April 12: Paradigms in Greco-Arabic Philosophy: A Philosophical Workshop
April 12, 2024, 9:30am-3:30pm
Hosted by the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University
Location: Room 270, Bunn Intercultural Center, Georgetown University
Welcome/Introductions (9:30am-10am): Rodrigo Adem, Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University
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Morning Session (10am-12pm):
Moderated by Therese Druart, Professor Emerita, Catholic University of America
“An Essentialist Paradigm of Arabic Metaphysics: Fārābī at the Origin of Avicenna’s Divine Essence-Existence Identification”
- Dr. Rosabel Ansari, Stony Brook University
“Avicenna and the Post-Mortem Destiny of the Soul: Some Evidence from the Notes on the Theology of Aristotle”
- Dr. Michael Chase, CNRS Paris (virtually via Zoom)
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Break/Lunch for Panelists (12-1:30pm)
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Afternoon Session (1:30-3:30 pm):
Moderated by Frank Griffel, Louis M. Rabinowitz Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University
“The Human as a Character Paradigm (and what this means for other animals)”
- Dr. Bligh Somma, Fordham University.
“Al-Fārābī on Territory (maskan) and Religion (milla)”
- Dr. Luis Xavier López-Farjeat, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City