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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR

PRESOCRATIC STUDIES

FIFTH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE Monday 13 June – Friday 17 June, 2016

Austin, Texas, USA

HOST: THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN,

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY,

THE JOINT CLASSICS–PHILOSOPHY GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

Sessions at the Liberal Arts Building (CLA):

Julius Glickman Conference Center

Illustration: imaginative representations of ten Presocratic philosophers; from the hand-colored copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle (15th century incunabulum) at the Morse Library of Beloit College (reproduced by permission).

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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PRESOCRATIC STUDIES (IAPS) Daniel W. Graham, Brigham Young University, President

FIFTH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE

Monday 13 June – Friday 17 June, 2016

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

The University of Texas at Austin, College of Liberal Arts

ORGANIZATION: Alex Mourelatos, with the assistance of Michelle Botello, Beth Chichester, Matthew Evans,

Stephanie Hollub-Fletcher, Vanessa Noya, Khoa Trans, Stephen White

SELECTION OF CONFERENCE PAPERS (from Submitted Proposals): Alberto Bernabé, Jenny Bryan, Patricia Curd,

Enrique Hülsz, Simon Trépanier

SESSION CHAIRS: Alejandro Bárcenas, Joseph Bullock, Christopher Colvin, George Conklin, JohnDeigh,

Matthew Evans, Michael Gagarin, Karl Galinsky, Eugene Garver, Jerry Green, R. James Hankinson, Alberto Martinez, Richard McKirahan, Julia Mendoza, Rex Mixon, William Nethercut, Thomas Palaima, James Patterson, David Riesbeck, Livio Rossetti,

Anne Marie Schultz, Stephen Phillips, Paul Woodruff

HARRY RANSOM CENTER EXHIBITS: Kelly Kerbow-Hudson, Cristina Meisner, Joan Sibley

CONFERENCE PROGRAM DESIGN: Beth Chichester

Cover illustration: compliments of Beloit College (Morse Library). Illustrations at pp. 6 and 7: findings from excavations of the agricultural areas of ancient Metapontum and Croton in Italy by the UT Austin Institute of Classical Archaeology —

Joseph C. Carter, Professor Emeritus, Director.

SPECIAL THANKS: To Christopher Kurfess for the idea of a Conference souvenir.

PREVIOUS HOSTS OF IAPS CONFERENCES: Brigham Young University (2008), University of Edinburgh (2010),

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mérida, Yucatan, 2012), The Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki (2014)

WEB SITE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PRESOCRATIC STUDIES: http://www.presocratic.org/index.php  

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IAPS 2016, JUNE 13-17, 2016: SPEAKER, AFFILIATION, TOPIC Day, Time of Presentation

OMAR ÁLVAREZ SALAS, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México PYTHAGORAS AS NAME GIVER AND PARMENIDES' OΝΟΜAΖΕΙΝ

M. 3:45 PM

MERRICK E. ANDERSON, Princeton University DEMOCRITUS ON ‘ΕΥΔΑΙΜΟΝΊΑ’

F. 5:45 PM

ANNA ARAVANTINOU, Research Centre for Greek Philosophy at the Academy of Athens ON ANAXAGORAS B14

W. 4:15 PM

SOSSEH ASSATURIAN, The University of Texas at Austin PARMENIDEAN ONTOLOGY AND VERBS OF COGNITION:

A SOLUTION TO THE ALĒTHEIA-DOXA PROBLEM

F. 4:45 PM

MICHAEL J. AUGUSTIN, University of California, Santa Barbara ARISTOTLE AGAINST THE ATOMISTS ON THE EXISTENCE OF THE VOID

Th. 4:45 PM

KEITH BEGLEY, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland SOME SOLUTIONS TO ROMAN DILCHER’S THREE PROBLEMS REGARDING THE UNITY OF OPPOSITES, AND

THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF MARKEDNESS IN HERACLITUS

Th. 10:00 AM

ALBERTO BERNABÉ AND JULIA MENDOZA, Universidad Complutense, Madrid “BEING” AND “NOT BEING” IN THE R ̣GVEDA AND IN PARMENIDES: DIFFERENT USES OF THE SAME

RESOURCE

Tu. 2:00 PM

BERNARDO BERRUECOS FRANK, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México RINGS, POLYPHONY, AND CHORALITY IN PARMENIDES’ PROEM: STRUCTURE AND SYMBOLIC SCHEMES

IN FR. DK28B1

M. 3:45 PM

MATHILDE BRÉMOND, Paris IV Sorbonne, and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich PHILOPONUS ON MELISSUS: A NEO-PLATONIST REINTERPRETATION.

M. 11:30 AM

JENNY BRYAN, University College London THE ANALYSIS OF PARMENIDEAN BEING

Th. 3:30 PM

GUILLERMO CALLEJAS BUASI, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México THE POSSIBLE INFLUENCE OF SOME PARTS OF OCELLUS LUCANUS’S DE UNIVERSI NATURA IN ARISTOTLE’S

COSMOLOGY

M. 11:30 AM

NICOLA CARRARO, University of Campinas HOW DID ANAXIMANDER BECOME A "MATERIAL MONIST"?

Tu. 11:00 AM

ADITI CHATURVEDI, University of Pennsylvania AΡΜΟΝIΑ IN ON REGIMEN

F. 10:00 AM

CECILIA COLOMBANI, Universidad de Morón, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata EN LOS ALBORES DE LA FILOSOFÍA. HESÍODO Y LA PREOCUPACIÓN POR EL KOSMOS.

Tu. 11:00 AM

NÉSTOR-LUIS CORDERO, Université de Rennes 1 (France), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) POURQUOI ARISTOTE PRÉSENTE-T-IL UN PARMÉNIDE MÉCONNAISSABLE?

F. 12:00 Noon

TOM HERCULES DAVIES, Princeton University THE INDO-EUROPEAN ROOTS OF GREEK COSMOLOGY

Tu. 12:00 Noon

JEREMY C. DELONG, University of Kansas RING-COMPOSITION AND PARMENIDES’ POEM

M. 2:30 PM

NICOLA STEFANO GALGANO, University of São Paulo, Brazil AMĒCHANIĒ IN PARMENIDE DK 28 B 6.5

W. 4:15 PM

XAVIER GHEERBRANT, Université Lille 3 REPETITIONS AND EPISODIC COMPOSITION IN EMPEDOCLES’ PHYSIKA I: THE ROLE OF ASYMMETRIC

REPETITION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARGUMENTATION

Th. 3:00 PM

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ROGÉRIO GIMENES DE CAMPOS, Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana BETWEEN THE PLAN AND THE REALITY OF CITIES: ARISTOTLE AGAINST THE INNOVATIONS OF

HIPPODAMUS OF MILETUS

Tu. 12:00 Noon

STEFANIA GIOMBINI, University of Girona, Spain LOGIC AND RHETORIC IN THE TETRALOGIES OF ANTIPHON

M. 2:30 PM

GUSTAVO LAET GOMES, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais THE PHILOSOPHER, HIS PREDECESSORS, THE COMMENTATOR AND HIS CRITICS: ON THE CRITICISM OF

HAROLD CHERNISS’ CRITIQUE OF ARISTOTLE AS A SOURCE FOR EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY

W. 3:00 PM

ANDREW GREGORY, Science and Technology Studies, University College London ANAXIMANDER’S RINGS

Tu. 12:00 Noon

JOSHUA I. GULLEY, Purdue University THE EMPEDOCLEAN ROOTS AS POWERS

Th. 5:00 PM

MÁTÉ HERNER, Central European University, Budapest SOUL AS HARMONY IN PLATO AND PHILOLAUS

Tu. 3:00 PM

THOMAS K. HUBBARD, The University of Texas at Austin GENDER TROUBLE IN EARLY GREEK BIOLOGY:

IS PARMENIDES B18 D-K REALLY PARMENIDES?

F. 3:30 PM

RADIM KOČANDRLE, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen THE APEIRON OF ANAXIMANDER AS "BOUNDLESS NATURE"

Th. 12:00 Noon

STAVROS KOULOUMENTAS, Center for Hellenic Studies (Harvard University) ALCMAEON AND HIS ADDRESSEES: REVISITING THE INCIPIT

M. 11:30 PM

CHRISTOPHER KURFESS, University of Pittsburgh NAMING AND NON-NAMING IN THE ANONYMOUS DE MELISSO XENOPHANE GORGIA

F. 2:30 PM

ANDRÉ LAKS, Université de Paris-Sorbonne, and Universidad Panamericana HESIOD AND (THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK) PHILOSOPHY

Tu. 4:15 PM

ANDRÉ LAKS, Université de Paris-Sorbonne, and Universidad Panamericana PRESENTATION OF LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY SET

W. 2:15 PM

CLAAS LATTMANN, University of Kiel, and Emory University FROM PYRAMIDS TO TRIANGLES. THALES AND EARLY GREEK MATHEMATICS

M. 4:45 PM

LARS LEETEN, University of Hildesheim, and University of Oslo ���KÓSMOS, LOGOS, ALĒTHEIA. TRUE SPEECH IN GORGIAS OF LEONTINI

F. 10:00 AM

ROBERT W. MCINTYRE, University of California, Santa Barbara ANAXIMANDER, THOMAS HOBBES, AND THE PRINCIPLE OF SUFFICIENT REASON: A NOTE ON THE USE OF A

PRIORI PRINCIPLES IN PHYSICS.

Th. 11:00 AM

RICHARD MCKIRAHAN, Pomona College, and University Of California, Santa Barbara THE DOWNSIDE OF DOXOGRAPHY (WITH THALES AS A TEST-CASE)

M. 10:30 AM

JOEL MANN, Su Norbert College RATIONALIZING ACTION AND RESPONSIBILITY IN ANTIPHON

M. 3:45 PM

JULIA MENDOZA AND ALBERTO BERNABÉ, Universidad Complutense, Madrid “BEING” AND “NOT BEING” IN THE R ̣GVEDA AND IN PARMENIDES: DIFFERENT USES OF THE SAME

RESOURCE

Tu. 2:00 PM

LAETITIA MONTEILS-LAENG, University of Montreal ANTIPHON’S OPPOSITION PHUSIS/NOMOS AND GLAUCON’S APPROPRIATION (REP. 360E-362A)

M. 1:30 PM

ALEXANDER P. D. MOURELATOS, The University of Texas at Austin THE LOGIC OF MODAL EXPRESSIONS IN PARMENIDES

F. 5:45 PM

PATRICIA NAKAYAMA, Universidade de São Paulo NOTES ON THE IDEA OF PHÙSIS IN DEMOCRITUS AND IN EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY

F. 4:450 PM

RICH NEELS, McMaster University ON THE VARIETY OF OPPOSITES IN HERACLITUS

Th. 11:00 AM

TAKASHI OKI, University of Oxford Th. 4:00 PM

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EMPEDOCLES AND ARISTOTLE IN PHYSICS B 8

LUKE PARKER, University of Chicago HARMONIA, ACTIVITY, AND KOSMOS IN HERACLITUS

Tu. 10:00 AM

PABLO DE PAZ AMÉRIGO, Universidad Complutense, Madrid REINCARNATION IN THE CARMEN AUREUM PYTHAGORICUM?

M. 1:30 PM

MIRIAM CAMOLINA DINIZ PEIXOTO, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais DEMOCRITUS ON DEATH

Th. 5:45 PM

CATERINA PELLÒ, University of Cambridge THE TABLE OF OPPOSITES: ARISTOTELIAN FORM AND PYTHAGOREAN SUBSTANCE

M. 2:30 PM

ENRICO PIERGIACOMI, University of Trento NAMING THE PRINCIPLES IN DEMOCRITUS: A LINGUISTIC PROBLEM

Th. 3:30 PM

CHIARA ROBBIANO, University College Utrecht UNDERSTANDING PARMENIDES' IDENTITY OF KNOWING AND BEING—IN DIALOGUE WITH ŚAṄKARA AND

CONTEMPORARY PHENOMENOLOGISTS

Tu. 3:00 PM

LIVIO ROSSETTI, Università di Perugia LA POLUMATHIA DI PARMENIDE

Th. 2:30 PM

KELLI C. RUDOLPH, University of Kent (Canterbury) THE SENSE OF TASTE IN PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY

F. 10:00 AM

LILIANA CAROLINA SÁNCHEZ CASTRO, Universidad Autónoma de Colombia-Grupo Peiras ARISTOTLE’S DIALECTICAL PROCEDURE IN THE DE ANIMA: THE CASE OF THALES OF MILETUS’ ENDOXON

Tu. 11:00 AM

BARBARA SATTLER, The University of St Andrews THE NOTION OF CONTINUITY IN PARMENIDES

Th. 4:45 PM

ANNIE HOURCADE SCIOU, Université de Rouen MODALITÉS DE LA "PISTIS" DANS L’ANONYME DE JAMBLIQUE

W. 5:15 PM

RAVI SHARMA, Clark University THINGS IN THE SKY AND BELOW THE EARTH: XENOPHANES' EPISTEMOLOGY AND FIFTH CENTURY

THOUGHT

M. 1:30 PM

MICHAEL M. SHAW, Utah Valley University RING COMPOSITION AND PARATAXIS IN ANAXAGORAS

W. 3:00 PM

MARTIM REYES SILVA, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais WORD-PLAY AND MEANING IN HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS

W. 3:00 PM

JAN SZAIF, University of California, Davis TALKING TO THE LAD: PARMENIDES ON HOW KRISIS ENABLES A TRUSTWORTHY ACCOUNT OF THE TRUTH

F. 11:00 AM

SIMON TRÉPANIER, University of Edinburgh EMPEDOCLES ON THE LAW OF EXILE AND LIFE IN HADES

F. 3:30 PM

CELSO DE OLIVEIRA VIEIRA, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais HERACLITUS AND THE PRINCIPLE OF NON-CONTRADICTION IN ARISTOTLE'S METAPHYSICS

Th. 12 :00 Noon

LEON WASH, University of Chicago ON VEGETAL METAPHORS IN EMPEDOCLES

F. 2:30 PM

STEPHEN WHITE, The University of Texas at Austin EUDEMUS OF RHODES ON PARMENIDES AND MONISM

Th. 5:45 PM

   

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Monday, June 13 With the exception of Lecture II, all sessions are held at the Glickman Conference Center, College of Liberal Arts Building: CLA 1.302A–302E.

9:30 AM (& until 1:00 PM)

Registration (speakers and session chairs): Entrance of the Glickman Conference Center (9:30 AM – 1:00 PM)

10:00 AM Welcome and Orientation, CLA 1.302B: Graham, Evans, Mourelatos 10:30 AM

Lecture I, CLA 1.302B (10:30-11:20 a.m.) MCKIRAHAN, THE DOWNSIDE OF DOXOGRAPHY

Seminar 1, CLA 1.302B

Seminar 2, CLA 1.302C

Seminar 3, CLA 1.302D

11:30 AM KOULOUMENTAS, ALCMAEON

CALLEJAS BUASI, OCELLUS LUCANUS

BRÉMOND, PHILOPONUS ON MELISSUS

12:30 PM Common lunch: CLA 1.302E, 12:30-1:30 PM

Seminar 4, CLA 1.302B Chair: Nethercut

Seminar 5, CLA 1.302C Chair: Mixon

Seminar 6, CLA 1.302D Chair: Riesbeck

1:30 PM SHARMA, XENOPHANES' EPISTEMOLOGY

DE PAZ AMÉRIGO, CARMEN AUREUM PYTHAGORICUM

MONTEILS-LAENG, ANTIPHON’S OPPOSITION PHUSIS/NOMOS

2:30 PM DELONG, RING-COMPOSITION IN PARMENIDES

PELLÒ, PYTHAGOREAN TABLE OF OPPOSITES?

GIOMBINI, TETRALOGIES OF ANTIPHON

3:20 PM Coffee Break: 3:20-3:45 PM 3:45 PM

BERRUECOS FRANK, RINGS, POLYPHONY, AND CHORALITY IN PARMENIDES

ÁLVAREZ SALAS, PYTHAGORAS AS NAME GIVER

MANN, ACTION AND RESPONSIBILITY IN ANTIPHON

4:45 PM

Lecture II, CLA 0.102 (Note different location, basement of CLA), 4:45-5:35 PM LATTMANN, THALES AND EARLY GREEK MATHEMATICS

5:45 PM Dinner on one's own, and free time

   

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Tuesday, June 14 All sessions at the Glickman Conference Center, College of Liberal Arts Building: CLA 1.302A–302E.

9:30 AM (& UNTIL 1:00 PM)

Late registration (speakers and session chairs): Entrance of the Glickman Conference Center (9:30 AM – 1:00 PM)

10:00 AM Lecture III, CLA 1.302B PARKER, HARMONIA, ACTIVITY, AND KOSMOS IN HERACLITUS

Seminar 7, CLA 1.302B Chair: Palaima, & Phillips

Seminar 8, CLA 1.302C Chair: Patterson

Seminar 9, CLA 1.302D Chair: Galinsky

11:00 AM COLOMBANI, HESÍODO

CARRARO, ANAXIMANDER A "MATERIAL MONIST"?

SÁNCHEZ CASTRO, THALES OF MILETUS AND AN ARISTOTLE ENDOXON

12:00 NOON

DAVIES, INDO-EUROPEAN ROOTS

GREGORY, ANAXIMANDER’S RINGS

GIMENES DE CAMPOS, HIPPODAMUS OF MILETUS

1:00 PM Common lunch: CLA 1.302E, 1:00–2:00 PM 2:00 PM Lecture IV, CLA 1.302B: BERNABÉ AND MENDOZA, THE ṚGVEDA AND PARMENIDES

Seminar 10, CLA 1.302C Seminar 11, CLA 1.302D 3:00 PM MÁTÉ HERNER,

SOUL IN PLATO AND IN PHILOLAUS ROBBIANO, PARMENIDES AND ŚAṄKARA

4:00 PM Coffee break 4:15 PM Lecture V (Keynote), CLA 1.302B, Chair: Evans

ANDRÉ LAKS, HESIOD AND (THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK) PHILOSOPHY (ends 5:30) 5:45 PM IAPS Board dinner Dinner on one's own and free time

   

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Wednesday, June 15 First session, 2nd floor HRC Building. All other sessions at the Glickman Conference Center, College of Liberal Arts Building: CLA 1.302A–302E.

MORNING On one's own, or in groups: explore the UT Austin campus; explore Austin; lunch.

1:15 PM Visit the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC). On special display: books and papers from the Gregory Vlastos Archive, and selection of rare books (1:15-2:00 PM).

2:15 PM Special Presentation, CLA 1.302B: ANDRÉ LAKS ON THE FORTHCOMING LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY "EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY" SET, EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY ANDRÉ LAKS AND GLENN W. MOST (2:15-3:00 PM)

Seminar 12, CLA 1.302C Chair: Bárcenas

Seminar 13, CLA 1.302D Chair: Hankinson

Seminar 14, CLA 1.302E Chair: Woodruff

3:00 PM SHAW, PARATAXIS IN ANAXAGORAS

GOMES, RECONSTITUTION OF ATOMIST DOCTRINES FROM ARISTOTLE

SILVA, WORD-PLAY IN HERACLITUS

3:50 PM Coffee Break: 3:50-4:15 PM 4:15 PM ARAVANTINOU,

ANAXAGORAS B14 GALGANO, AMECHANIÉ IN PARMENIDE

5:15 PM Lecture VI, CLA 1.302B HOURCADE SCIOU, "PISTIS" DANS L’ANONYME DE JAMBLIQUE

6:15 PM IAPS Business Meeting 7:00 PM Dinner on one's own and free time

   

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Thursday, June 16 All sessions at the Glickman Conference Center, College of Liberal Arts Building: CLA 1.302A–302E.

10:00 AM Lecture VII, 1.302B BEGLEY, UNITY OF OPPOSITES, AND MARKEDNESS IN HERACLITUS

Seminar 15, CLA 1.302C Chair: Colvin

Seminar 16, CLA 1.302D Chair: Green

11:00 AM MCINTYRE, ANAXIMANDER, HOBBES, AND THE PRINCIPLE OF SUFFICIENT REASON

NEELS, VARIETY OF OPPOSITES IN HERACLITUS

12:00 NOON

KOČANDRLE, THE APEIRON OF ANAXIMANDER AS "BOUNDLESS NATURE"

VIEIRA, HERACLITUS AND THE PRINCIPLE OF NON-CONTRADICTION

1:00 PM Lunch on one's own (90 minutes)

2:30 PM Lecture VIII, CLA 1.302E ROSSETTI, POLUMATHIA DI PARMENIDE

Seminar 17, CLA 1.302B Chair: Gagarin

Seminar 18, CLA 1.302C Chair: Garver

Seminar 19, CLA 1.302D Chair: Martinez

3:30 PM BRYAN, PARMENIDEAN BEING

GHEERBRANT, REPETITION IN EMPEDOCLES

PIERGIACOMI, PRINCIPLES IN DEMOCRITUS

4:20 PM Coffee Break: 4:20-4:45 pm 4:45 PM SATTLER,

CONTINUITY IN PARMENIDES OKI, EMPEDOCLES AND ARISTOTLE

AUGUSTIN, ARISTOTLE AGAINST THE ATOMISTS ON THE VOID

5:45 PM WHITE, EUDEMUS ON PARMENIDES

GULLEY, EMPEDOCLEAN ROOTS AS POWERS

PEIXOTO, DEMOCRITUS ON DEATH

6:45 PM Dinner on one's own and free time

   

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  Friday,  June  17  All sessions at the Glickman Conference Center, College of Liberal Arts Building: CLA 1.302A–302E. Seminar 20, CLA 1.302C

Seminar 21, CLA 1.302D

Seminar 22, CLA 1.302E

10:00  AM

LEETEN, SPEECH IN GORGIAS

CHATURVEDI, AΡΜΟΝIΑ IN ON REGIMEN

RUDOLPH, TASTE IN PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY

11:00 AM Lecture  IX,  CLA 1.302B  SZAIF,    TALKING  TO  THE  LAD

12:00

NOON Lecture X, CLA 1.302B   Chair: Rossetti CORDERO, POURQUOI ARISTOTE PRÉSENTE-T-IL UN PARMÉNIDE MÉCONNAISSABLE?

1:00 PM Lunch,  on  one's    own  (90  minutes) Seminar 23, CLA 1.302D

Chair: Conklin Seminar 24, CLA 1.302E Chair: Mendoza

2:30 PM WASH, VEGETAL METAPHORS IN EMPEDOCLES

KURFESS, NAMING IN THE MXG

3:30 PM TRÉPANIER, EMPEDOCLES ON EXILE AND LIFE IN HADES

HUBBARD, PARMENIDES B18 D-K REALLY PARMENIDES?

4:30 PM Coffee break Seminar 25, CLA 1.302D

Chair: Deigh Seminar 26, CLA 1.302E Chair: Schultz

4:45 PM NAKAYAMA, PHÙSIS IN DEMOCRITUS

ASSATURIAN, DISSOLVING THE ALĒTHEIA-DOXA PROBLEM

5:45 PM ANDERSON, DEMOCRITUS ON ‘ΕΥΔΑΙΜΟΝΊΑ’

MOURELATOS, MODAL EXPRESSIONS IN PARMENIDES

7:00 PM Reception and Dinner (for speakers and session chairs): Thompson Conference Center (north of the LBJ Library and Museum)