Event Detail
Thu Oct 2, 2014 223 Moses Hall 4–6 PM |
Conference Michael Forster (University of Bonn and University of Chicago) Does Western Philosophy Have Non-western Roots? |
The talk concerns a debate among nineteenth-century historians on the question whether Western philosophy has Non-Western Roots. It discusses especially the little-known historian of philosophy Eduard Röth who argued that Presocratic philosophy had its roots in ancient Egypt.