According to the American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, all philosophy is but “footnotes to Plato.” This Summer and Fall, the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will pour through these footnotes, examining the reception of Plato within Continental Philosophy.
Up Next: 11/11 – Plato. The Sophist.
Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE
Please bring a copy (digital or paper) copy of the reading with you to the meeting.
Location: Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.
SCHEDULE:
- 08/12 – Plato. Phaedo.
- 08/19 – Adorno, Theodor. Metaphysics: Concepts and Problems, “Lecture 4.”
- 08/26 – Plato. Phaedrus.
- 09/02 – Derrida, Jacques. Plato’s Pharmacy, “Pharmacia” and “The Father of Logos.”
- 09/09 – Plato. Republic, Book VI.
- 09/16 – Levinas, Emmanuel. Totality and Infinity, “Metaphysics and Transcendence” and “Separation and Discourse.”
- 09/23 – Plato. Republic, Book VII.
- 09/30 – Heidegger, Martin. “Plato’s Doctrine of Truth”
- 10/07 – Irigaray, Luce. “Plato’s Hystera”
- 10/14 – Plato. Symposium.
- 10/21 – Cavarero, Adriana. In Spite of Plato, “Diotima”
- 10/28 – Plato. Parmenides.
- 11/04 – Badiou, Alain. Being and Event, Meditations 1-3.
- 11/11 – Plato. The Sophist.
- 11/18 – Gadamer, Hans Georg. Truth and Method, “Analysis of historically effected consciousness.”
- 11/25 – No Meeting
- 12/02 – Plato. Laws, Book I.
- 12/09 – Foucault, Michel. The Use of Pleasure: The History of Sexuality Volume 2, “Enkrateia” and “Freedom of Truth”
Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE
Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Network 