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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is David Bronstein, (University of Notre Dame (Sydney))</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The title of the talk is "<i>Phronesis</i> and <i>Techne</i> in Aristotle’s Theory of Intellectual Virtue". Here is an abstract for the talk:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">In this talk I consider two questions about Aristotle’s theory of intellectual virtue, as presented in Book 6 of the <i>Nicomachean Ethics</i> (= Book 5 of the <i>Eudemian Ethics</i>). First, what is intellectual
virtue? Second, which capacities are intellectual virtues? With regard to the first question, I propose a generic definition of intellectual virtue in terms of excellence in attaining truth. I also propose two specific definitions corresponding to the two
species of intellectual virtue that Aristotle recognises: theoretical and practical. In the second part of the talk I focus on practical intellectual virtue. I argue that Aristotle holds that there is exactly one such virtue—namely, <i>phronesis</i> (practical
wisdom)—and that <i>techne</i> (craft, art) is not an intellectual virtue. I consider the reasons why Aristotle denies that <i>techne</i> is an intellectual virtue, focusing on the different roles that <i>phronesis</i> and <i>techne</i> play in practical reasoning
or deliberation.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The seminar will take place at 3:30pm on Wednesday Sep 25 in the Philosophy Seminar Room (N494).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Enquiries about the seminar series can be directed to ryan.cox@sydney.edu.au</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ryan Cox</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Lecturer in Philosophy</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Discipline of Philosophy</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">School of Humanities</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ryan.cox@sydney.edu.au</p>
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