Speaker：Prof. Edward Halper

Invitor：Associate Prof. Dr. Shufeng Tian

Chair：Dr. Xin Liu

Time: 10:00-12:00    30^th June, 2017

Place: Conference Room A802, Main Building, Beijing Normal University

Introduction to the Lecture

Metaphysics Λ famously makes no direct references to other portions of the Metaphysics, and it is, accordingly, often said to be an independent treatise. Of course, we do not know when and for what purpose it was composed, but it is not usually realized how well it fits, just where it is, with the rest of the Metaphysics. Most obviously, book Λ provides the discussion of the highest causes that books A and α led us to expect. There are more subtle and interesting connections.

Introduction of the Speaker

Edward C. Halper is Distinguished Research Professor and Josiah Meigs Professor of Philosophy at the University of Georgia.  He is the author of several books and more than fifty papers on a wide range of topics.  Among his books is a three volume study of the problem of the one and the many in Aristotle’s Metaphysics, the last volume of which is nearing completion.  The lecture is taken from this last volume.

Center for Ancient Philosophy

Institute of Moral Philosophy

                School of Philosophy, Beijing Normal University