‘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)