[SydPhil] Critical Antiquities Workshop - Emily Hulme

[Tristan Bradshaw]

Dear all,



At the next Critical Antiquities Workshop, we’re very glad to be hosting Emily Hulme (University of Sydney) for her paper, ‘Plato, Technē, and Philosophy as a Profession.’



This event will be held in a hybrid format in the Vere Gordon Childe Centre Boardroom, University of Sydney, and on Zoom on Wednesday, 11 November 09:30-11:30am (Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne time).



Here is the time in other locations:

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Los Angeles: Tuesday, November 10, 2:30–4:30pm
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Vancouver: Tuesday, November 10 3:30–5:30pm
  *   Chicago/Mexico City: Tuesday, November 10, 4:30–6:30pm
  *   New York: Tuesday, November 10, 5:30–7:30pm
  *   Santiago/Buenos Aires/Rio de Janeiro: Tuesday, November 10, 7:30–9:30pm
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Dublin/Belfast/London: Tuesday, November 10, 10:30 pm–12:30am
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Paris/Berlin/Rome: Tuesday, November 10, 11:30 pm–1:30am
  *   Johannesburg/Athens/Cairo: Wednesday, November 11, 12:30–2:30am
  *   Beijing/Singapore/Perth: Wednesday, November 11, 6:30–8:30am
  *   Tokyo: Wednesday, November 11, 7:30–9:30am
  *   Darwin: Wednesday, November 11, 8:00–10:00am
  *   Brisbane: Wednesday, November 11, 8:30–10:30am
  *   Adelaide: Wednesday, November 11, 9:00–11:00am

To receive the Zoom link, please sign up to the Critical Antiquities Network mailing list here: https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/g5FaCk81N9t4M33Ywh2fnpsGIYhl?domain=signup.e2ma.net


Here is the abstract:


What are the stakes of construing philosophy as a profession? We'll examine an important phase in the history of the question: Plato's articulation of philosophy in terms of technē in the dialogues. The aim of the talk is to explain what this means, and then turn to critical evaluation. One upshot of his approach is that he carves out a legitimate sense of wisdom that has nothing to do with birth or divine inspiration. On the other hand, on his analysis philosophy turns out to be a specialized expertise, rather than a broadly accessible human vocation.


We hope to see you there!


Tristan Bradshaw

Ben Brown

Tom Geue

Andy Poe