This two-day event gathers leading scholars to examine how ancient philosophers understood collective thought, shared emotions, and distributed cognition. Topics include Empedocles’ theory of group minds, Gorgias on discourse and cognition, Socratic dialogue as socially extended knowledge, and Plato’s Nocturnal Council as a model of collective mind. Discussions will also cover Plato’s and Aristotle’s views on political unity, the rhetorical strategies of tragedy, Stoic and Senecan accounts of social cognition, and later thinkers such as Origen and Proclus. The event highlights the enduring significance of ancient perspectives on minds beyond the individual.
This two-day event gathers leading scholars to examine how ancient philosophers understood collective thought, shared emotions, and distributed cognition. Topics include Empedocles’ theory of group minds, Gorgias on discourse and cognition, Socratic dialogue as socially extended knowledge, and Plato’s Nocturnal Council as a model of collective mind. Discussions will also cover Plato’s and Aristotle’s views on political unity, the rhetorical strategies of tragedy, Stoic and Senecan accounts of social cognition, and later thinkers such as Origen and Proclus. The event highlights the enduring significance of ancient perspectives on minds beyond the individual.
👥 Speakers
Vilius Bartninkas – Vilnius University
Ilaria Ramelli – Stanford University
Henry Bowles – University of Oxford
Mor Segev – University of South Florida
Jenny Bryan – University of Manchester
Jan Stenger – University of Würzburg
Laura Candiotto – University of Pardubice
Georgia Tsouni – University of Crete
Anne-Sophie Noel – University of Lyon
James Warren – University of Cambridge
Jan Opsomer – University of Leuven
🌐 Hybrid Participation
The conference will be in hybrid format. To attend online, please contact Dr Chrysanthos S. Chrysanthou to request the access link at
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✨ Join us to explore how the ancients imagined minds beyond the individual and how their insights still resonate today.
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