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July 3-6, 2023 Stoicism In memory of Cleanthes of Assos July 3, Monday 17:30 Meeting in the temple of Athena; tour of the ancient city of Assos; opening speech of Örsan K. Öymen in the ancient theater; wine near the ancient city walls. 21:00 Dinner at the harbour (Nazlýhan Hotel Restaurant)
July 4, Tuesday 14:00 Vanessa de Harven (University of Massachusetts in Amherst): “Existence, Subsistence and Obtaining in Stoic Metaphysics” 15:30 Eric Brown (Washington University in St. Louis): “Stoics on Uncertainty.” 17:00 Tamer Nawar (ICREA-University of Barcelona): “Stoic Logic and Paradox” 18:30 Enrico Piergiacomi (Technion/Israel Institute of Technology): “Manilius and Stoic Science/Medicine”
July 5, Wednesday 14:00 Simon Shogry (University of Oxford): “Chrysippus on Harming and Making Worse” 15:30 Jacob Klein (Colgate University): “The Stoic Theory of Motivation.” 17:00 Margaret Graver (Dartmouth College): “Honor and Glory in Hellenistic Stoicism” 18:30 Panos Eliopoulos (University of Ioannina): “Society and the State in Seneca’s Stoic Philosophy”
July 6, Thursday 15:00 Visit to the museum and ancient city of Troy 21:00 Farewell dinner (Assos Terrace Otel Restaurant)
September 2000: September 8, Friday: September 9, Saturday: September 10, Sunday:
July 2001: July 30, Monday: July 31, Tuesday: August 1, Wednesday: August 2, Thursday: August 3, Friday: Final: August 4, Saturday:
July 2002 July 3 Wednesday: July 4 Thursday: July 5 Friday: July 6 Saturday:
July 2003 July 7 Monday 19:00 Meeting at the
Athena Temple: Blue Waters, wine and sunset
July 8 Tuesday 14:00 Stephen Stich:
“How Cross-Cultural Psychology Undermines What Epistemologists
Have Been Doing For The Last 2500 Years” 18:00 Geraldine
Coggins: “Using Ockham’s Razor In Metaphysics”
July 9 Wednesday 18:00 Paul van
Tongeren: “Friendship and Solitude In Nietzsche”
July 10 Thursday 11:00
About the speakers:
Stephen Stich:
Teaching at the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University
/ USA. Area of interest and research: philosophy of mind, cognitive
science, philosophy of language, epistemology. Author of the books
titled “From Folk Psychology to Cognitive Science” (MIT Press,
1983), “The Fragmentation of Reason” (MIT Press, 1990),
“Deconstructing the Mind” (Oxford University Press, 1996) and
“Mind Reading” (Co-author/Oxford University Press, 2003)
Stephen Laurence:
Teaching at the Department of Philosophy at the University of
Sheffield / UK. Area of interest and research: Philosophy of mind,
cognitive science and metaphysics. Director of the “Innateness and
the Structure of the Mind” project and the “Hang Seng Centre for
Cognitive Science”. Editor of the books titled “Contemporary
Readings in the Foundation of Metaphysics” (Blackwell, 1998),
“Concepts: Core Readings” (MIT Press, 1999) and “Creations of
the Mind” (Oxford University Pres, 2003).
Geraldine Coggins:
Teaching at the Department of Philosophy at the University of
Aberdeen / UK. Completed her Ph.D at Durham University. Area of
interest and research: Analytic philosophy and metaphysics. Her
article “World and Object: Metaphysical Nihilism and Three
Accounts of Worlds” was published in 2003 in the “Proceedings of
the Aristotelian Society”.
Walter Cavini:
Teaching at the Department of Philosophy at the University of
Bologna / Italy. Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek
philosophy, Aristotle and the Stoics. Author of various articles and
contributer to various books written in this field.
Paul van Tongeren:
Teaching at the Department of Philosophy at Nijmegen University
/ Holland. Area of interest and research: Ethics and Nietzsche’s
philosophy. Author of the book titled “Reinterpreting Modern
Culture: An Introduction to Friedrich Nietzsche’s Philosophy”.
President of the “Center for Ethics” (CEKUN) in Holland.
July 2004 July 5, Monday 19:00 Welcome meeting at the Athena Temple: Blue waters, wine and sunset
21:00 Dinner at Assos Hotel
July 6, Tuesday 15:00 Gisela Striker (Harvard Üniversitesi): "Academics and Pyrrhonists Reconsidered" 18:00 James Allen (University of Pittsburgh): "Epicurean and Pyrrhonian Conceptions of Experience"
July 7, Wednesday 15:00 Richard Bett (John Hopkins University): "Greek Scepticism and The Self" 18:00 Julia Annas (University of Arizona): "Ancient Scepticism and Ancient Religion"
July 8, Thursday 11:00 Walter Cavini (University of Bologna): "Dreaming Scepticism in Antiquity"
15:00 Visit to the ruins of Troy
20:00 Farewell dinner at Terrace Hotel
July 2005 July 4, Monday 19:00 Welcome meeting at the Athena Temple: Blue waters, wine and sunset 21:30 Dinner at the Harbour (Nazlihan Hotel Restaurant)
July 5, Tuesday 14:00 Brian Elliott:
"Sartre and the Invention of Self"
July 6, Wednesday 14:00 Örsan K. Öymen:
"Doubt and Anxiety: An Existentialist Reconstruction of Pyrrhonism"
July 7, Thursday 11:00 Sylvana Chrysakopoulou: "Is Heracleitus A Unique Thinker?"
21:00 Farewell Dinner (Terrace Hotel) 23:00 Homer in Assos: A Homeric Performance by Stephen Evans (Terrace Hotel) 23:30 Bach in Assos: Cello / Caglayan Cetin (Terrace Hotel)
Brian Elliott: He received his MA degree from the University of Edinburgh (UK) and his PhD degree from the University of Freiburg (Germany). Areas of interest and research: Aesthetics, 20th century German philosophy, Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. Besides being the author of various articles in his area, he is the author of “The Beginning and End of Philosophy” (“Anfang und Ende der Philosophie” / Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2002) and “Phenomenology and Imagination in Husserl and Heidegger” / Routledge, 2005. He teaches at the University College Dublin (Ireland). Matthias Bormuth: He received his MA/PhD degree from the University of Tubingen and the University of Heidelberg (Germany). Areas of interest and research: Medical Ethics, History of Psychiatry and Psyhoanalysis, History of Philosophical Hermeneutics, Ethics, Karl Jaspers, Friedrich Nietzsche, Max Weber, Karl Lowith. He is the author of various articles in his field as well as of the award winning book titled “Lifeconduct in Modern Times. Karl Jaspers and Psychoanalysis” (“Lebensfuhrung in der Moderne. Karl Jaspers und die Psychoanalyse” / Fromman-Holzboog, 2002) which has also been translated into the English and will be published in the USA in the Fall of 2005 by Springer International Publishers / New York. He teaches at the University of Tubingen at the Institute for Ethics and the History of Medicine. Orsan K. Oymen: He received his MA degree from New York University (USA) and his PhD degree from the Middle East Technical University (Turkey). Areas of interest and research: Epistemology, Ethics, Scepticism, Subjectivism, Existentialism, Sextus Empiricus, David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche, Soren Kierkegaard, Martin Heidegger, Jean Paul Sartre and Karl Marx. Author of various articles in his field. Founder and Director of Philosophy in Assos. He teaches at Bahcesehir University (Turkey) Department of Philosophy. Orly Shenker: She received her MA and PhD degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel). Areas of interest and research: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics, Applied Ethics. Author of various articles in her field. She taught at the London School of Economics and is currently teaching at the Open University of Israel (Israel). Sylvana Chrysakopoulou: She received her MA/PhD degrees from Sorbonne University (France). Areas of interest and research: The Pre-Socratic philosophers, particularly Empedocles and Xenophanes, Theology and Physics in the Ancient period. Teaching at the University of Patras (Greece) Department of Philosophy.
July 2006 The Philosophy of David Hume July 3, Monday 19:00 Welcome meeting at the Athena Temple: Blue waters, wine and sunset 21:30 Dinner at the Harbour
July 4, Tuesday 14:00 David Owen (University of Arizona): "Scepticism With Regard To Reason" 17:00 Tito Magri (University of Rome): "Imagination, Content and Inference in Hume's Treatise"
July 5, Wednesday 14:00 Colin Howson (London School of Economics): "Hume's Problem" 17:00 Don Garrett (New York University): "The First Virtuous Motive to Justice: Hume's Circle Argument Squared"
July 6, Thursday 14:00 Visit to the ruins of Troy 20:30 The Violin in Assos: Annegret Bloch (Terrace Hotel) 21:00 Farewell dinner (Terrace Hotel Restaurant) 23:00 Homer in Assos: Stephen Evans and Cevat Çapan(Terrace Hotel)
David Owen: University of Arizona, Department of Philosophy. Areas of interest and research: Early Modern Philosophy, Descartes, Locke, Hume; metaphysics, problems of reasoning, theories of judgment in 17th and 18th century. Author of “Hume’s Reason” (Oxford University Press, 1999) as well as of numerous articles. Tito Magri: University of Rome “La Sapienze”, Department of Philosophy. Areas of interest and research: Practical Philosophy, Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Emotions, Philosophy of Psychology, Theories of Imagination; Hobbes, Locke, Hume; Practical Philosophy in Aristotle and Kant. Author of various books and articles in his field. Colin Howson: London School of Economics, Department of Philosophy. Areas of interest and research: Philosophy of Science and the foundations of probability. Author of “Hume's Problem: Induction and the Justification of Belief” (Oxford University Press, 2000) and “Scientific Reasoning: the Bayesian Approach” (with Peter Urbach / Open Court Publishing Company, 1989) as well as of numerous articles. President of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science (2003-2005). Don Garrett: New York University, Department of Philosophy. Areas of interest and research: Early Modern Philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, ethics. Author of “Cognition and Commitment in Hume’s Philosophy” (Oxford University Press, 1997) as well as of numerous articles and chapters in various books.
July 1-5, 2007
"The Concept of Happiness in Ancient Philosophy and Contemporary Ethics"
July 1, Sunday 19:00 Welcome Meeting at the Temple of Athena: Blue waters, wine, sunset 21:00 Dinner at the Harbour (Nazlihan Hotel Restaurant)
July 2, Monday 11:00 Walter Cavini (University of Bologna): “On Happiness and the Highest Good: Some Ancient and Modern Reflections” 14:00 Christoph Horn (University of Bonn): “Four Contemporary Problems With Ancient Ethics of Happiness” 16:00 Pierre Destrée (University of Louvain-la-Neuve): “On Desire for Happiness and Human Nature: An Issue After Socrates” 18:00 Amber Carpenter (University of St Andrews): “Happiness and The Idea of the Good: How Plato Can Educate Our Eudaimonist Tendencies?”
July 3, Tuesday 11:00 Philipp Brüllmann (Humboldt University): “ ‘It is for the sake of happiness that we all do everything else we do’: Remarks on a Problematic Claim” 14:00 Christopher Shields (Oxford University): “Perfecting Pleasures” 16:00 Anthony Price (Birkbeck College): “Acting and Living Well: An Issue after Aristotle” 18:00 Dan Russel (Monash University): “Happiness and Agency in the Stoics and Aristotle” 21:00 Dinner at the Harbour (Grand Assos Hotel Restaurant)
July 4, Wednesday 14:00 Christof Rapp (Humboldt University): “Happiness: Psychological State or Activity?” 16:00 Visit to Troy
July 5, Thursday 14:00 Christopher Gill (University of Exeter): “What’s Wrong with the Stoic Idea of Happiness?” 16:00 Jean Salem (University of Paris I): “Epicurus Our Contemporary” 18:00 Richard Bett (John Hopkins University): “Can An Ancient Greek Skeptic Be Happy and What Difference Does the Answer Make to Us?” 21:30 Farewell Dinner (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant) 23:30 Bach in Assos (Cello- Cihan Türkoglu)
Brief info about the speakers: Christoph Rapp: Humboldt University Department of Philosophy. Area of research and interest: Ancient Philosophy. Author of the books “Identität, Persistenz und Substantialität. Untersuchung über das Verhältnis von sortalen Termen und Aristotelischer Substanz”, “Aristoteles, Metaphysik. Die Substanzbücher (Zêta, Êta, Thêta)”, “Vorsokratiker”,“Aristoteles zur Einführung” (mit Christoph Horn), “Wörterbuch der antiken Philosophie” (mit Christoph Horn) as well as of various articles and editor of various books in his field. Christoph Horn: Bonn University Department of Philosophy. Area of research and interest: Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Ethics, Political Philosophy. Author of the books “Plotin über Sein, Zahl und Einheit. Eine Studie zu den systematischen Grundlagen der Enneaden”, “Paradigmen mittelalterlicher Philosophie”, “Antike Lebenskunst. Glück und Moral von Sokrates bis zu den Neuplatonikern”, “Einführung in die Politische Philosophie” “Grundlegende Güter. Untersuchungen zu einer handlungsteleologischen Ethik” as well as of various articles and editor of various books in his field. Pierre Destree: University of Louvain-la-Neuve Department of Philosophy. Area of research and interest: Ancient Philosophy. Author of various articles and editor of various books in his field. Anthony Price: Birbeck College London Department of Philosophy. Area of research and interest: Ancient Philosophy. Author of the books “Mental Conflict”, “Love and Friendship in Plato and Aristotle” as well as of various articles and editor of various books in his field. Christopher Shields: Oxford University Department of Philosophy. Area of research and interest: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy. Author of the books “Aristotle”, “Classical Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction” , “The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas” (with Robert Pasnau), “Order in Multiplicity: Homonymy in the Philosophy of Aristotle” as well as of various articles and editor of various books in his field. Dan Russell: Monash University Department of Philosophy. Area of research and interest: Ancient and Modern Philosophy. Author of the book “Plato on Pleasure and the Good Life” as well as of various articles and editor of various books in his field. Philipp Brüllmann: Humboldt University Department of Philosophy. Area of research and interest: Ancient Philosophy. Author of various articles and editor of various books in his field. Christopher Gill: University of Exeter Department of Philosophy. Area of research and interest: Ancient Philosophy. Author of the books “Greek Thought: Greece and Rome New Surveys in the Classics”, “Personality in Greek Epic, Tragedy and Philosophy: The Self in Dialogue”, “The Structured Self in Hellenistic and Roman Thought” as well as of various articles and editor of various books in his field. Richard Bett: John Hopkins University Department of Philosophy. Area of research and interest: Ancient Philosophy. Author of the book “Pyrrho, his Antecedents and his Legacy” as well as of various articles and editor of various books in his field. Walter Cavini: University of Bologna Department of Philosophy. Area of research and interest: Ancient Philosophy. Author of various articles and sections in books and editor of various books in his field. Jean Salem: University of Paris 1 Sorbonne Department of Philosophy. Area of research and interest: Ancient Philosophy, Ethics, Political Philosophy. Author of the books “Le Bonheur ou L’Art d’être heureux par gros temps”, “Philosophie de Maupassant”, “Cinq variations sur le plaisir, la sagesse et la mort”. “Karl Marx, Manuscrits de 1844”, “Démocrite. Grains de poussière dans un rayon de soleil”, “La Mort n’est rien pour nous. Lucrèce et l’éthique”, “Tel un dieu parmi les hommes. L’éthique d’Épicure” as well as of various articles and editor of various books in his field. Amber Carpenter: University of St-Andrews Department of Philosophy. Area of research and interest: Ancient Philosophy. Author of various articles and editor of various books in her field.
June 30 - July 3, 2008 Alienation June 30 Monday 19:00 Meeting at the Athena Temple: Blue waters, sunset and wine 21:00 Dinner at the Harbour / Nazlýhan Hotel Restaurant
July 1 Tuesday 14:00 Ulrich Haase (Manchester Metropolitan University): "The History of Alienation from Hegel to Nietzsche" 16:00 Clare Carlisle (University of Liverpool): "Lost in Thought: Kierkegaard's Despair in the Age of Reflection" 18:00 Marc Sinclair (Manchester Metropolitan University): "The Alien and the Uncanny: Heidegger, Marx and the Question Concerning Technology" 21:00 Dinner at Kadirga Beach / Yildizsaray Hotel Restaurant
July 2 Wednesday 14:00 Ulrich Steinvorth (Bilkent University): "Alienation, World and Life in Hannah Arendt" 16:00 Iddo Landau (University of Haifa): "Alienation and the Meaning of Life in Camus" 18:00 Keith Crome (Manchester Metropolitan University): "Existential Alienation in Merleau-Ponty" 23:00 Cello at the Ancient Theater / Özde Tiknaz
July 3 Thursday 15:00 Visit to Troy 21:00 Farewell Dinner and the Cello (Özde Tiknaz) / Assos Terrace Hotel
About the speakers:
June 29 - July 2, 2009 Issues in Applied Ethics June 29 Monday 19:00 Meeting at the Athena Temple: Blue waters, sunset & wine 21:00 Dinner at the harbour (Nazlihan Hotel Restaurant)
June 30 Tuesday 15:00 Jan Robert Bloch (University of Potsdam): "The Nature of Nature: An Enquiry Concerning the Understanding of Nature in Her Own Rights" 17:00 Alan Carter (University of Glasgow): "How to Solve Two Addition Paradoxes and Avoid the Repugnant Conclusion" 21:00 Dinner at Kadirga Beach (Yildizsaray Hotel Restaurant)
July 1 Wednesday 14:00 Sandrine Berges (Bilkent University): "Why Women Hug Their Chains: Sen and Wollstonecraft on Adapting Preferences" 16:00 Minou Friele (Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf): "Collective Responsibility in a Pluralistic World" 18:00 Orly Shenker (Open University of Israel): "On Lazy Bums & Parasites" 23:00 Violin at the Ancient Theater (Anne-Monika Sommer) and a performance on Homer (Stephen Evans)
July 2 Thursday 15:00 Visit to Troy 21:00 Farewell dinner (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant)
June 28 – July 1, 2010
Aristotle’s Politics
June 28, Monday 19:00 Meeting at the Athena Temple: Blue waters, sunset, wine 21:30 Dinner at the harbour (Nazlýhan Otel Restaurant)
June 29, Tuesday 13:30 Dorothea Frede (University of California / Berkeley): “The Political Character of Aristotle’s Ethics” 15:00 Michael Pakaluk (The Institute for the Psychological Sciences): “The Political Anthropology” 16:30 Walter Cavini (University of Bologna): “Aristotle on Practical Knowledge & Political Science” 18:00 Pierre Destree (University of Louvain): “Political Education” 20:30 Dinner at Kadirga Beach (Yýldýzsaray Otel Restaurant) 23:00 Classical Music (Anne Monika Sommer-Bloch) and Homer Reading at the Ancient Theater (Stephen Evans)
June 30, Wednesday 13:30 Andres Rosler (University of Buenos Aires): “Political Virtues” 15:00 Marguerite Deslauriers (University of McGill): “Politics II: Unity and Inequality” 16:30 Marco Zingano (University of Sao Paulo): “Natural, Ethical and Political Justice” 18:00 Christoph Horn (University of Bonn): “Law, Authority & Governance in Aristotle’s Politics” 20:00 Performance of an Ancient Greek Tragedy and Comedy at the Ancient Theater (Sophocles: “Antigone” / Aristophanes: “The Wasps”; Istanbul Culture University / Directed by: Kubilay Karslioglu Actors: Saydam Yeniay, Ezgi Aldemir, Gizem Tugan and Students of Istanbul Culture University) 21:30 Dinner at the harbour (Grand Assos Restaurant)
July 1, Thursday 13:30 Antony Hatzistavrou (University of Hull): “Political Change and Revolution” 15:00 Karen Nielsen (University of Western Ontario): “On Economy and Private Property” 16:30 Visit to the ruins of Troy 21:30 Farewell Dinner (Terrace Otel Restaurant)
July 4-7, 2011 On Occasion of the 300th Anniversary of David Hume’s Birth: Hume on God, Religion and Morality July 4, Monday 19:00 Temple of Athena: Welcome, Blue Waters, Wine & Sunset 21:30 Dinner at the Harbour (Nazlýhan Hotel Restaurant)
July 5, Tuesday 13:30 Paul Russell (University of British Columbia): “Hume on Belief and Atheism” 15:00 Don Garrett (New York University): “What’s True About Hume’s ‘True Religion’?” 16:30 Örsan K. Öymen (Bahcesehir University): “Hume’s Agnosticism in Relation to Pyrrhonism” 18:00 Stephen Darwall (Yale University): “Hume on Modern Morality and Religion’s Influence” 20:00 Dinner at the Village (Asosyal Hotel Restaurant) 23:00 Classical Music in the Ancient Theater (Anne Monika Sommer-Bloch)
July 6, Wednesday 13:30 John Prentice Wright (Central Michigan University): “The Slave of the Passions: Hume on Religion and Morality” 15:00 Simon Blackburn (University of Cambridge): “Human and Humean Practical Reason” 16:30 David Owen (University of Arizona): “Reason, Belief and Moral Sentiments” 18:00 Michael B. Gill (University of Arizona): “Non-Consequentialist Thinking and Humean Sentimentalism” 20:00 Performance of an Ancient Greek Tragedy in the Ancient Theater (Sophocles: “Antigone”; Aristophanes: "Lysistrata". Ýstanbul Culture University; Director: Kubilay Karslýoðlu Act: Saydam Yeniay, Ezgi Aldemir, Gizem Tugan & Students of Ýstanbul Culture University) 21:30 Dinner at Kadýrga Beach (Yýldýzsaray Hotel Restaurant) 23:30 Beach Party (Kadýrga / Yýldýzsaray Hotel Beach) / DJ Kerem Savaþ & Metehan Korkmazel
July 7, Thursday 12:00 Charlotte Brown (Illinois Wesleyan University): “The Structure of Hume’s Second Inquiry” 13:30 William Edward Morris (Illinois Wesleyan University): “Another Look at Hume’s Determinism” 15:00 Tito Magri (University of Rome-La Sapienza): “Hume’s Justice: A Reappraisal” 16:30 Visit to Troy 21:30 Farewell Dinner (Terrace Hotel Restaurant)
Brief information about the speakers:
July 2-5, 2012 Passions and Emotions in Ancient and Modern Philosophy July 2, Monday 19:00 Temple of Athena: Welcome, Blue Waters, Wine & Sunset 21:30 Dinner at the Harbour (Nazlýhan Hotel Restaurant)
July 3, Tuesday 13:30 Walter Cavini (University of Bologna): “I Wonder at the Existence of the World: Wondering as a Philosophical Emotion” 15:00 Fulvia De Luise (University of Trento): “Eros the Builder: Intensive Passions and Personal Identity in Plato” 16:30 Stephen Leighton (Queen’s University): “Aristotle on Fear’s Expression” 18:00 Pascal Engel (University of Geneva): “Epistemic Anxiety and Other Epistemic Emotions” 20:00 Dinner at the Village (Assosyal Hotel Restaurant)
July 4, Wednesday 13:30 Amy Schmitter (University of Alberta): “Classification and Forms of Explanation in Early Modern Approaches to the Passions” 15:00 Ivan Soll (University of Wisconsin-Madison): “Nietzsche as a Proponent of 'the Passions'“ 16:30 Kevin Mulligan (University of Geneva): “Affective Identification” 18:00 Toni Ronnow-Rasmussen (Lund University): “Favouring and Motivating Reasons” 20:30 Dinner at Kadýrga Beach (Bronz Motel Restaurant) 23:00 Classical Music in the Ancient Theater (Anne Monika Sommer-Bloch)
July 5, Thursday 14:30 Visit to the Temple of Smintheion and the city of Troy 21:30 Farewell Dinner (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant)
About the speakers:
July 1, Monday 19:00 Temple of Athena: Welcome, Blue Waters, Wine & Sunset 21:30 Dinner at the Harbour (Nazlýhan Hotel Restaurant)
July 2, Tuesday 11:30 John Richardson (New York University): "Nietzsche's Naturalized Values" 13:00 Kenneth Gemes (Birbeck College): “Nietzsche on the Value of Truth” 14:30 Alexander Aichele (Martin Luther University): "Causation and Reality: Nietzsche on What There Is." 16:00 Örsan K. Öymen (Iþýk University): “Nietzsche’s Scepticism” 17:30 Christa Davis Acampora (Hunter College): "Nietzsche's Critical Philosophy" 19:00 Werner Stegmaier (Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald): “Subject(iv)ity: Nietzsche, Before and After” 20:30 Dinner at the Village (Assosyal Hotel Restaurant)
July 3, Wednesday 12:00 Ivan Soll (University Of Wisconsin-Madison): "Nietzsche on Pleasure and Power." 13:30 Simon May (King’s College London): “Does Nietzsche Affirm Life?” 15:00 Oruç Aruoba (Independent Researcher): "A Key to Nietzsche: Death." 16:30 Gary Shapiro (University of Richmond): "The Time of the Political After World-History." 18:00 Rainer Hanshe (Independent Researcher): “Zarathustra’s Stillness: Dreaming and the Art of Incubation” 19:30 Dinner (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant) 22:30 Classical Music in the Ancient Theater (Anne Monika Sommer-Bloch) 23:15 Symposium in the Ancient Theater with Dionysos (Oruç Aruoba)
July 4, Thursday 15:00 Visit to the ancient city of Troy 21:15 Farewell Dinner (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant)
June 30 – July 3 2014 Philosophy of Mind June 30 Monday 19:00 Temple of Athena: Welcome, Blue Waters, Wine and Sunset 21:30 Dinner at the Harbour (Nazlýhan Hotel Restaurant)
July 1 Tuesday 13:30 Barry Smith (University of London / Birkbeck): “What Can We Know About Our Own Experience?” 15:00 David Papineau (King’s College London): “The Nature of Sensory Experience” 16:30 Paul Boghossian (New York University): “Intuition and Experience” 18:00 Shaun Gallagher (University of Memphis): “Seeing Without an I: IEM and the First-Person Perspective” 20:30 Dinner at the Village (Assosyal Hotel Restaurant)
July 2 Wednesday 13:30 Michael Tye (University of Texas at Austin): “Can Honeybees Feel Anxious?” 15:00 Paul Horwich (New York University): “Qualia Skepticism” 16:30 Bill Wringe (Bilkent University): “Emotion and Perception: A Fruitful Analogy?” 18:00 Daniel Hutto (University of Wollongong / University of Hertfordshire): “Rethinking the Cognitive Revolution” 19:30 Dinner (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant) 22:30 Classical Music in the Ancient Theater (Anne Monika Sommer-Bloch)
July 3 Thursday 15:00 Visit to the Ancient City of Troy 21:00 Farewell Dinner (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant) About the speakers:
July 6-9, 2015 The Concept of “Ataraxia” in Stoicism, Epicureanism and Scepticism July 6 Monday July 8 Wednesday July 9 Thursday
June 27-30, 2016 Aristotle’s Ethics 2400th Anniversary of Aristotle’s Birth June 27 Monday 19:00 Temple of Athena: Welcome, Blue Waters, Wine and Sunset 21:30 Dinner at the Village (Assosyal Hotel Restaurant)
June 28 Tuesday 13:30 Christopher Shields (University of Notre Dame): “Goodness as Cause” 15:00 Joachim Aufderheide (King's College London): “Aristotle and the Wrong Kinds of Pleasure” 16:30 Stephen Leighton (Queen's University): “The Place of Affect in the Nicomachean Ethics’ Understanding of Two Virtues” 18:00 Mehmet M. Erginel (Eastern Mediterranean University): “Aristotle's Practical Syllogism and the Movement of Rational Animals” 20:30 Dinner at the Harbour (Nazlýhan Hotel Restaurant)
June 29 Wednesday 13:30 Katja Vogt (Columbia University): “The Subject Matter of Ethics: A Metaphysical Reading of NE I.3.” 15:00 Maria Liatsi (University of Ioannina): “Natural Inclination to Ethics in Aristotle” 16:30 Christiana Olfert (Tufts University): “What is Practical Truth?” 18:00 Walter Cavini (University of Bologna): “Aristotle and the Ethics of Death” 19:30 Dinner (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant) 22:30 Classical Music in the Ancient Theater (Anne Monika Sommer-Bloch)
June 30 Thursday 14:00 Visit to the Ancient City of Troy 21:00 Farewell Dinner (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant) About the speakers:
July 3-6, 2017 Immanuel Kant July 3, Monday 19:00 Temple of Athena: Welcome, blue sea, wine and sun set. 21:30 Dinner at the harbour (Nazlýhan Otel Restaurant)
July 4, Tuesday 13:30 Rolf-Peter Horstmann (Humboldt University): “Kant on Imagination” 15:00 Desmond Hogan (Princeton University): “The Antinomy of Pure Reason and Transcendental Idealism” 16:30 Frederick Beiser (Syracuse University): “Hermann Cohen: A Centenary Reappraisal” 18:00 Patricia Kitcher (Columbia University): “Kant on Freedom in Thought and Action” 20:00 Dinner at the Symposium Area (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant)
July 5, Wednesday 13:30 Kenneth Westphal (Boðaziçi University): “Free Agency without Transcendental Idealism” 15:00 Jan-Willem van der Rijt (University of Bayreuth): “The Dignity of Moral Agents” 16:30 Lucas Thorpe (Boðaziçi University): “Kantian Humanity and Chimps” 18:00 Andrew Chignell (University of Pennsylvania): “The Role of Hope in Kant’s Moral Psychology” 22:30 Classical music at the Ancient Theater: Anne Monika Sommer-Bloch
July 6, Thursday 14:00 Visit to Troy 21:00 Farewell dinner (Assos Terrace Otel Restaurant) About the speakers:
July 2-5, 2018 Karl Marx On the 200th Anniversary of His Birth July 2, Monday 19:00 Temple of Athena: Welcome, blue sea, wine and sun set. 21:30 Dinner at the harbour (Nazlýhan Otel Restaurant)
July 3, Tuesday 12:30 Andrew Chitty (University of Sussex): “Hegel's and Marx's Intentions: Self-clarification, Justification and Disjustification” 14:00 Türker Armaner (Galatasaray University): “Marx on Consciousness and Self-Consciousness” 15:30 Jan Kandiyali (Istanbul Technical University): “Marx, Communism and Basic Income” 17:00 Tony Smith (Iowa State University): “Karl Marx on Technology in Capitalism” 18:30 Doðan Göçmen (Dokuz Eylül University): “What is Philosophical in Marx’s Capital?” 20:00 Dinner at the Symposium Area (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant)
July 4, Wednesday 13:30 Richard Miller (Cornell University): “Rejecting and Using Marx: Capitalism, Power and Reform” 15:00 William H. Shaw (San Jose State University): “Karl Marx on History, Capitalism, and…Business Ethics?” 16:30 Larry Udell (West Chester State University): “Capital in the 21st Century: What are the Questions?” 18:00 Karsten J. Struhl (City University of New York): “Buddhism and Marxism: Points of Intersection” 22:30 Classical music at the Ancient Theater: Anne Monika Sommer-Bloch
July 5, Thursday 14:30 Visit to Troy 21:00 Farewell dinner (Assos Terrace Otel Restaurant) About the speakers:
July 1-4, 2019 Plato July 1 Monday 19:00 Temple of Athena: Welcome, blue sea, wine, sunset 21:30 Dinner at the harbour (Nazlýhan Hotel Restaurant)
July 2 Tuesday 13:00 David Ebrey (Humboldt University of Berlin): “Misology and the Method of Hypothesis” 14:30 Rachana Kamtekar (Cornell University): “Plato on Intelligent Agents” 16:00 Naly Thaler (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): “The Philosopher’s Polla Kala in Republic V” 17:30 Anthony Price (University of London Birkbeck College): "Plato's Symposium: Once More Unto the Ascent" 19:00 Suzanne Obdrzalek (Claremont MacKenna College): "Plato on Soul-Body Unity" 20:30 Dinner (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant)
July 3 Wednesday 14:30 Christoph Horn (University of Bonn): “Tripartition in Plato's Psychology Reconsidered” 16:00 Cinzia Arruzza (New School for Social Research): "Shamelessness and Injustice in Plato" 17:30 Myrthe Bartels (Durham University): “Plato on Applying the Law” 19:00 Simon Weber (University of Bonn): “Is There Only One Kind of Rule? (Statesman 258e-259c)” 22:30 Classical Music in the Ancient Theater: Anne Monika Sommer-Bloch (solo violin)
July 4 Thursday 14:00 Visit to Troy 21:00 Farewell Dinner (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant)
About the speakers: Anthony Price: University of London Birkbeck College Department of Philosophy (Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, Ethics. He is the author of the books “Virtue and Reason in Plato and Aristotle”, “Love and Friendship in Plato and Aristotle”, “Mental Conflict”, “Contextuality in Practical Reason” and of numerous articles in his area. Christoph Horn: University of Bonn Department of Philosophy (Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Ethics, Political Philosophy, Plato, Augustinus, Kant. He is the author of the books “Plotin über Sein, Zahl und Einheit.”, “Augustinus”, “Paradigmen mittelalterlicher Philosophie”, “Antike Lebenskunst. Glück und Moral von Sokrates bis zu den Neuplatonikern”, “Einführung in die Politische Philosophie”, “Agostinho”, “Philosophie der Antike. Von den Vorsokratikern bis Augustinus”, “Nichtideale Normativität. Ein neuer Blick auf Kants politische Philosophie”, “Einführung in die Moralphilosophie” and of numerous articles in his area. Rachana Kamtekar: Cornell University Department of Philosophy (Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, Ethics, Moral Psychology, Political Philosophy. She is the author of the book “Plato's Moral Psychology: Intellectualism, the Divided Soul, and Desire for Good” and of numerous articles in her area. Cinzia Arruzza: New School for Social Research Department of Philosophy (Associate Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek Philosophy and Contemporary Political Philosophy. She is the author of the books “Feminism for the 99%. A Manifesto” (with Tithi Bhattacharya ve Nancy Fraser), “A Wolf in the City. Tyranny and the Tyrant in Plato’s Republic”, “Plotinus. Ennead II 5. On What is Potentially and What Actually”, “Dangerous Liaisons, Marriages and Divorces of Marxism and Feminism”, “Les Mésaventures de la théodicée. Plotin, Origène et Grégoire de Nysse” and of numerous articles in her area. Suzanne Obdrzalek: Claremont McKenna College Department of Philosophy (Associate Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Moral Psychology. She is the author of numerous articles in her area. Myrthe Bartels: Durham University Department of Classics and Ancient History (Assistant Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, Ethics, Political Philosophy. She is the author of the book “Plato’s Pragmatic Project: A Reading of Plato’s Laws” and of numerous articles in her area. David Ebrey: Humboldt University of Berlin Department of Philosophy (Assistant Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek Philossophy, Plato, Aristotle. He is the author of numerous articles in his area. Simon Weber: University of Bonn Department of Philosophy (Assistant Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Plato, Aristotle. He is the author of the book “Herrschaft und Recht bei Aristoteles” and of numerous articles in his area. Naly Thaler: Hebrew University of Jerusalem Department of Philosophy (Assistant Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics, Plato. He is the author of numerous articles in his area.
PHILOSOPHY IN ASSOS 20th ANNIVERSARY September 30-October 3, 2020 Ancient Philosophy and Science in Asia Minor September 30 Wednesday 18:00 Temple of Athena: Welcome, wine, the blue sea and sunset 20:30 Dinner at the harbour (Nazlýhan Hotel Restaurant)
October 1 Thursday 14:00 Örsan K. Öymen (FMV Iþýk University): “The Anatolian Enlightenment” 15:30 James Griffith (Middle East Technical University): “The Natural Geometry of Hesiod's 'Chaos' and Anaximander's 'Apeiron'” 17:00 Geoffrey Bowe (Istanbul Technical University): “Anaxagoras and Plato: From Natural Science to Socratic Humanism” 20:30 Dinner (Assos Terrace Otel Restaurant)
October 2 Friday 14:00 Cemil Güzey (Mimar Sinan University): “Heraclitus, Logos and Mythos” 15:30 Oðuz Haþlakoðlu (Ýstanbul Technical University): “Heraclitean Flux and Platonic Khora: Time and Determinism” 17:00 Robert Howton (Koç University): “Aristotle on the End of an Organism's Nature” 22:30 Classical music at the ancient theater: Anne Monika Sommer-Bloch (solo violin)
October 3 Saturday 14:00 Visit to the ruins and museum of Troy 20:30 Farewell dinner (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant) About the speakers: Örsan K. Öymen: FMV Iþýk University, Department of Political Science (Professor); founder and president of the Association of Philosophy, Art and Science; founder and director of the project “Philosophy in Assos”. His area of interest and research: Epistemology, Ethics, Political Philosophy, Sextus, Hume, Nietzsche, Marx. He is the author of the books “Hume”, “Tanrý Var mýdýr?”, “Karanlýktan Yaðan Kar” and “Varlýk ve Kuþku” (forthcoming) and of numerous articles in his area. Geoffrey Bowe: Ýstanbul Technical University, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (Associate Professor). His area of interest and research: Ancient Greek Philosophy, History of Ideas, Philosophy of Art, Plato, Plotinus. He is the author of the books “Plotinus and the Platonic Metaphysical Hierarchy” and “Platon’un Devlet’i Üzerine Makaleler” and of numerous articles in his area. Cemil Güzey: Mimar Sinan University, Department of Philosophy (Associate Professor). His area of interest and research: Ontology, Ethics, Aesthetics, Logic, Philosophy of Language, Heraclitus, Epictetus, Aurelius, Hobbes, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Hartmann. He is the author of numerous articles in his area. Oðuz Haþlakoðlu: Ýstanbul Technical University Department of Fine Arts (Chairman) and Architecture. (Associate Professor). His area of interest and research: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Philosophy of Art, Aesthetics, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plato, Adorno. He is the author of the books “Platon Düþüncesinde Tekhne” and “Sanat Felsefesi ve Estetik Yazýlarý” and of numerous articles in his area. James Griffith: Middle East Technical University, Department of Philosophy (Assistant Professor). His area of interest and research: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Hobbes, Descartes. He is the author of various articles in his area. Robert Howton: Koç University, Department of Philosophy (Assistant Professor). His area of interest and research: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Perception. He is the author of various articles in his area.
September 16-18, 2021 Knowledge and Certainty September 16 Thursday 18:00 Temple of Athena and the Ancient Theater: Opening speech, welcome, wine, the blue sea, sunset 20:30 Dinner (Eden Gardens Otel Restaurant)
September 17 Friday 14:00 Stephen Voss (Boðaziçi University): “How in the World is Self-Knowledge Possible?” 15:30 Halil Turan (Middle East Technical University): “Descartes’ Doubt Experiment” 17:00 Örsan K. Öymen (Iþýk University): “Knowledge and Certainty in Hume’s Epistemology”
September 18 Saturday 14:00 Bill Wringe (Bilkent University): “Shared Emotions and Knowledge of Other Minds” 15:30 Lucas Thorpe (Boðaziçi University): “Reid and Wittgenstein on Knowledge and Common Sense” 17:00 Cemil Güzey (Mimar Sinan University): “Left Hand of Knowledge” 18:30 Frank Zenker (Boðaziçi University): “Theoretical Knowledge and the Behavioral Sciences” 21:00 Farewell dinner and music (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant)
July 4-7, 2022 John Locke July 4 Monday 17:30 Visit to the ancient city of Assos, the temple of Athena, the ancient theater; opening speech of Örsan K. Öymen in the ancient theatre; wine, blue sea, sunset across the ancient Assos city gate, city walls and Nekropolis. 21:00 Dinner (Eden Beach Hotel Restaurant / Kadýrga bay)
July 5 Tuesday 14:00 Antonia LoLordo: “Locke on Ethics” 15:30 Samuel Rickless: “Locke on Free Will and Epistemic Responsibility” 17:00 Shelley Weinberg: “Locke’s Epistemology of Traditional Revelation” 18:30 Patrick Connolly: “Causation in Locke’s Proof of God’s Existence”
July 6 Wednesday 14:00 Nathan Rockwood: “Locke’s Criticism of Religious Experience” 15:30 Douglas Casson: “Locke on Fanaticism: An Unenthusiastic Account” 17:00 Daniel Layman: “Trust, Accountability and Salvation: Locke’s Legal Case for Toleration” 18:30 Larry Udell: “Locke on Slavery: Racism or Prejudice?”
July 7 Thursday 15:00 Visit to the ancient city and museum of Troy 21:00 Farewell dinner (Assos Terrace Hotel Restaurant)
The meetings of Philosophy in Assos take place in an informal atmosphere where everyone has a chance to express his/her ideas on the relevant topics. Our aim is to increase active interaction as much as possible. In our meetings, we make sure that after the presentation of the speaker, there is also sufficient time for a discussion and dialogue about the ideas expressed by the speaker and that every participant has a chance to express his/her ideas, comments and questions. Each presentation is approximately 40 minutes and there is another 30 minutes time following the presentation for questions, answers and discussion. Those speakers who want their ideas to be known in written form may distribute their written texts and/or a summary of it to the participants before or during the meetings. The international meetings take place with a group of approximately 80 people. In order to avoid a chaos of sound and understanding, it is very important to wait for your turn until the speaker or moderator lets you speak. There is no simultaneous (or any kind of) translation for the sake of protecting the spontaneity of the discussions and dialogues. The international meetings are conducted in English. Local meetings are in Turkish More then 250 professors from various universities around the world have participated in the meetings of Philosophy in Assos as speakers. Together with the non-speaker participants until today more then 6000 people participated in the meetings of Philosophy in Assos. Among the speakers were globally leading top scholars, experts and professors from various countries such as the USA, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Israel. Among them were the following persons: Julia Annas (University of Arizona), Gisela Striker (Harvard University), Stephen Stich (Rutgers University), David Owen (University of Arizona), David Cooper (Durham University), Richard Bett (John Hopkins University), Colin Howson (London School of Economics), Don Garrett (New York University), Anthony Price (Birbeck College London), Christopher Gill (University of Exeter), Christof Rapp (Humboldt University), Alan Carter (University of Glasgow), Dorothea Frede (University of California Berkeley), Simon Blackburn (Cambridge University), Stephen Darwall (Yale University), John Prentice Wright (Central Michigan University), Pascal Engel (University of Geneva), John Richardson (New York University), Werner Stegmaier (Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald), Gary Shapiro (University of Richmond), David Papineau (King's College), Paul Boghossian (New York University), Shaun Gallagher (University of Memphis), Michael Tye (University of Texas), Paul Horwich (New York University), Carlos Levy (University of Paris Sorbonne), Michael Williams (Johns Hopkins University), Christopher Shields (University of Notre Dame), Rolf-Peter Horstmann (Humboldt University), Frederick Beiser (Syracuse University), Patricia Kitcher (Columbia University) and Richard Miller (Cornell University). Leading philosophy scholars and university professors from Turkey took place as speakers at the national meetings. Among them were the following persons: Cemal Yýldýrým (Middle East Technical University), Ahmet Ýnam (Middle East Technical University), Uluð Nutku (Sivas Republic University), Pýnar Canevi (Bosphorus University), Doðan Özlem (Muðla University), Afþar Timuçin (Kocaeli University), Ahmet Arslan (Aegean University), Oruç Aruoba (Hacettepe University), Harun Tepe (Hacettepe University), Örsan K. Öymen (FMV Iþýk University), Türker Armaner (Galatasaray University), Halil Turan (Middle East Technical University), Doðan Göçmen (September Nine University), Sanem Yazýcýoðlu (Ýstanbul University), Cemil Güzey (Mimar Sinan University), Elif Çýrakman (Middle East Technical University), Barýþ Parkan (Middle East Technical University). Philosophy in Assos is organized by the Association of Philosophy, Art & Science. The costs of organizing Philosophy in Assos are covered through the donations and membership fees in the budget of the association. Membership fees are pretty symbolic and represent a very low percentage of the total budget. Thus the association depends heavily on donations and organizes its events through these donations. Each participant is free to determine the amount he or she wishes to donate. We hope all participants will be sensitive and understanding about this issue. For those who wish to make a donation, we will inform you as to the procedure of making the donation after your registration. Donations are not obligatory. Participants will be responsible for all their expenses including accommodation, transportation, food and drinks. We may have a limited number of free rooms available for non-speaker professors who travel from abroad. If you are interested, please inquire by writing to aristotle@philosophyinassos.org. We also assist all participants from abroad professors, students, graduates with their reservations for accomodation. Payments for accommodation may be made when checking out. "Philosophy In Assos" is not involved in the payment process and takes no responsibility for it. Room rates range from $20 to $70 per night including breakfast. The guest houses in the village are usually less expensive than those at the sea side although there are also some hotels and guest houses at the sea side that offer rooms for approximately $30 to $50 per night including breakfast. A meal costs between $ 10 and $40. Assos is located in Turkey in the province of Çanakkale on the Aegean coast. Via Tekirdag-Gelibolu/Eceabat it is an 8 hour bus ride, via Bursa-Balýkesir-Edremit a 5 hour bus ride from Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, where daily world wide airline connections are available. It is a 5 hour bus ride from Izmir which is the third largest city in the country and has international flight connections as well. Busses to the province of Çanakkale depart from the central bus stations in Istanbul and Izmir. The connection point for Assos on the main highway is the town of Ayvacik in the province of Çanakkale. (Not to be confused with Ayvalik which is in the province of Balikesir). Those taking busses from Istanbul or Izmir must buy a ticket to Ayvacik/Çanakkale. Ayvacik is a half hour drive from Assos and there are regular public transportation vans as well as taxis from Ayvacik to Assos. There is also a ferry from Yenikapi-Istanbul to Bandirma (IDO). The ferry trip is 2 hours and the trip from Bandýrma to Assos is 4 hours. There are daily direct flights to Istanbul from all major European cities. (Most of the Izmir connections are via Istanbul). All major European airline companies including British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France, Alitalia, Iberia, Scandinavian as well as Turkish Airlines fly daily to Istanbul. Turkish Airlines has regular direct flights to Istanbul from New York City, Boston, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Dallas, Toronto and Montreal. For more information about US flights, contact the Turkish Airlines offices and/or web site www.turkishairlines.com. The airport close to Assos is in Edremit (Balýkesir Koca Seyit Airport). There are daily flights from Istanbul to Edremit. Edremit is 45 minutes by land to Assos. There are no direct international flights to Edremit. From Greece, Assos may be reached via the island of Lesbos or the island of Chios. There is a daily boat from Lesbos (from the town of Mitillini) to Ayvalik (in the province of Balikesir) which is a 1-2 hours trip. The bus ride from Ayvalik/Balikesir to Ayvacik/Çanakkale is another 2 hours. The Lesbos connection is the shortest way to reach Assos via Greece. Those coming from Chios may take the daily boat to Çesme. The bus ride from Çesme to Izmir is half an hour. The trip from Izmir to Ayvacik/Çanakkale as indicated above is 5 hours by bus. There is a daily sealine connection from all the Greek islands in the Aegean to Lesbos and Chios. There are also daily flights to Lesbos and Chios from Athens. "Philosophy In Assos" will provide free assistance with accommodation reservations in Assos as well as organize your direct transfer from Izmir and Edremit airport to Assos via taxi for those who do not wish to take a bus. (The price is approximately 120-150 US dollars from Izmir, 25 dollars from Edremit). There are no taxi transfers from Istanbul. If you decide to stop in Istanbul or Izmir we can also assist you with reservations and provide information about historic and scenic places to visit. Hotel prices range from $40 to $300 in Istanbul and $40 to $150 in Izmir per night including breakfast. (We cannot guarantee a discount for hotels in Istanbul and Izmir). Please be sure to include 1) your daily accommodation budget for Assos and, if applicable in Istanbul or Izmir and 2) your arrival/departure dates to/from Istanbul, Izmir and Assos when you fill out the registration form. For more information about Assos, visit Assos.de and www.assos.org.
 Click to see map larger It is necessary to implement an application and registration procedure in order to avoid any organizational and conceptual inconveniences. Everybody interested in participating in the meetings must apply beforehand. To apply, fill in the form and send a confirmation message by e-mail to aristotle@philosophyinassos.org. After receiving your application, we will send you a confirmation message to let you know you have been registered on our list of participants. The sooner you apply, the better the chance of your application being accepted. Remember, we can only accept a limited number of people. Also, if you don't hear from us within four weeks, it probably means there were some technical problems. If this occurs, please e-mail us again. Including Philosophy in Assos, all events of the association are organized with the support of donations. (See “Expenses”). Those who wish to make a donation will be informed about the procedure as to how to make the donation after registration. The final application deadline for the July 3-6, 2023 meeting is June 30, 2023. All interested parties may apply. If you are a philosophy student, teacher or graduate, please be sure to include your university when you fill out the application form. Örsan K. Öymen, founder and director of Philosophy In Assos was born in Berlin in 1965. He received his basic education in T.E.D. Ankara Koleji and Bonn American High School. After school he decided to study philosophy and entered the Middle East Technical University (M.E.T.U.) in Ankara, one of the leading universities of Turkey. He graduated from the Department of Philosophy at M.E.T.U. in 1987. He continued his studies in the United States and received his M.A. degree in 1990 from the Department of Philosophy at New York University (N.Y.U.). The topic of his master thesis was "David Hume's Problem of Induction". After returning to Turkey he started his doctoral studies at the philosophy department in M.E.T.U. and received his Ph.D. degree from there in 1999. He wrote his Ph.D. thesis on "Sextus Empiricus' Problem of Criterion". His areas of interest and research are: Epistemology, Ethics, Political Philosophy; Pyrrho, Aenesedimus, Sextus Empiricus, David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx, Jean-Paul Sartre. He is currently Professor at Isik University and President of the Association of Philosophy, Art and Science both based in Istanbul. He came up with the idea about Philosophy In Assos during his student years at M.E.T.U. and started the project in September 2000. The meetings of Philosophy in Assos are organized by the Association of Philosophy, Art and Science. The team under the direction of Örsan K. Öymen, the Founder and President of the association, consists of members Sýrrý Küçük , Beratiye Þener , Alparslan Esmer , Onur Peþtimalcioðlu , and Baver Demircan. | home | why? | info | photographs | Philosophy in Assos |