Colin G. King
Visiting Scholar (Jun 2018)
PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Providence College
Colin Guthrie King is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College. He works on the history of ancient philosophy and science, in particular on ancient practices of argumentation, Aristotle’s theory of argumentation, and ancient logic, as well as on the history of zoology and astronomy in antiquity. He also has interests in the history of Classics in the nineteenth century and its influence on the constitution of ancient texts and authorities.
Projects
Aristotle’s Endoxa: Authority and Discipline Formation in Ancient Philosophy and Science
Presentations, Talks, & Teaching Activities
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Conference, "Plato’s Timaeus," Ecole Normale Supérieure
Workshop, "Norms of Argument in Ancient Philosophy," Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile
Graduate Course, Brown University