory and the making relevant of ancient philosophy* Many contemporary accounts of the theory of recollection in Plato's Menofollow Dominic Scott in describing the theory as 'a version of innatism'. I will argue that this description owes more to twentieth-century historiographical ideas than it does to Plato's text. While it is not possible to view Plato's text without the influence of our own philosophical ideas and interests, I'll argue that it is better to read the theory of recollection as a trial of ideas about the role of memory in the acquisition of reasoned knowledge. This reading is better supported by the text and more charitable, but must admit that some of Plato's reasons are historically particular, and would not gain acceptance today. In offering a reading of the history of philosophy that differs with the ideas and interests of contemporary philosophy, I will draw on alternative reasons for giving our attention to the history of philosophy proposed by Julia Annas and Daniel Garber. -- *Jane Johnson **Macquarie University Research Fellow* Department of Philosophy Level 7, W6A Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia T: +61 2 9850 8859 F: +61 2 9850 8892 mq.edu.au CRICOS Provider Number 00002J Please consider the environment before printing this email. This email (including all attachments) is confidential. It may be subject to legal professional privilege and/or protected by copyright. If you receive it in error do not use it or disclose it, notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system and destroy any copies. The University does not guarantee that any email or attachment is secure or free from viruses or other defects. The University is not responsible for emails that are personal or unrelated to the University’s functions.
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