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Conference Announcement Theme: Cosmology and the Self in Ancient India and Ancient Greece Type: International Conference Institution: University of Exeter Location: Exeter (United Kingdom) Date: 9.–12.7.2014 __________________________________________________ The theme of the conference is the striking similarities (and reasons for the similarities) in philosophical thought between India and Greece in the period before Alexander crossed the Indus in 326 BCE. This is part of the AHRC-funded project 'Ātman and Psyche. Cosmology and the Self in Ancient India and Ancient Greece', conducted by Dr. Richard Fynes of de Montfort University and Professor Richard Seaford of the University of Exeter. Registration Please follow the link to book online: http://store.exeter.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=27&catid=16&prodid=747 Early Bird Registration is now open and will close on Sunday 11 May 2014. After this, bookings will re-open with a standard registration supplement added. Information for Delegates The Provisional Programme is available to view and will be finalised in due course. The Conference Dinner Menu for the dinner to be held on Friday 11 July. Further Information More information about the project and the blog can be read by following the links: Project: http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/classics/research/projects/atmanandpsyche/ Blog: http://atmanandpsyche.exeter.ac.uk/ Provisional Programme WEDNESDAY 9th JULY 6.30pm Drinks Reception 7.30 pm Dinner 9pm Richard Seaford (University of Exeter), India and Greece THURSDAY 10TH JULY 9.15am-12 Broad Comparison 9.15-9.45 Matylda Obryk (Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf), A Generic Development of Human Thought. On the causes for similarities between Indian and Greek Thought 9.45-10.15 Hyun Höchsmann (East China Normal University, Shanghai), Cosmology, Psyche and Atman in the Timaeus, the Rig Veda and the Upanishads 10.15-10.45 John Bussanich (University of New Mexico), Plato and Yoga. 10.45-11.15 Coffee Break 11.15-12 Discussion of Broad Comparison. 12-12.30 Nick Allen (Wolfson College, Oxford), The common-origin approach to comparing early Indian and Greek philosophy 12.30-12.45 Discussion of Allen. 12.45 Lunch Break 2pm-5.30 The Self 2-2.30 Paolo Visigalli (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich) From the Body of the Sacrifice to the Self of the Body: speculations on the “Self” in Vedic India. 2.30-3 Greg Bailey (La Trobe University), Ātman and its Transition to Worldly Existence. 3-3.30 Discussion of Visigalli and Bailey 3.30-4 Tea break 4-4-30 Clodomir Andrade (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil), Gnōthi sauton and ātmajñāna: self-knowledge in ancient Greece and India. 4.30-5 Agnieszka Rostalska (Ghent University), Early theory of the self (ātman) in Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika metaphysics 5-5.30 Discussion of Andrade and Rostalska 5.30 General discussion if requested. 7.30 Dinner. FRIDAY 11TH JULY 9.15am-12 Chariots 9.15-9.45 Jens Schlieter (University of Berne), Master the Chariot, Master your Self”: Comparing Chariot Metaphors as Hermeneutics for Mind, Self and Liberation in Ancient Greek and Indian Sources. 9.45-10.15 Alexander Forte and Caley Smith (Harvard University), The Parallel Reception of Traditional Poetry in Early Philosophy. 10.15-10.45 Paolo Magnone (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan), Soul Chariots in Indian and Greek Thought: Polygenesis or Diffusion? 10.45-11.15 Coffee break 11.15-12 Discussion of Chariots 12-12.30 Emma Syea (King's College, London), Nietzsche on Greek and Indian Philosophy. 12.30-12.45 Discussion of Syea. 12.45-2 Lunch break 2pm-3.30 Cosmic Order 2-2.30 Joanna Jurewicz (Warsaw University), Philosophy begins in the Ṛgveda. From experience to abstraction: the Concept of Ṛtá. 2.30-3 Aditi Chaturvedi (University of Pennsylvania), Harmonia and Ṛtá. 3-3.30 Discussion of Cosmic Order. 3.30-4 Tea break 4-5.30 Heterodox Schools of thought. 4-4.30 Ranabir Chakravarti (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi), Materialist questioning of the atman/self in the axial age: with special reference to the charvaka/lokayata school. 4.30-5 Susmita Basu Majumdar (University of Calcutta), Reading between lines: unfurling the ajivaka religious philosophy. 5-5.30 Discussion of Heterodox Schools of thought. 5.30 General discussion if requested. 7.30 Dinner SATURDAY 12 JULY 9.15am-12 Ethics and Metaphysics 9.15-9.45 Mik Burley (University of Leeds), Rebirth and ‘Ethicization’ in Greek and South Asian Thought. 9.45-10.15 Richard Fynes (de Montfort University), The Currency of Merit in Early Buddhism. 10.15-10.45 Richard Stoneman (University of Exeter), The Greeks on the Justice of the Indians. 10.45-11.15 Coffee break 11.15-12 Discussion of Ethics and Metaphysics. 12 General Discussion 1pm Lunch __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
