Program of the Conference "Aristotle today" which was held on 9th November, 2005.

The Conference was formally opened at 9.00 hour on 9th November, 2005 by Prof. Dr. hab. Zbigniew Sarelo. Dr. hab. Ewa Podrez, Professor of UKSW, welcomed the participants.

Presentation of working papers:

09.15 - 09.30 Dr. hab. Anna Drabarek (Higher School of Specialistic Pedagogics, Warsaw), Aristotle's conception of good.

09.30 - 09.50 Dr. Tomasz Drewniak (State Higher Professional School, Nysa), Aristotle and Greek tradition.

09.50 - 10.10 Mariusz Wegrzyn, M.A., The idea of purpose {telos} as arche of intelletion in the Nikomach Ethics.

10.10 -10.25 Discussion

10.25 - 10.45 Dr. Tadeusz Czarnik (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), The problems of justifying the Aristotle's ethics of moderation.

10.45 - 11.05 Dr. Jacek Jastal (Technological University, Cracow), Aristotle on particular virtues. An attempt of interpretation.

11.05 - 11.25 Dr. Marek Rembierz (Silesian University, Katowice), Ethics of pursuing philosophy and the virtues of a philosopher.

11.25 - 11.40 Discussion.

11.40 - 12.00 Prof. Dr. hab. Halina Promienska (Silesian University, Katowice) , Aristotle in the world of postmodernism. Confrontations.

12.00 - 12.20 Dr. hab. Marek Maciejczak (Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw), Aristotle's inspirations of Franz Brentano.

12.20 - 12.45 Dr. Marcin T. Zdrenka (Nicholas Kopernik University, Torun), The Charles Taylor's genesis of modern identity and Aristotle's three ethics in Wladyslaw Tatarkiewicz's interpretation.

12.45 - 13.00 Discussion.

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch break

14.00 - 14.20 Dr. Boguslawa Lewandowska (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw), Relationships between the philosophical hermeneutics and Aristotle's theory of cognition exemplified by the Dilthey's problems of intellection.

14.20 -14.40 Dr. Soltysik (Pope Theology Academy , Cracow), Ethics as a good's retorics. The Aristotle roots of the Hans - Georg Gadamer's practical philosophy.

14.40 - 14.50 Discussions.

14.50 - 15.10 Dr. hab. Grazyna Golik - Szarawarska, Aristotle theory of tragedy in the under-tragedy and tragifarce interpretation.

15.10 -15.30 Dr. hab. Ewa Podrez (CSW University, Warsaw), Classical idea of beautiful humanity. Aristotle, Schiller, Beethoven.

15.30 -15.50 Dr. hab. Stanislaw Galkowski (Cracow Higher School), On the impossibility of building a non - Aristotle theory of moral development.

15.50 -16.05 Discussions.

16.05 -16.25 Agata Strzadala, M.A. (Wroclaw University), Aristotle in bioethics.

16.25 - 16.45 Malgorzata Rajtar, M.A. (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw), The morality of dwellers of villages and Aristotle ethics.

16.45 - 17.00 Final discussion.