Seminar on Phenomenology and Hermeneutics

The Ethics of Interpretation:

From Ancient to Postmodern Times

Organized by:
the Seminar on Phenomenology and Hermeneutics
and the Midwest Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

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Wednesday May 13
 

1:45-2:00 Greetings

2:00-3:00 Dr. Franco Trivigno (Marquette University)

"Childish Nonsense?  The value of Interpretation in Plato's Protagoras"

3:00-4:00 Mr. Shazad Akhtar (Marquette University)

"Merleau-Ponty Reads Husserl: A Case Study in the Ethics of Appropriation"

4:00-4:30 Coffee Break

4:30-6:00 Dr. Kenneth Dorter (University of Guelph)

"Platonic Hermeneutics: Plato Reading, Reading Plato"

6:00 Reception

7:00 Dinner
 

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Thursday, May 14

9:00-10:00  Mr. Geoffrey Holsclaw (Marquette University)

"Can Hermeneutics Overcome Historicism? The Ethics of Textual and Sacramental Practices"

10:00-11:00 Mr. Nathan Blackerby (Marquette University)

"Knowledge and Society: Two Interpretations of Alfarabi's Political Philosophy"

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-12:30 Dr. Sebastian Luft (Marquette University)

"Interpreting 'Correctly': Authors' Intentions, Readers' Interpretations, and the Problem of a 'Correct Reading'"

12:30-2:00 Lunch Break

2:00-3:00 Dr. Steve Long (Marquette University)

"The Unity of Interpretation:  Augustine’s Understanding of Language in Light of Mignolo’s Post-colonial Theory"

3:00-4:00 Dr. Pol Vandevelde (Marquette University)

"The Ethics vs. the Politics of Interpretation"

4:00-4:30 Coffee Break

4:30-6:00 Dr. Vincent Colapietro (Pennsylvania State University)

"Transgressive Fidelity"

6:00 Reception

Dinner