Talks for the conference.

International Spring Seminar on Plato's Sophist

2009, May 26 -- May 31

Organizers:
B. Bossi (U. Complutense Madrid)
T.M. Robinson (U. Toronto)

Wednesday, May 27

	Chair (morning): J. Sales

	Chair (afternoon): T. Robinson

09:10h	Socrates, Protagoras, and the Definition of 'Sophist' in the Sophist
	Robinson, T.M.
10:05h	*The Sixth Definition (Sophist* 226a-231c): Transposition of Religious Language**
	Bernabé, A.
11:30h	*Why is it so Difficult (dusthereuton)* to Catch a Sophist? (218d 4-; 261a6)**
	Casadesus, F.
12:30h	The Platonic Question about the Sophist as a Way to Determine Philosophy
	Montserrat, J.
16:30h	Video Presentation. (Title to Be Confirmed)
	Kahn, Ch.
17:45h	Socrates and the Noble Sophistry
	Solana Dueso, J.
18:30h	*The Platonic Definitions of Sophistry (Gorg.* 463b-465d, Prot. 311d-314b, Theaet. 166d-167d, Soph. 221c-235a, 264c-268d)**
	Narcy, M.


20:00h	Informal Talk for Doctorandi (in Spanish)
	Prof. Bernabé.
22:00h	Reading Drama open to the Public: Los diarios de Sócrates
	T. M. Robinson (English-language Copies Available)

Thursday, May 28

	Chair (morning): K. Dorter

	Chair (afternoon): P. Mesquita

09:00h	Does Plato refute Parmenides?
	O' Brien, D.
10:00h	*Plato’s Eleaticism in the Sophist: the Doctrine of Non-being*
	Mesquita, P.
11:30h	Plato and Parmenides: Genuine Parricide?
	Bossi, B.
12:30h	Manipulating What Is Not: Plato against the Sophists
	Notomi, N.
16:30h	Dialectical explorations. Reality and images: the possibility of falsehood and the ontological and epistemological status of being and not-being in Plato´s Sophist
	Padilla, T.
17:30h	Self-contradiction and Refutation in Eleatic Monism in the Sophist
	Zurro, M.
18:30h	*Theaetetus sits – Theaetetus flies. Ontology, Predication and Truth in Plato’s Sophist* (263a-d)**
	Fronterotta, F.


20:00h	Informal Talk for Doctorandi (in Spanish)
	Prof. Cordero.
22:00h	Reading Drama: Plato's Monologues
	T.M. Robinson.

Friday, May 29

	Chair (morning): E. Hülsz

	Chair (afternoon): T. Padilla

09:00h	The Relativization of ‘Separation’ (khorismós) in the Sophist
	Cordero, N.L.
10:00h	Relation and Difference in Plato’s Sophist
	Bares, J.
11:30h	Dialectic in Plato's Sophist
	Havlicek, A.
12:30h	*Plato's Sophist* and Aristotelian Dialectic**
	Aguirre, J.
18:00h	Motion and Rest in Plato's Sophist and Theaetetus
	Pajón Leyra, I.
18:30h	Unraveling the Greatest Kinds
	Ambuel, D.


20:00h	Informal Talk for Doctorandi (in Spanish)
	Prof. Robinson.
22:00h	*Informal Talk open to the Public (in Spanish): 'El Fedro* de Platón'.**
	Sales i Coderch, J.

Saturday, May 30

	Chair (morning): N. Cordero

	Chair (afternoon): B. Bossi

09:00h	**Mimesis in the Sophist**
	Palumbo, L.
10:00h	**Logos and Family Concepts: doxa and phantasia in the Sophist**
	Ledesma, F.
11:30h	*Where is the Good in Plato's Sophist?*
	Roman, B.
12:00h	*Plato on Heraclitus: some notes on the Sophist* 242d-e**
	Hülsz, E.
16:30h	(Title to Be Confirmed)
	Hermann, A.
17:15h	*Difference and Negation. Plato's Sophist* in Proclus**
	De Garay, J.
19:15h	The Method of Division in the Sophist: Plato's Second Deuteros Plous
	Dorter, K.

This session has received financial support from the following institutions: