HPhil Seminar: April 3, 2025

April 3, 2025 5:00pm

The HPhil (History of Philosophy) Research Group of the Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon announces the 2024/25 edition of its permanent seminar on the history of philosophy, devoted to the presentation of conferences by renowned specialists while also creating opportunities to emerging scholars, aiming to promote advanced studies in groundbreaking debates and the permanent training of its academic community.

In this session of the seminar, Klaus Corcilius (Universität Tübingen) will present a paper, entitled “Participation and Practical Reasoning in Plato’s Timaeus” (abstract below)

The session will take place on April 03, 2025 at 5 p.m., in the Room C201.J (Room Mattos Romão, Department of Philosophy). Admission is free

Abstract

This paper offers a critical reassessment of Myles Burnyeat’s claim that the Demiurge’s reasoning in Plato’s Timaeus is some kind of practical reasoning. I will offer a novel account of the structure of the Demiurge’s reasoning and suggest that the Demiurge’s reasoning is the most viable candidate we possess for understanding how Plato might have conceived for the participation of physical entities in intelligibles.