21 Oct
2010
21 Oct
'10
9:35 a.m.
The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk
(as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)
by
Scott Austin (Texas A&M)
on
"Is There Appearance? The Problem of Parmenidean Doxa"
Tuesday, 26 October, 2010, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412
ABSTRACT
Even if Parmenides was a pluralist, rather than a monist, it is not clear why there is
anything other than Parmenidean Being in the universe. Why is there Appearance? Who is
it that sees it? Are the 'mortals' themselves beings? Or are they other than
Being? Or are they illusory? To whom does Appearance appear? What is the difference
between Being and Appearance? And, finally, why is Being such that it can be believed to
be otherwise than it is?
Kriszta Biber
Department Coordinator
Philosophy Department
Tel: 36-1-327-3806
Fax: 36-1-327-3072
E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu