This conference draws together leading experts in teleology with the aim of furthering our understanding of ancient conceptions of teleology and their significance to modern philosophy and science.
The programme (.pdf file) begins on the 16th of August at 2.30pm and ends on the 18th August at 1pm. Organisers are Thomas Johansen, Denis Walsh and Stasinos Stavrianeas. The conference fee, to include attendance at all sessions, drinks reception, and session-break tea and coffee, is £30 (concessions £15).
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Programme :
Monday 16 August
2.30-3.15 pm, Conference registration
3.15-4.45 David Depew (University of Iowa),
‘Is ‘‘teleology’’ a notion Aristotle could understand?’
Commentary Hallvard Fossheim
4.45-5.15 pm Coffee
5.15-6.45 pm Robert Bolton (Rutgers University),
‘Aristotle on the primacy of final causes’
Commentary Andrew Mason
6.45-8.00 pm Reception
The reception will be held at Abden House, Pollock Halls.
8.30 pm Conference dinner for speakers and commentators
Tuesday 17 August
9.30- 11.00 am Sarah Broadie (University of St Andrews),
‘Aristotle on the location of change’
Commentary Anna Marmodoro
11.00-11.30 am Coffee
11.30- 1.00 pm Jim Hankinson (University of Texas, Austin),
‘Teleology and necessity in Greek embryology’
Commentary Stasinos Stavrianeas
3.00-4.30 pm James Lennox (University of Pittsburgh),
‘William Harvey on the goal-directedness of animal generation’
Commentary Philip van der Eijk
4.30-5.00 pm Coffee
5.00-6.30 pm Mohan Matthen (University of British Columbia, Vancouver),
‘Function in a coevolutionary setting’
Commentary Mike Wheeler
Evening free
Wednesday 18 August
9.30-11.00 am Denis Walsh,
‘Evolutionary essentialism’
Commentary Matthew Elton
11.00-11.30 am Coffee
11.30-1.00 pm Rowland Stout (University College , Dublin),
‘Internalist and externalist models of the teleological explanation of action’
Commentary Zoe Payne
End of conference
Venue:
Abden House,
Pollock Halls,
18 Holyrood Park Road,
Edinburgh EH16 5AY
Tel: +44 (131) 667 0662
Fax: +44 (131) 667 1971
maps of edinburgh and conference venue (.pdf, see second page)
Accommodation:
Please book your accommodation early, August is always busy due to the variety of Festivals taking place.
Accommodation is available at Pollock Halls (the conference venue), and bookings should be made directly through Edinburgh First:
Tel: 0800 028 7118, Fax: +44 (0)131 662 9479, Overseas: +44 (0)131 651 2189 or on-line
Additional information on places to stay can be obtained from the Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist Board:
Central Reservations Department,
Edinburgh and Lothians Tourist Board,
3 Princes Street,
Edinburgh EH2 2QP.
Tel: +44 (0)131 473 3855, Fax: +44 (0)131 473 3886 or book on-line
Please download the conference poster (.pdf file) or contact the organisers for any further information.
The conference organisers would like to thank the Scots Philosophical Club and the British Academy for their support.
