Rachel organizes Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

October 27, 2025 Philosophy

A woman standing outside, trees in the background, laughing with her right hand on her hip.

New workshop hosted at DC Center for Hellenic Studies.

October 10, the Center for Hellenic Studies hosted the first DC Area Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, organized by Rachel Singpurwalla together with Peter Osorio from Harvard. There were four talks plus commentaries, including responses from Rachel and Lixing Miao.

Rachana Kamtekar (Cornell), "The Correct Use of Appearances: From Plato’s Neuropsychology to Epictetus’ Power of Reasoning" / Response by Rachel Singpurwalla
Jonathan Fine (Georgetown), "Ion's Magnetic Attraction" / Response by Cristina Ionescu (CUA)
Zena Hitz (St. John's), "Phronêsis and Politics" / Response by Lixing Miao
Richard Bett (JHU) "Indeterminacy before Pyrrho: Indeterminacy in Pyrrho?" / Response by Peter Osorio (Harvard)