Department of Classical Studies
402 Cohen Hall and also on Zoom, new registration link below for the remainder of the semester, November 11-December 9.
Speaker: Sukaina Hirji, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
Title: "White Blindness, and Knowing One's Limits in Plato's Alcibiades"
Abstract: There has been growing reflection within the field of Classics about the role the discipline has played in the invention and dominance of a certain conception of “whiteness”. I suggest that similar concerns arise within the field of Ancient Philosophy. I draw on Plato’s account of self-knowledge as mirroring in the Alcibiades to argue that we should take an approach of epistemic humility to these challenges, one that involves fostering a more pluralistic set of methods and approaches within the field.
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