Kant and the Stoics
Dates: 4-6 July 2016
Organisers: Stefano Lo Re, Pärttyli Rinne, Prof. Jens Timmermann
Attendance: 25 participants (8 established scholars, 17 students; 18 men, 7 women; 14 from UK, 3 from Germany, 3 from US, 2 from Norway, 1 from Canada, 1 from Italy, 1 from the Netherlands)
Sessions: 4 discussion sessions, 2 paper sessions
Discussion Session 1: Happiness, Prudential Value and Indifferents
Chair: Jens Timmermann (University of St Andrews)
Discussion Session 2: Highest Good
Chair: Michael Oberst (University of California, San Diego)
Discussion Session 3: Passions and Apathy
Chair: Sarah Broadie (University of St Andrews)
Discussion Session 4: General discussion
Chair: Michael Walschots (University of St Andrews)
Paper Session 1: Kant’s Critique of Stoic Monism – Presuppositions and Implications
Speaker: Jacob Kristensen (University of Oslo)
Paper Session 2: Kant on Moral Appraisal of Others and Illusion
Speaker: David Hakim (Western University)
Funding
The British Society for the History of Philosophy, the Classical Association, the Mind Association, the Scots Philosophical Association, the Department of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, and the UK Kant Society.