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OLYMPIC CENTER FOR PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE
9 Aristotelous Street, 151 24 Amaroussion, Greece, Tel. & Fax: (30-210) 8029313,
Mobile Tel: (30-977) 947916, Email: lbargel@cc.uoa.gr
 

Lettre:
We would like to invite you to the XIVth International Symposium of the OLYMPIC CENTER FOR PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE, which will take place from July 26-31, 2003, in Pyrgos, Elia, Greece. The philosophy topic for this year is:  RATIONALISM IN THE GREEK TRADITION. All of the morning, and some of the afternoon, sessions will be devoted to presentations of papers focusing on the many issues associated with the above topic.

Rationalism is a pervasive theme in Greek philosophy, emerging as a central issue even among the earliest Greek thinkers and remaining at the center of the debate throughout the course of ancient Greek philosophy.  Rationalism, in one of its many forms, is often an essential component of the many epistemological, metaphysical, psychological, ethical, religious, and political theories advanced by the Greek philosophers.

The organizers of the XIVth International Symposium hope participants will explore the many aspects of rationalism as well as the criticisms of it, including topics that fall under the following categories:

1. Epistemology:  The historical origins of rationalism in Greek thought, specific forms of rationalism in epistemological theories from the earliest to the latest Greek thinkers, the rationalism/empiricism debate from the Presocratics to the late medical tradition, criticisms of rationalism in the Greek epistemological tradition, etc.

2. Metaphysics:  Rationalism and theories of reality from the Presocratics to the late Greek tradition, reason and necessity, ancient Greek metaphysics and the empiricism/rationalism debate, etc.

3. Psychology:  Psychological theories of reason as a faculty of the soul from the Presocratics to the late Greek tradition, the relation of the rational faculty to other faculties (both cognitive and non-cognitive ones), distinctive characteristics of the reasoning faculty that (according to some Greek thinkers) imply the immortality of the rational part of the soul, reason and the self, etc.

4. Ethics:  Rationalism and ethical inquiry, reason and the good, the relation of reason and its activities and conceptions of happiness in Greek ethical theories, reason and the human good, reason and conceptions of the nature and acquisition of virtue, reason and motivation, the reason/passions debate regarding choice, etc.

5. Politics:  Rationalism and political inquiry, Plato’s and Aristotle’s rationalist conceptions of political science, reason and human nature as foundations of political science, reason and the political good, etc.

6. Religion:  Rational approaches to religion in Greek thought, the conflict between rationalist and traditional conceptions of the divine, rationalism and conceptions of the relation of humans to the divine, etc.
Some of the afternoon sessions will be devoted to presentations on a more general topic:  REASONING FROM MYTH IN ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA AND BEYOND.  The place of myth in ancient Greek drama was acknowledged by both Plato and Aristotle, with the first questioning its cognitive efficacy and ethical appropriateness and with the second defending both.  The organizers are looking forward to presentations that examine, among other things, the nature of reasoning from myth, the aesthetic qualities of myth, the cognitive and emotional powers of arguments from myth, the Platonic/Aristotelian debate about the cognitive, emotive, ethical, and political role of myth in drama, myth in later and contemporary drama, etc.
Following please find the necessary information for making arrangements for your participation.  If you need any additional information, do not hesitate to contact any of the persons listed on the FIRST CIRCULAR below.
Looking forward to seeing you at the XIVth International Symposium of the OLYMPIC CENTER FOR PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE, we remain

Sincerely yours,
Prof. Georgios ANAGNOSTOPOULOS, University of California-San Diego, USA
Prof. Chara BACONICOLA, University of Athens, Greece
Prof. L.C. BARGELIOTES, Univ. of Athens, Greece, President of the OLYMPIC CENTER
Prof. Nikolaos Chronis, University of Athens, Greece
Prof. Alan CODE, University of California-Berkeley, USA
Prof. Christos EVANGELIOU, Towson University, USA
Prof. Michael FEREJOHN, Duke University, USA
Honorable Gavriles LIATSIS, Mayor of Pyrgos, Elias, Greece
Prof. Mohan MATTHEN, University of British Columbia, Canada
Prof. Fred MILLER, JR., Bowling Green State University, USA
Prof. Deborah MODRAK, University of Rochester, USA
Prof. Terrence PENNER, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Prof. Ron POLANSKY, Duquesne University, USA
Prof. Christof RAPP, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Prof. Christopher J. ROWE, University of Durham, UK
Prof. Michael V. WEDIN, University of California, Davis, USA
Prof. Gerasimos SANTAS, University of California-Irvine, USA
Prof. Nicholas P. WHITE, University of California-Irvine, USA
 

Those who wish to participate should complete the attached Registration Form, giving the title and a half-page abstract of their paper, which should reach the Center not later than March 30, 2003. Papers should not exceed twelve double-spaced pages. Both the abstract and the paper should be written on diskette (3.5 inch.) Mac (word 4. 0 and higher) or IBM saved in RTF.

Please note that the registration fee of $120.00 (US dollars or the equivalent) per participant, which is non-refundable, covers the following:

 Registration service and equipment
 Three or four evening receptions with dinner and musical entertainment
 Visits to archeological sites of Ancient Olympia
 Attendance of a theatrical performance
 Bus transportation between the hotels
 Travel to the receptions given by the Mayors of the above mentioned Municipalities

Séjour
For your stay in Athens, you should make your own reservations either at the HOTEL STANLEY (1, ODYSSEOS STREET-KARAISKAKI SQUARE, GR 104 37 ATHENS/GREECE, phone: (30-210) 5241611-18, Fax: (30-210) 5244611, 5238450, Email: hotelstanley@ath.forthnet.gr , website: http://agn.hol.gr/hotels/stanley), from where the Conference bus will depart for Pyrgos on July 26, 2003, 8:00am, or at any Hotel close to Omonoia Square at the center of Athens.
For your stay in Pyrgos, make your own reservations by directly contacting one of the following hotels:  OLYMPIAN VILLAGE (ALDEMAR HOTELS) on the Ionian Sea (Postal Address:  ALDEMAR OLYMPIAN VILLAGE, GR-27 100, Skafidia, Pyrgos, Ilias, Greece; Tel. (30-26210) 54 648, 54 649; FAX:  (30-26210) 54 647)  or the Central Offices of ALDEMAR HOTELS in Athens (Postal Address:  262 Kifisias Street, 14562 Athens, Greece; Tel. (30-210) 6236150; FAX (30-210) 8017451; E-mail  marketing@aldemar.gr or marketing@aldemarhotels.com ; web page:  http://www.aldemar.gr or http://www.aldemarhotels.com ).   HOTEL LETRINA (Address: 74 Patron Street, 271 00 Pyrgos, Elias, Greece; Tel. (30-26210) 33644; FAX: (30-26210) 33664).   HOTEL IONION SEA, Pyrgos Elias; Tel. (30-26210) 28828; FAX (011) (30-26210) 26392.  Or contact the OLYMPIA TRAVEL TOURS of Pyrgos, (Tel.: (30-26210) 24920; FAX: (30-26210) 24921; E-mail: info@olympiatravel.com web page: http://www.olympiatravel.com).  All the hotels have agreed to special rates for the conference participants.  When making your reservations, indicate that you will be attending the conference.

A detailed SECOND CIRCULAR will be sent in due time to those colleagues who will have answered this invitation by March 30, 2003.

For additional information, please contact directly Prof. Leonidas C. Bargeliotes, 9, Aristotelous St., 151 24 Amaroussion, Greece; Tel. and Fax in Athens: (30-210) 80.29.313; Tel. in Neochorion: (30-26250) 61388; Mobile Tel: (30-977) 947916; E-mail: lbargel@cc.uoa.gr  Or contact one of the OLYMPIC CENTER's representatives in the USA:  Prof. Georgios Anagnostopoulos, University of California, San Diego, Tel. (858) 534-3072, (858) 481-8501, E-mail: ganagnos@ucsd.edu , Prof. Christos Evangeliou, Towson University, Tel. (410) 704-2755, Fax: (410) 704-4398, E-mail:  cevangeliou@towson.edu

Looking forward to seeing you in Pyrgos, we remain

Sincerely yours,

Prof. Georgios ANAGNOSTOPOULOS, University of California-San Diego, USA
Prof. Chara BACONICOLA, University of Athens, Greece
Prof. L.C. BARGELIOTES, Univ. of Athens, Greece, President of the OLYMPIC CENTER
Prof. Nikolaos CHRONIS, University of Athens, Greece
Prof. Alan CODE, University of California-Berkeley, USA
Professor Christos EVANGELIOU, Towson University, USA
Prof. Michael FEREJOHN, Duke University, USA
Honorable Gavriles LIATSIS, Mayor of Pyrgos, Elias, Greece
Prof. Mohan MATTHEN, University of British Columbia, Canada
Prof. Fred MILLER, JR., Bowling Green State University, USA
Prof. Deborah MODRAK, University of Rochester, USA
Prof. Terrence PENNER, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Prof. Ron POLANSKY, Duquesne University, USA
Prof. Christof RAPP, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Prof. Christopher J. ROWE, Durham University, UK
Prof. Gerasimos SANTAS, University of California-Irvine, USA
Prof. Michael V. WEDIN, University of California, Davis, USA
Prof. Nicholas P. WHITE, University of California-Irvine, USA
 

REGISTRATION FORM

XIVth INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF PHILOSOPHY

Organized by
THE OLYMPIC CENTER FOR PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE
THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR PHILOSOPHY AND
INTER-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, AND
THE CULTURAL CENTER OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PYRGOS

July 26-31, 2003, Pyrgos, Elias, Greece

Name and title
_____________________________________________________________________________

Address_______________________________________________________________________

Town___________________ Postal Code_________________ Country____________________

Telephone__________________________________________
Email_____________________________________    Fax____________________________

[   ]  I plan to present a paper at the Symposium
[   ]  I plan to attend the Symposium without presenting a paper

My registration fee covering:

a) Registration service and equipment
b) Three or four evening receptions with dinner and musical entertainment
c) Visits to archaeological sites of Olympia
d) Attendance of a theatrical performance
e) Bus transportation between the hotels and the Conference Hall
f) Travel to receptions given by the Mayors of the above mentioned Municipalities

is included as follows:
A) Early Registration (until March 30, 2003):  [   ]     $120.00
B) Late Registration (after March 30, 2003):    [   ]     $150..00

Transportation: Bus transportation from Athens to Pyrgos and return to Athens:   [   ]  $40.00

I am including a donation to the Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture for the construction of the open theater and of other facilities at Neochorion:    [   ]  $ ____

ABSTRACT

Please type, single-spaced, the abstract of your paper in the frame below and return it at your earliest convenience, but not later than March 30, 2003 to:  Prof. Leonidas C. Bargeliotes, 9  Aristotelous Street, 151 24 Amaroussion, Athens, Greece or by Email: lbargel@cc.uoa.gr

Name:  _________________________________________________________________________
Address:  _______________________________________________________________________

Title of Paper:
_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

ABSTRACT