Poetry Reading

I will be reading from *Stony Lonesome* on Tuesday at 7pm at Wake Up Coffee.

Matthew Boyle, Additive Theories of Rationality

You should start working on this paper.  It will be an important part of our thinking about A's De Anima.

Upcoming Events

There is a free lunch reception on Monday from 1115 to 1245 in Eagle's Nest South.  The Philosophy Department is hosting the event.  All majors, minors and students in upper-level classes are invited.  Please come.  Who says there's no free lunch?

If you are a poetry fan, I am giving a reading from my recently published book, Stony Lonesome.  It will take place at Pebble Hill at 4pm on Tuesday, Oct. 7.

In Honor of Aristotle's Categories

The Categories

I will be concentrating tomorrow on Categories Chaps 1-2.  I hope that you will have read the entire book.  But, at any rate, give the first two chapters a careful re-reading to prepare for tomorrow.  We will be at work on the Categories until Wednesday of next week.

Here's a little help with Chapter 2.  If you look closely, you will see that A is making a fourfold distinction:

A.  species and genera in the category of substance
B.  individuals in categories other than substance
C.  species and genera in categories other than substance
D.  individuals in the category of substance.

A's list of categories is:

1. substance
Socrates is human.

2. quantity
Socrates is five feet tall.

3. quality
Socrates is wise.

4. relation
Socrates is older than Plato.

5. place
Socrates is in Athens.

6. time
Socrates lived in the 5th century

7. position (posture)
Socrates is sitting.

8. state (vesture)
Socrates is wearing a cloak.

9. action
Socrates is cutting a stone.

10. affection (passivity)
Socrates is being scolded by Xanthippe.

Busman's Holiday- Hoped too. (Some Homecoming Weekend Music)

The Structure of Socratic Ignorance

I mentioned this in class Friday--a little piece I whipped up for a Philosophy at Mama Mochas meeting.  It should seem familiar, since I was working from memory of it Friday.  We will bear down harder on knowing and acknowledging tomorrow.