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- Title: Introduction (Aristotle on Life Conference )
- Author : APIERON
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Religion & Spirituality,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 50 KB
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As convener of the Aristotle on Life Conference, I had three goals. The first was to gather a group of skilled scholars doing interesting work. The second was to gather people working on topics and papers that were interrelated. The third was to have a dynamic and interactive conference characterized by collaboration. The conference was wonderfully successful on all three counts, thanks to the participants. Their hard work, collegiality, and insight made the conference and this volume very successful. The format for the conference was fairly rigorous. Each participant presented a paper, served as commentator on another paper, and had to give a brief presentation on the last day that outlined responses to questions or objections from the original presentation. I designed the conference in this way because I have found that all too often when we present our ideas to our colleagues, we do so from behind a bunker. We approach conference presentations as opportunities to outwit the objector or display our thorough knowledge of the topic. While such showmanship can be enjoyable to watch or perform, it does not improve the quality of our work. I wanted to create a setting that focused more on developing and improving our work than digging in and defending what we have already figured out. While the format of the conference suggested openness, reflection and development, the content of the conversations really made it happen.
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