2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Friday, April 4-2:45 pm
Paper
Paper
Paper
Disc.
The Sacred and the Natural Poleis in Aristotle’s Politics
Aristotle's natural account of the polis in the Politics is meant to
displace the sacred account of the polis. Indeed, to take on the polis
as it understands itself, not as the philosophers or the Sophists do, is
to take on the gods and poets.
David Azerrad, University of Dallas
dazerra@udallas.edu
The Logical Structure of Plato’s Cave: Al-Farabi on Aristotle’s
Rhetoric
In a neglected commentary on Aristotle’s Rhetoric, Farabi
systematically maps Aristotle’s logical and literary works onto
Plato’s cave, suggesting that Plato and Aristotle are in harmony
concerning the relation between education and political life.
Robert Antoine L'Arrivee, University of Notre Dame
rob.larrivee@gmail.com
Human Happiness Does Not Reside in One Place:
Counterfactual Reasoning in Herodotus
Based upon Herodotus' text, this paper discusses the rise of
counterfactual reasoning in ancient Greece, as well as the literary
role of counterfactuals in his historical narrative and their political/
moral significance in H' historical vision.
Yongle Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles
haiyi98@gmail.com
Robert Phillips, Wheeling Jesuit University
phillips@wju.edu
65-101 ROUNDTABLE: ISSUES IN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Room PDR 9 on the 3rd Floor, Fri at 2:45 pm
Chair Jeffrey Staton, Emory University
jeffrey.staton@emory.edu
Panelist Matthew Stephenson, Harvard University
mstephen@law.harvard.edu
Steven J. Balla, George Washington University
sballa@gwu.edu
Stefanie Lindquist, Vanderbilt University
stefanie.lindquist@vanderbilt.edu
David Nixon, University of Hawaii, Manoa
dnixon@hawaii.edu
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