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On Touch and Life in the De Anima

“On Touch and Life in the De Anima.” In Phenomenology and the Metaphysics of Sight, edited by Antonio Cimino and Pavlos Kontos, (Leiden: Brill Academic Publisher, 2015, 69-94). Although Aristotle is often thought to give…

Christopher LongDecember 15, 2015

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Beginning Anew with #PSUGenEd

At the Penn State General Education Spring 2014 retreat, we decided to begin anew with GenEd as we try to find ways to feasibly adopt a curriculum that would be animated by substantive integrative learning…

Christopher LongMay 18, 2014

Presentation: Academic Presentations Vita

Following the Footprints of Aristotle: On Kosman's The Activity of Being

Aristotle’s thinking is peripatetic. It moves along paths, some of which are well-worn, others newly cleared by the creative elasticity of his thinking. It pursues questions by traversing along a course for a stretch, on…

Christopher LongMarch 6, 2014

Articles Book Chapter Vita

The Peripatetic Method: Walking with Woodbridge, Thinking with Aristotle

“The Peripatetic Method: Walking with Woodbridge, Thinking with Aristotle.” In The Bloomsbury Companion to Aristotle, edited by Claudia Baracchi, (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014). Published in The Bloomsbury Companion to Aristotle (Bloomsbury Companions), this essay, entitled…

Christopher LongJanuary 15, 2014

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 63: Aristotle on Touch

Rebecca Goldner, recent PhD from Villanova University, joined the Digital Dialogue for episode 63 on Touch in Aristotle. This was our first recorded Digital Dialogue using Google+ On Air, and we were able to stream…

Christopher LongAugust 2, 2013

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 55: Aristotle and the Tragedy of Life

Larry Hatab joins Emanuela Bianchi, Erick Jimenez and me in beautiful Umbria, Italy in Citta di Castello, at the Collegium Phaenomenologicum, for episode 55 of the Digital Dialogue. Larry Hatab is Louis I. Jaffe Professor…

Christopher LongAugust 8, 2012

Presentation: Academic Presentations Vita

On Touch and Life in the De Anima

CITTÀ DI CASTELLO, Umbria, Italy - Late last year, I received a very kind set of questions from Matteo Cosci, a PhD student in Italy at the University of Padua, about my book Aristotle on…

Christopher LongJuly 24, 2012

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 50: Efficient Cause

Tom Tuozzo, Professor of Philosophy at Kansas University, joins me for episode 50 of the Digital Dialogue. Professor Tuozzo is author of the forthcoming book with Cambridge University press entitled "Plato's Charmides. Positive Elenchus in a…

Christopher LongAugust 12, 2011

Aristotle on the Nature of Truth Recognition and Responses Vita

Long Responds to Commentators

In my response to the generous, thoughtful and provocative commentaries of Will McNeill, Drew Hyland and John Lysaker, I attempted to perform the methodological approach I adopted in Aristotle on the Nature of Truth. John…

Christopher LongMay 16, 2011

Aristotle on the Nature of Truth Recognition and Responses Vita

Lysaker Comments on Aristotle on the Nature of Truth

Lysaker Animated Originally uploaded by cplong11 John Lysaker, Professor of Philosophy at Emory University, commented on my book, Aristotle on the Nature of Truth, at the 2011 meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society.John's comments invited me…

Christopher LongMay 10, 2011

Aristotle on the Nature of Truth Recognition and Responses Vita

Hyland Comments on Aristotle on the Nature of Truth

Drew Hyland Originally uploaded by cplong11 Drew Hyland, Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College, commented on my book, Aristotle on the Nature of Truth, at the 2011 meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society.Drew's…

Christopher LongMay 2, 2011

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 47: Narrative

Claire Colebrook, Edwin Earl Sparks Professor of English here at Penn State joins me for episode 47 of the Digital Dialogue. Claire received her doctorate from the University of Edinburgh and was a Professor of…

Christopher LongApril 26, 2011

Aristotle on the Nature of Truth Recognition and Responses Vita

McNeill Comments on Aristotle on the Nature of Truth

Drew, Chris, Will and John Originally uploaded by cplong11 William McNeill, Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University, commented on my book, Aristotle on the Nature of Truth, at the 2011 meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society.Will's…

Christopher LongApril 21, 2011

Presentation: Academic Presentations Recognition and Responses Vita

Aristotle on the Nature of Truth Premiers at Sundance

SUNDANCE, UT - Today there was a panel on my book, Aristotle on the Nature of Truth, at the Ancient Philosophy Society held this year at Sundance in Utah. The panel included Will McNeill, Professor…

Christopher LongApril 14, 2011

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 45: Soul and Substance

For episode 45 of the Digital Dialogue, I am joined by Josh Hayes who is currently a Lecturer at Santa Clara University. He has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University and Post-doctoral…

Christopher LongMarch 18, 2011

Aristotle on the Nature of Truth Presentation: Academic Presentations Vita

Aristotle's Phenomenology in Colombia

At the Universidad de los Andes Originally uploaded by cplong11 BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA - This evening I gave a public lecture at the Universidad de los Andes entitled Aristotle's Phenomenology of Truth in which I articulate…

Christopher LongFebruary 24, 2011

Aristotle on the Nature of Truth Books Vita

Aristotle on the Nature of Truth

Christopher P. Long, Aristotle on the Nature of Truth, 1st ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2010). This book reconsiders the traditional correspondence theory of truth, which takes truth to be a matter of correctly representing objects.…

Christopher LongNovember 11, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 41: Time and Motion

Francisco Gonzalez, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa. Frank's work centers on ancient philosophy, contemporary heremeutics and the relation between metaphysics and ethics/politics. His first book, Dialectic and Dialogue: Plato's Practice of Philosophical…

Christopher LongNovember 9, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 34: Heidegger on Aristotle

Rob Metcalf, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Denver and graduate of the Pennsylvania State University's Department of Philosophy, joins me for episode 34 of the Digital Dialogue. Rob's work focuses…

Christopher LongJune 1, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 24: Feminine Symptom

Emanuela Bianchi, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte joins me for episode 24 of the Digital Dialogue to discuss her book manuscript with the working title The Feminine Symptom: Aleatory…

Christopher LongJanuary 5, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 19: Politics After Rights

Adriel Trott, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas, Pan American joins me for episode 19 of the Digital Dialogue. Adriel received her PhD in Philosophy from Villanova University in 2008 with a…

Christopher LongNovember 24, 2009

Presentation: Academic Presentations Vita

The Saying of Things

NEW YORK CITY - Today I returned to the New School to present what will be the first chapter of my forthcoming book, The Saying of Things: The Truth of Nature and the Nature of…

Christopher LongDecember 4, 2008

Articles Publication: Journal Vita

Saving the Things Said

Long, Christopher P. "Saving ta legomena: Aristotle and the History of Philosophy," The Review of Metaphysics 60 (2006): 247-267. By taking seriously the extent to which Aristotle understands the things said (ta legemona) by his…

Christopher LongMay 11, 2006

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