Alexander meets Galen

Organized by the Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences

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Invitation pdf

Aristotle’s physics in dialogue between medicine and philosophy

Workshop on the testimonies of Galen’s On demonstration and the fragments of Alexander of Aphrodisias’ commentaryon Aristotle’s Physics.

9:00–13:00 chair Riccardo Chiaradonna

• Galen’s treatise On demonstration: research report / Matyáš Havrda & Pauline Koetschet
• Is the world eternal? Dem. IV and Aristotle’s De caelo / Pauline Koetschet
• Is time an accident of motion? Dem. VIII and Aristotle’s Physics IV / Matyáš Havrda

15:00–19:00 chair Klaus Corcilius

• Alexander’s commentary on Physics: research report / István Bodnár & Orna Harari
• Nature and teleology in Alexander / István Bodnár
• Teleology without design / Orna Harari

Akce se koná s finanční podporou Grantové agentury ČR (projekt GA 20-16937S, "Aristotelský důkaz v teorii a praxi Galénovy lékařské vědy")